SABMiller Plc is  recruiting to fill the position below:

POSITION : Logistics Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure optimal human resourcing
• Ensure stock availability
• Minimise breakages, losses and wastage
• Assure product quality through sound Inventory Management Practices
• Control expenditure against budgets and forecasts
• Translate divisional core strategies with key focus on TCD (Total Cost of Distribution)
• Develop annual budgets and forecasts
• Management of KPI’s
• Optimise warehouse capacity and layout
• Determine optimal fleet configuration
• Contract Management with Contractors
• Manage and maintain good commercial relationship with Transporters
• Maximise fleet availability
• Manage asset acquisition
• Analyse and respond to operational performance measures (KPIs)
• Develop employees

Requirements

• Extensive line management experience, preferably experienced in a matrix managed environment
• Familiarity with planning systems
• Effective at collaborating upwards, downwards cross-functionally and across borders
• A commercial Degree or in Logistics Management
• Well rounded FMCG supply chain experiences at a senior level
• Financial knowledge: Break even analysis, Interpretation of income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, capital expenditure, depreciation, fixed and variable costs.

  Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to work under enormous pressure
• Have a highly developed understanding of finance and its interrelationships into other functions
• Understand forecasting and business modeling
• Problem solving
• Communication and presentation skills
• Analytical skills - able to perform analytical studies and gain insights
• Good communication
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership qualities with the ability to deliver results within a fast paced environment
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment