Inbound Logistics Manager
Ref: FIN - ILM - JANUARY 2012
Reporting to Senior Manager-Supply Chain Operations, the job holder will manage the company’s inbound logistics processes by ensuring timely delivery of material from the company’s suppliers to the company designated storage points in order to meet company requirements through efficient and effective metrics and monitoring tools.
Key Responsibilities
Ref: FIN - ILM - JANUARY 2012
Reporting to Senior Manager-Supply Chain Operations, the job holder will manage the company’s inbound logistics processes by ensuring timely delivery of material from the company’s suppliers to the company designated storage points in order to meet company requirements through efficient and effective metrics and monitoring tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimally
manage clearing and forwarding processes as well as lead times from the
country of collection to destination against agreed KPI’s.
- Capture
any costs arising from demurrage charges and penalty and allocate
responsibility for recovery.
- Supply
risk management by ensuring all import shipments are marine covered.
- Manage
the PVoC expectations for Safaricom shipments and verify the inbound
logistics invoice and forward to finance for payment.
- Develop
and review SLA’s between Safaricom and contracted clearing and forwarding
partner on a monthly basis.
- Implement
and maintain inbound logistics policy master data for all equipment to
support the network roll out planning process.
- Plan
monthly shipment movements as per supplier promise dates to meet the
company’s strategic objectives.
- Manage
channel use exceptions by ensuring adherence to channel use policy.
- Conduct
an OTIF performance evaluation of goods delivery and manage handover to
shipment turnaround time.
- Effectively
manage existing inbound logistics processes.
- Development
of world class standards in process through re-engineering of the existing
inbound logistics processes and development of new processes.
- To
continuously evaluate oracle performance to support inbound logistics
processes and if necessary design changes to cater for changing business
needs.
- Manage
the selection, growth, development performance and motivation of staff in
the section.
- Produce
accurate and timely reports in accordance with the Supply Chain Metrics
framework.
Minimum requirements
- B.
Com/Business/Economics or equivalent with at least 5 years experience in
Supply Chain Function especially in Inbound Logistics or Clearing &
Forwarding.
- Additional
professional qualification in Supply Chain will also be considered e.g.
CSCP, CIPS, and CILT.
- Computer
literate, proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Knowledge
of Oracle will be an added advantage.
- Must
demonstrate drive and result oriented.
- Must
have Sound Judgment and must possess excellent communication and
interpersonal skills.
If you
feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification
and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your
experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly
quoting the job title to the address below.
The deadline for application is Thursday 19th January 2012.
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke
The deadline for application is Thursday 19th January 2012.
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke
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