Leading a team of 100 employees across warehouse operations, logistics and office administration. The primary purpose of the role is to support the organization while providing leadership and motivation to staff in specific areas of the operation, ensuring service; productivity; quality; security and cost targets are met and standard procedures are adhered to. Provide input and share best working practices to support the current and future operations strategy including recruitment and resource planning.
• Oversee and control the day-to-day management of the company's logistics functions
• Ensuring the resource requirements of the operation are fulfilled within budget throughout the year
• Plan, monitor, negotiate and control expenditure on areas such as overtime, sub- contracting, suppliers, service providers, fleet maintenance and transportation costs
• Overseeing the implementation of business-critical systems and security protocols to simplify operations and increase productivity
• Providing leadership, motivation, training and development of the workforce, executing against customer requirements,
operational performance and Standard Operating Procedures compliance
• Establishing “meeting cadence'' to keep teams aligned towards the latest business objectives and cascade information from senior management and to ensure work momentum
• Analyse business unit specific MI reports:identify trends and any area of concern used for determination of short-term, mid-term and long-term business objectives
• A central point of contact for staffing deployment to maximize productivity through regular training, performance and review