Recent Job Vacancies in a Multinational Manufacturing Company, 28th April, 2017

Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, a multinational Manufacturing company with branches in Nigeria, is recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Regional Head Logistics Job Reference: 1256 Location: Calabar/Mfamosing and requires frequent travel within the South East region Industry: Industry & Manufacturing Function: Supply chain Job Description

• The Regional Head Logistics will manage the value chain from movement of raw materials, warehousing, and distribution to customers to optimize costs, improve efficiency and profitability, customer service and safety.
• Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs.
• Direct the movement, storage, monitoring of inventory costs and keep key productivity ratios above competitors.
• The performance in this role will help achieve efficient management of logistics processes with the desired results as per Group logistics models and Country strategy.

• Logistics planning and optimized cost distribution
• Road transport contractors' management
• Logistics staff management and development
• Continuous logistics processes improvement & change management
• Drive the company’s safety standards within logistics and transportation activities
• Manage and develop local resources
• Achieve optimized contractors and fleet size
• Customer service management
• Depots/warehousing and inventory management
• Keep end to end pipeline costs to optimum defined level
• Manage Transporters safety and drivers’ unions

• Masters in Supply Chain, Engineering or BA
• At least 5 years experience in Supply Chain or logistics preferably at management level
• Experience of managing teams
• Customer service
• Knowledge of basic finance fundamentals
• Good supervisory and people management skills
• Organizing and planning skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Negotiation skills
• Knowledge of manufacturing industry
• Knowledge of supply chain core processes and logistics business
• Good communication and influencing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Working without supervision, in remote locations and able to deliver under pressure

• The main responsibility of the Project Leader - Supply Chain improvement projects is to drive continuous improvement projects in Supply Chain in order to ensure the short and long-term success of the key supply chain functions including Planning, Customer Service and Logistic Functions
• Plan and execute the projects (including resources acquisition) from beginning to end
• Lead high impact process improvement teams and utilise Lean Six Sigma and other structured analysis to transform processes and organisations and deliver significant value to the company.
• Monitor total supply chain costs & OTIFIC, search for service innovation and cross-functional process improvements
• Determine objectives/benefits, costs and investments and road map of the projects and validate the projects with BU management
• Identify and deliver best practices within BU.
• Drive culture change - Drive fact-based decision making and alignment throughout the department and entire organisation.

• Minimum of B.Sc or B.A. Degree
• 10 years Experience in SC operation or business continuous improvement related activities
• Prior experience in project management and client management is a plus
• Lean Six Sigma background desired. Not mandatory.
• Process oriented
• Strong quantitative, analytical skills
• Capability to drive the organisation's safety standards within logistics and transportation activities.
• People Management
• Relationship capabilities, communication skills including with senior management
• Pragmatism
• Proven ability to drive Change (change management)
• External and Internal customers oriented
• Presence - compelling, focused, inspirational, energised
• Ability to plan and schedule tasks for self and others - organisational skills
• Highly motivated team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Creative and innovative thinking
• Facilitation and Presentation skills
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (ability to create formulas and to analyse data is required)
• Good knowledge of supply chain processes and organisations, and methodologies of continuous improvement
• Problem-solving skills
• Results oriented
• Driving for excellence
• Ability to speak French is an added advantage

• The main responsibility is to support the regional heads of logistics in moving performance forward.
• The Performance Manager monitors, reports (through data gathering and analysis), to drive continuous improvements in the performance of the supply chain.
• Monitor total supply chain costs & OTIFIC.
• Search for service innovation and cross-functional process improvements
• Identify and develop standards for evaluating the achieved results in terms of expectations.
• Documenting a performance plan that includes measures, desired results, and standards.
• Facilitate the identification of continuous process improvement initiatives and the prioritisation of these initiatives with the SC management.

• M.Sc Degree
• 5 years Experience in operation or business continuous improvement related activities; prior experience in controlling (former controller)
• Process oriented and ability to analyse and interpret statistical data;
• Good knowledge of supply chain process and methodologies of continuous improvement
• Effective communication and strong analytical skills
• Problem solving
• Results oriented
• Innovative skills
• Driving for excellence
• Change management
• Presentation skills
• Health and safety-oriented mindset
• Ability to speak French is an added advantage.