Supervisor Freight Operations & Inventory Management

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION

▪ Provide Leadership to the Transport Planning team to achieve an accurate and optimal transport planning for the Abbott Nutrition division.

▪ Provide Leadership to the inventory team to maintain and optimize inventory accuracy & capacity for the Abbott Nutrition division.

▪ Realize an excellent customer service level for the division Abbott Nutrition.

▪ Ensures key metrics are visible and maintained throughout the business.

▪ Assure adherence and keep AN site up to the required standards of the Good Distribution Practices and the ISO900 requirements.

▪ Manages activities and allocates resources within the Transport Planning and Inventory Control Team to ensure strategic and departmental goals are achieved.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES)

Freight Operations

▪ Ensure daily & weekly planning of all Inbound and Outbound shipments is created and agreed with warehouse operations.

▪ Ensure freight is processed every day: monitoring pickups and deliveries throughout the day, identifying and swiftly responding to challenges.

▪ Review and respond to customer complaints about delivery quality.

▪ Represent carrier performance issues to ANSC Freight & Distribution team.

▪ Performs analysis and provides feedback on freight consolidation and mode optimization to ensure maximum potential is achieved in corporation with ANSC Freight & Distribution.

▪ Communicates carrier performance and propose actions to address performance gaps.

▪ Act as liaison with warehouse departments and ANSC Freight & Distribution team.

▪ Fully utilize the functionality of the Fulfillment Transportation Management System (FTMS), and continually evaluate the technology to ensure it meet the needs of the business.

▪ Develop and implement strategies that optimize the carrier relationship and meet the service levels of the organization.

▪ Develop a Best In Class freight operations team built on technology, talent, and solid processes.

▪ Close monitoring of planning progress and external elements and follow-up on deviations.

▪ Support periodic Business Reviews with (local) carriers in close cooperation with ANSC Freight & Distribution team.

▪ Ensure that EXA/T1 documentation is prepared correctly in customs system and shipments are announced in Portbase (port of Rotterdam) or APCS (port of Antwerp).

Inventory Control

▪ Monitor monthly inventory levels. Analyze actuals vs. LBE & create inventory projections.

▪ Responsible for the reconciliation of differences between “actual inventory (physical)”, “Warehouse Management System records” and or “Customer system records” of inventory.

▪ Defines off site storages needs and provides recommendation on volumes and duration.

▪ Management of Item Master data in the warehouse management system and the Fulfillment Transportation Management System.

▪ Maintains Inventory related parameters within the Warehouse Management system to ensure efficient use of the automated material handling equipment.

▪ Maintains relationship with IFO (Finance) to ensure full alignment on financial audits and acts as point of contact for IFO (Finance) and accounts during financial audits.

▪ Ensure proper management of hold inventory including internal and external reporting.

▪ Identify opportunities for inventory optimization to meet agreed customer service levels.

▪ Integrate supply chain inventory reporting within MBR/ S&OP process.

Quality & Compliance

▪ Ensure Exception Reports (ER) meet expectations on quality and lead-time.

▪ Ensure the quality system for transportation and warehouse support processes is up to date at all time.

▪ Fulfill the role of auditee during internal and external audits for the transportation and warehouse support team.

▪ Maintain compliance with Quality, Legal, EHS and Regulatory requirements.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is responsible for a team of 6 reports:

▪ Transportation Planning (4 FTE)

▪ Inventory Control (2 FTE)

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE

▪ Reporting to : Operations Manager

▪ Provides services to : AN Division

▪ Relationship with : AN Supply Chain team, IFO (Finance), Zwolle Plant

▪ Budget responsibility : $300.000

EDUCATION

▪ Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Operations, Logistics or Materials Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

▪ Project management skills

▪ Affinity with IT, WMS, Transport Management systems is beneficial.

▪ Data Analytical skills

▪ Excellent Microsoft Office skills

▪ Process Improvement skills/Lean skills.

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

▪ Knowledge or affinity with warehouse, transportation, inventory management and/or customs

▪ People management skills

▪ Able to work with cross functional departments and different levels within the organization

▪ Priority setting and organizational skills to run the day-to-day business.

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