The Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd is one of the biggest companies in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.
Job Title: Logistics Manager
JOB SCOPE
The Logistics Manager oversees the logistics operations of plants and depots located by the plants. He/she is also to manage, organize, control and coordinate all activities relating to Haulage, distribution, fleet and warehousing in the plant/depots.
JOB SPECIFICATION
Enforce operational procedures for real time activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling of materials and keeping warehouse inventory – finished goods and raw materials
Ensure proper control and reduction of the cost related to logistics in both plant and depots
Maintain spending within budget guidelines to support overall financial targets and business loss management.
Inspect physical condition of warehouse and equipment and ensure maintenance of clean, orderly and safe warehouse in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (housekeeping).
Manage plant supply chain infrastructure, raw materials, bottles and full products, warehousing providing high quality products availability and accurate load compliance to the plant commercial team.
Support plant depot operations with product supplies to forestall out of stock situations.
Provide strong leadership, training and management for direct reports to deliver high standard results
Manage compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) with internal and 3PLs
Implement and monitor waste minimization initiatives
Responsible for ensuring efficient support to production lines with material requirement and provision of adequate storage space for both Finished Goods and Materials
Manage vehicle utilization and efficiency to achieve target turn-round around time and fuel consumption.
Work Cross-functionally with all departments to ensure quality and maximal productivity
Drive operational efficiency through process checks and SAP knowledge retention and exploitations.
Cost Management
Benchmark financial performance within the Coca-Cola Hellenic.
Cost reporting with variance analysis and improvement opportunities
Match cost with volume of activities in relation to Annual Budget Plan(ABP
Key deliverables:
Projects management
Accurate measurement and reporting of KBIs
Effective coordination of delivery men / trucks to optimise cost and deliver qualitative customer service to the esteemed dealers
Maintain standards on Logistics Haulage/distribution and Safety etc
Build succession plan
Team Development:
Administration:
Monitors employees attendance and share the report with HR
Track employees working condition as related to sick leave granted with records sent to HR
People management:
Conduct On-The-Job Training, feedback to associates to improve productivity and performance of the team
Identify training and development needs and appropriately addresses them;
Delivery Cost understanding, monitoring and analysis
Budgeting
Financial interpretation of operations
Performance management and development
Assess Skill Levels and Gaps of Individuals within team
Support sales assessment and delivery plans
Understands and recommend solutions from a broad set of development alternatives
Effective succession plan.
Building of leadership skills through focus, vision and people development
Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Education level
BSC/HND degree – Social Sciences or any numerate courseChartered membership of Logistics institutes or MBA will provide added advantage
Experience needed
7
Desired candidate profile
Qualification: Education: BSC/HND degree – Social Sciences or any numerate course. Professional : Chartered membership of Logistics institutes or MBA will provide added advantage. Experience: At least 7 years experience cognate experience in leadership roles of both inbound and outbound spectrum of Logistics of any manufacturing company or related Third Party companies