Job Purpose

• To manage and lead entire finished goods chains from production sites to customer’s sites, including all nationwide logistics, warehouses, replenishments, distributions with compliance to company HSE-S; control inventory accuracy, at the lowest cost to serve as well as provide better service to customers than competitors.
• To manage owned resources and outsourcing suppliers to ensure that they can deliver business requirements as well as to anticipate resources for business growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing and enforcing standards and procedures and by complying with legal regulations.
• Responsibility for management of Finished Goods Warehouse both onsite Binh Duong & external 3PL warehouses.
• Responsibility for HSES SAQ - Supply Chain Aspects.
• Responsible to establish Distribution emergency response and distribution drills for transporters and warehouses.
• Establish a culture and build processes in logistics to meet the HSES & Sustainability goals.
• Supervise warehouse employees and oversee daily operations complied with Vietnam regulation and AN HSES policy.
• Review and prepare workflows, staffing requirements, space allocations, equipment layouts, and action plans that meet company standards.
• Maintain the FIFO for Warehouses through ERP system, and control inventory levels by conducting periodic stock physical counts, reconciling with data storage system. Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records are accurate. Keep track of slow moving and obsolete stock.
• Manage stock control and reconcile with data storage system. Responsible for stock accuracy and conduct cycle count and stock take.
• Manage the tinting system and procedures to align service lead time agreement.
• Setting up WH layout and ensure efficient space utilization.
• To review, revise and develop SOP and training to warehouse staff.
• Train and manage the warehouse team.
• Inspect equipment, tools, and machinery regularly, and oversee general maintenance when necessary.
• Local Contract manager for all 3rd party logistics services.
• Drive a culture of Continuous improvement to meet key targets.
• Oversee daily routes and improve route plans. Plan and schedule deliveries to meet customer needs.
• Export management.
• Manage performance of service providers.
• Maintain knowledge of regulations related to transportation.
• Monitor on time delivery results, do root-cause analysis and action plans to improve delivery service.
• Meet and communicate with internal stakeholders and customers where applicable on a regular basis to understand and fulfill their requirements.
• Identify cost saving projects, monitor, and track spending.
• Responsible for planning and maintaining work systems, procedures, and policies that enable and encourage the optimum performance of its people and other resources within a business unit.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff, including overseeing new employee onboarding and providing career development planning and opportunities.
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
• Responsible for logistics’ budget planning and performance monitoring, continuous improvement on efficiency and be aware of external risks/vulnerabilities that may require the company to always respond to.
• Plan and ensure logistic capacity to deliver demand using available best practices technology, including regular assessment on number of transporters & storage capacity through site logistics Capability update. Develop and obtain approval of logistic capital plan & lead execution of capex budgets within logistics.

Experience

• >5 years of logistics experience, project management and leading a team of min 5 employees in the last 3 years. Understanding of logistics operations, focused on warehouse and transport executional approaches.
• Candidates with experience in consumers/chemical industries are preferred.
• Fluent English
• Good computer skills (ERP (SAP), Power Point, Excel, Word, Share Point)
• Experience of CI practices.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Strong values on customer focus.
• Deliver on commitment.
• Sustainability and integrity.
• Excellent analytical and numeric skills.
• Strong leadership & managerial skills to manage big teams and drive collaboration and synergy across different teams.
• Able to independently lead operational team on-site, engage in discussions with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong operation's go-and-see mindset (Gemba, Kaizen, Lean) to be able to find gaps in our current operations processes to drive operations optimizations.

Education

• Bachelor's degree Technical/Industrial Degree with added advantage of Masters/diploma in Logistics or Supply Chain.