Regional Logistics Coordinator, Africa
Position Description
This is a multi-faceted
role which requires the person to coordinate with key stakeholders across
countries to ensure supplier readiness and capacity to meet requirements. This
role is responsible for supply planning, logistics planning and order tracking
in order to ensure improved order visibility and logistics management.
Responsibilities
- Assure on time delivery and reliable logistics operations for
d.light managed warehouses and d.light distribution points across African
markets.
- Manage global logistics providers to ensure performance meets
expectations and costs are within budget.
- Develop procedures to ensure visibility into all product
orders and their associated demand and supply plans.
- Collaborate with supply chain teams at all levels to improve
planning execution, quality and ongoing integration of demand and supply
plans and procurement activities.
- Track orders from order to delivery and take action
proactively to ensure flow of goods.
- Identify root causes with order delays and opportunities for
continuous improvement.
- Define long term strategy for optimal planning and logistics
management and resource requirements including staffing, procedures and
software.
- Track payment status to ensure payment are made on time to
suppliers.
- Escalate supplier performance issues, align on supply plans,
and participate in key business review feedback.
KPIs
- Logistics Partners Management.
- Timely delivery to distribution points.
- Documentation, record keeping and reporting.
Requirements
Desired Skills and
Experience
- A degree in supply chain management or a related technical
field is required.
- Minimum of 3 – 5 years experience in planning and logistics.
- Experience in developing structured planning and logistics
methodology and coordinating cross-functional teams.
- Expert knowledge of: supply chain management best practices,
including demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, and supply
planning in Africa.
- Effectively manages ambiguity.
- Experience switching from supplier managed freight to
managing logistics providers directly.
- Strong demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
- Solid experience planning, organizing, analyzing and problem
solving.
- Communicates effectively in both technical speak and
commercial/business language (multiple languages will be an advantage),
with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy.
- Business driven, people focused, with exceptional influencing
skills.
- Passion for social enterprise, development of people and
environmental benefits.
How To Apply
