What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Logistics Manager position at henkel1-pilot?
HENKEL IS FOR THOSE WHO STEP UP. DO YOU?
At Henkel, you can make a difference and craft your career. That’s why you own your projects and take full responsibility from an early stage. Our unique brands in markets around the world open up countless opportunities to follow your convictions and explore new paths. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to always think out of the box - take the chance and shape the digital future together with us.
YOUR ROLE
- The Regional Logistics Manager is responsible for Third-Party Logistics (3PL) warehouse distribution center operations supporting 2-3 locations in the North American region.
- Manage and influence 3PL providers - create environment for
continued high performance, day to-day guidance and effective performance
management of the 3PL provider
- Ownership and management of all relevant processes and tools to
ensure effective warehouse distribution management - improve all relevant
operating processes, adhere to standards requirements and evaluate cost
efficient operating tools
- Warehouse capacity planning - meet demand, short- and long-term
forecasting and planning for distribution requirements, analyze orders and
mitigate risk
- Logistics and vendor management - oversee 3PL relationship
including contract accountability, ensure global compliance of quality, safety
and sustainability reporting and align service level agreements with customer
centric service strategy
- Financial management - cost management, corrective invoice
process, physical inventory, identify variances, improvement opportunities and
risk in storage and handling costs in all areas of spend, forecast
responsibilities as well as P&L ownership including reconciliation of
invoices
- Henkel customer relationships - optimize order cycle and flow of
product, meet demand plans, primary interface between Henkel NA and 3PL for day
to day and tactical planning and partner with internal Customer Service to
develop collaborative customer centric solutions that optimize order execution
and logistics activities
- Performance management - drive performance management culture, (ex. KPl's & Key Success Factors) for warehouse operations (load readiness, receiving timeliness, inventory accuracy, order pick accuracy, etc.) and implement "CAPA" corrective action preventative action cycle to address areas of sub-optimal performance
