Manager, Logistics Operations

Pakistan

Job Function

Supply Chain Management

State / Province

Pakistan

Position Type

Full time

City / Location

Sialkot

HR Contact

Indraneel Saha

Referral Bonus Eligible

Yes

Brand

adidas Group

Relocation

No Selection

Job Grade

M4

At adidas Group, our love of sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a shoe more than padding and plastic, we are bigger than our products. We don’t just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics: We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it’s hard work inventing the future of sport, and that’s why we love it; that when you push your limits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.

At adidas Group, this drive it what connects us, whether we’re working for TaylorMade, adidas, Reebok, or Rockport. We’re all working toward a future motivated by passion, original thinking, and the desire to build upon a proud legacy.

From design to production to logistics to technology, every role in all our brands is connected to this. Our roles span the range of our brands, as well as spanning the globe. No matter what you do, or what country or city you do it in, your work helps make greatness possible.

Purpose:

• Implement origin transport logistics processes with logistics service providers, carriers, adidas liaison office and factories in responsible origins for all products/shipments under the GOPS responsibility according to defined processes.
• Drive 3PLs’ performance at origin to enable an in-time and full delivery of the products to the adidas Group’s customers.

Key Responsibilities:

For Operations Excellence

• Take responsibility of origin logistics operations in responsible origins to ensure that the defined logistics standard operation procedures are followed by 3PLs, carriers and factories aiming to an in-time delivery of the goods.
• Support and execute BSL and GOPS initiatives and projects in responsible origins.
• Monitor and drive 3PLs performance towards defined KPIs for responsible origins. Within this role the Logistics Manager establishes continuous process/performance reviews with 3PLs to achieve the set 3PL KPIs for all specified origins and also to identify process improvements.
• Collaborate with LOs to establish KPIs monitoring on factories and seek continuous improvement impacting 3PLs’ performance.
• Drive, build up, and manage very good local business relationship with 3PLs and carriers in responsible origins
• Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration channels between 3PLs, carriers, LO and factories in responsible sourcing origins.
• Be a local expert for the responsible origins to support sourcing and regional team. This also requires the establishment of being the focal point of contact for sourcing teams of responsible LOs and local 3PLs.
• The Logistics Manager has to ensure that logistics master data related to his/her specific origins are updated in respective global data bases in time and correctly. This master data will serve as a baseline for important system transactions for our global sourcing volume.
• Continuously seek for complexity reduction for origin logistics processes and align the corresponding global roll out with infrastructure team and other CoE-L Origin Operations colleagues.

Key Relationships:

• Sourcing Liaison Offices
• Centre of Excellence - Logistics origin team
• Local and regional 3PLs and carriers
• Other Centre of Excellence - Logistics teams
• Global IT

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Sound business sense and good judgment capabilities
• Self motivated and highly driven
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills in English to interact effectively and efficiently with different stakeholders.
• Details oriented for problem solving
• Team player
• Good system understanding

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Preferably a University graduate or very good comparable education in business/logistics
• At least 4 years solid experience in retail logistics industry, especially on transportation management

Posting Notes: Sialkot || Pakistan || Pakistan || || adidas Group || Europe, Middle East & Africa || No Selection
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