Position: BONDED WAREHOUSE MANAGER ( X1)

Location: Ndola

Job prupose

Management of Demand Planning, Inventory Management & related Supply Chain Process flow/processes between plants, ensuring all processes within the whole value chain are optimized to achieve the sales/business objectives, in most the efficient and effective manner through utilizing the available resources.

1.  Availability & Stock Management (KPIs – Inventory Turns and Structure)

• Responsible for stocks (Units and Value ) management operations by having the correct stocks level and to steer safety stock at HUACHEN  including articles with high FC error and related phase in and phase out
• Management of month end and year end inventory target is achieved by pro-actively monitoring including ensuring the correct inventory structure
• Responsible for PSI to analysis/steer overstock, shortages & availability for Budget and FC volume

2. Replenishment-(KPIs – Delivery Performance)

• Support market strategy regarding customer service level, responsible to ensure the correct stocks are replenished in a timely manner. Responsible to analysis and escalate to Market Planner on critical shortage articles with insufficient confirmation from plant for auto replenishment
• Responsible to decide and steer manual replenishment orders  & review replenishments  as per safety/ target stock together with Markets incl. maintaining safety stock and article extension in the related systems

3. Warehouse capacity (KPIs – Overflow charges, overtime charges)

• Responsible to prepare the yearly budget and 5 years volume plan.
• Responsible to Monitor WH capacity utilization (space, in/outbound capacity) and take actions to eliminate bottleneck(s)
• Ensure all In bound & Out bound time slot are properly co-ordinated to minimize overtime charges
• Responsible to develop contingency plans to meet unexpected increase in space requirements with SPs and Market Distribution MY in agreement with Controlling/Purchasing on the expected additional cost for the expected duration

4.  Service Providers (SP) Management

• To work with Market Distribution on Service Providers/SPs execution as per contract terms and conditions
• Execute/implement KPIs for SPs, organize monthly KPI and operation review meeting with SPs
• Ensure periodic audits on SPs and all stocks “”lost & found”” are timely resolved incl. DNs are raised to SPs
• To work with Market Distribution on relationship model for contract logistics, knowledge retention with logistics partners for sustainable processes and quality management

5. W&D Cost Management (KPIs – OVC freight and handling index)

• Prepare Annual BW Budget forecast for PE, Handling and Freight and Full Year consolidation
• Responsible for Quarterly FC (vs. Budget) for consolidate forecast volume, handling, PE and Freight cost
• Freight and handling cost analysis for Turntable

6. Customer Deliveries (KPIs – Customer Service Level)

• Manage and ensure the correct stock are delivered to the RDC and DS customers as per required customer service level

7.  Sales tax, Import duty and export/import requirements

• Responsible for BW on Import Duty & Sales Tax exemption management and documentations (Bank Guarantee via Finance Dept)
• Work closely with APAC markets on border regulations, INCOTERM, customs procedures and international trading requirements (with MDM MY)

Requirements

– Demand & Inventory Planning and Analysis
– Managing 3PL (3rd. Party Logistics Provider)
– Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution
– Continuous update on new Custom Regulation and procedure ( Import / Export )
– Management Skills
– MS Excel Skills (Pivot table, Advance Spreadsheet functionality and formulas)
– Diploma/Degree in Business Mgt, Supply Chain, Logistic & Warehousing
– Min 3-5 years managerial working experience in Supply Chain, Stock Mgt, Logistics & Warehousing
– Managing subordinates from various capacity i.e Executives, Supervisory etc. for min 3 years.

– not less than 30 years old