Logistics /
Customs Manager
Location: Nairobi
Industry: Retail
Our client,
a leading global travel retailer seeks to recruit a Logistics and Customs
Manager.
The ideal
candidate should have good knowledge of retail or consumer goods industry with
good scope of Logistics and Supply Chain.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Developing
and implementing processes to ensure effective forecasting and ordering
for an optimal supply
- Ensuring
implementation and sustainability of the logistics strategy within the BU,
defined at Group level
- Identifying
necessary quantities to be ordered, validate orders internally and issue
orders to suppliers for the Operation
- Accountable
for high availability of products, especially for products on promotions,
by ensuring a close preparation and follow-up on promotions with Marketing
and Category Departments
- Managing
daily logistics activities, including Purchase Ordering System, Forecast
Management and system, and obsolescence
- Managing
suppliers’ performance, sharing critical information and proposing
corrective actions seeking for optimization of the Supply Chain
- Manage
daily logistics activities, including Purchase Ordering System, Forecast
Management and system, obsolescence, etc
- Analyze
slow and non-movers, overstock and out-of-stock, and develop action plan
accordingly.
- Tracking
inventories in the warehouse according to Group Guideline
- Ensure
that goods aren’t lost or stolen, track inventories and find reasons for
differences and elaborate action plans
- Monthly
declarations of sold goods
- Set
up and maintain new customs systems (tariff codes creation and maintenance,
including. looking up codes online), create and change files in Navision
(external company enters data into customs system)
Skills & Abilities:
- Degree
in Business or Logistics, 3-5 years of experience
- Knowledge
of the retail or consumer goods industry, experience in forecast planning
- Experience
in a shipping company preferred
To apply, send your CV and cover letter only to
recruit@flexi-personnel.com before close of business, 14th March, 2016.
Clearly
indicate the position applied for on the subject line and expected
remuneration.
