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Global Logistics Lead

Working for a complex, global manufacturer of hardware and software products, this is a fantastic role for someone who enjoys driving performance, automation, efficiency and cost savings within a challenging, fast paced environment.

For someone who is driven by data, comfortable leading change, enjoys a fast-paced global environment, with excellent commercial acumen this is an opportunity you need to investigate. It offers a fantastic working environment, brilliant people centric culture and incredibly rewarding work.

It’s ideal for someone who has:

Strong business acumen, leadership, and drive. With the ability to identify and successfully drive logistics solutions internally across multiple teams, and externally with logistics partners.

Enjoy working on their own initiative, with the ability to identify, recommend and expedite solutions.

Strong analytic & analysis skills, with the ability to prove (data lead) where efficiencies can be gained.

Monitor and engage with external logistics partners, to monitor and improve current service but also identify cost savings going forward.

Working closely with Procurement teams to provide leadership & specialist logistics knowledge as part of Global RFI, RFP, RFQ process. Delivering against milestones and improving process outcomes.

Working with global Supplier Managers and external logistics partners to secure favourable end results. Showing leadership, commercial acumen and the ability to make strong data lead recommendations.

Utilize & embrace automation for tasks which are repetitive, ideally with knowledge of creating PowerBI dashboards.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify and relay complex information succinctly both internally and externally.

Enjoy multitasking, with the ability to prioritize your own workload. You will have multiple data requests from different divisions within the company, and you need to balance the day-to-day tasks with varying requests/projects.

You will need to have/be:

Highly driven, self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and as part of a blended global team (working with Sales, Finance, Purchasing, Shipping, Relationship Managers etc.).

Excellent communication/presentation skills.

Strong communication, people/influencing skills.

Strong data analysis and attention to detail skills.

Strong, adaptable Project Management capability, with the ability to react to changing priorities.

Must be detail oriented and hard working.

Expert level Excel skills, ideally with ability to create PowerBi dashboards.

You must have:

Strong international logistics experience, ideally with 3+ years’ experience gained in similar role within a fast pace, complex global environment.

Ideally Bachelor’s Degree

8+ years of relevant work experience