Croda Looking for Warehouse and Logistics Manager at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

Location: Thane

Location Address:
1/1 Part TTC Industrial Area, Thane Belapur Road

Koparkhairne, NAVI MUMBAI, 400710

India

Closing Date: 10/31/2023

Be part of our journey

As a global leader in speciality chemicals, we continue to succeed and strengthen our delivery of innovative, sustainable and high-performance solutions. We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilise new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing market place.

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to lead the warehousing and Logistics for India sites, the role holder will be responsible for directly managing the warehouse team, on site and third-party warehousing operations, and other outbound logistics activities.

Our ideal person

As a business, it’s really important to us that we find the best person for the job and that you have the best opportunity to succeed in the role. To help, we have outlined our expectations for the role and what core skills and experiences we require as well as what would make you an ideal fit. In turn, we hope this helps you evaluate if this is the right job for you.

Role & Responsibilities

To coordinate sales and shipping requirements, which include stock selection and consolidation to satisfy shipping deadlines. Shipping requirements may not be aligned with site stock and production activities requiring short term problem solving. This may be extended to include managing logistics for the delivery of certain raw materials that are purchased ex-works from suppliers. Regular review of production schedules to ensure that any changes and their impacts on availability are minimized and communicated.

To communicate product availability, planning and transport information with internal sales and shipping departments, both in India and abroad, also with external Transporter and warehouse suppliers, using verbal, written and email communication. Influence is required to coordinate site production and shipping requirements with internal and external contacts.

To make decisions on a wide range of production planning, movement of goods and purchasing issues within authority limits and to deal with problems encountered, escalating if an acceptable resolution is considered not to be possible.

To drive procedural, quality and operational performance improvement in warehouse operations and on picking accuracy, costs

To directly manage warehouse ops assigning work, setting objectives, priorities, targets and reviewing performance for both on site and at 3PL Warehouses. To recruit, develop competency and manage the performance of the warehousing team supporting operational performance improvement. To manage the day-to-day warehouse operations (inc. 3PL) to ensure that stock values and volumes are within acceptable limits without compromising delivery performance or working capital management.

To plan and align resources, both internal and externally, to prioritize site activity to achieve short (1 week) to medium (3 Months) term shipping demands. Planning activities may involve setting stock levels with the business.

To select and manage Transporters and contracted drivers to ensure compliance with value, logistics, SHE and Quality requirements. Decision making on shipping changes is done through liaison with sales and production planning. Contracted Transporters may also provide site logistics (including to and from off site storage facilities) as well as customer deliveries. Negotiation with Transporters to ensure that acceptable transport costs are agreed and that acceptable standards of service are provided. Engagement with Transporters can involve hard negotiation, influence and creativity in order to achieve target delivery and collection dates within acceptable costs.

To develop improved working methods for meeting sales and shipping deadlines and improving the quality of shipped material. Negotiation and purchase of indirect spend items and routine office / warehousing services within agreed authority limits.

Required Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
8+ years in Managing domestic warehousing and distribution for Chemical

Education: NEBOSH General Certificate, Science graduate with additional Qualification in Logistics and supply Chain.

Ability to plan multiple activities with competing priorities.

High level of interpersonal skills.

Knowledge of Chemical products.

Extensive knowledge of SAP processes in the Sales & Distribution, Production Planning and Materials Management modules.

Competent user of MS Office packages, PowerBi etc