Logistics Center Senior Manager

Main Tasks:

Managing the Operations and Supply-Chain Management:

• Holding full responsibility of the Logistics Center as a location manager in terms of operations, budget, processes, security, health & Safety, etc.
• Ensure efficient operational and supply-chain logistic processes in order to provide the optimal stock-level and service level to the dealers in Egypt.
• Permanent tracking and tracing of backorders ensuring its level is keeping within the target.
• Permanent optimization of the stock performing evaluations and taking actions (e.g. scrapping, space optimization, special sales, ...) Control business processes within the department, in particular order processing, external and internal correspondence, accounting and internal audits
• Define transportation needs and strategy together with RLCME and negotiate transportation conditions with service providers, control transportation performance and costs.
• Advise Head of RLCME in all aspects of the Logistics spare parts business.

Human Resources Planning and Leadership

• Be a role for all the MB Egypt Logistic team employees.
• Lead, motivate and develop employees by target agreements.
• Ensure sufficient capacity, knowledge, training, equipment and performance-challenging atmosphere.
• Ensure clear and target-oriented internal communication.
• Develop measures to provided qualified employees in coordination with the RLCME and MB Egypt HR.
• Identify the leadership and developing needs of the MB Egypt Logistic Team.

Cost and Budget Planning

• Planning, monitoring and controlling of turnover, lines and cost in cooperation with the RLCME and FMS.
• Discussing and negotiating budget and cost figures, annual operative planning and OP controlling with the RLCME Management.
• Develop and implement successful efficiency-increasing measures assuring the distributor customer benefit (service level) at adequate cost and ensuring that Logistics Performance KPIs are fulfill.

Management and Control of 3PL Operations and Cost Control

• Ensure efficient Warehouse operations through 3PL defining and achieving KPIs operational targets and monitoring them in a regular basis and collaborating in the management and implementation of the Warehouse processes
• Defining continuous improvement measures in close cooperation with 3PL Warehouse manager.
• Definition and negotiation of the performance targets with 3PL. Solely responsible 20 Classified as MB Internal
• Control and follow-up of the 3PL costs in a monthly basis.
• Monitoring and controlling all the contractual issues in cooperation with RLCME and GSP/OLW.

Continuous improvement of the Parts Logistics Department

• Development and improvement of the RLC organization in co- operation with GSP and RLCME.
• Establish a continuous improvement philosophy implementing best practice and benchmark processes from other ELC/RLCs in order to achieve efficiency targets and reacting to the market requirements.
• Working using tools like the Daimler High Performance Culture.

Assortment and Procurement Policy

• Monitoring the procurement of all needed Logistics goods and/or services following the company regulations for the quotations and assuring a competitive selection of the supplier/service provider according to DAG guideline and in coordination with the RLCME.
• Ensure the GSP/GLC inventory processes including permanent and random sample counting.

Representational Tasks and Co-operation with GSP/OG

• Representing GSP Logistics in Egypt and secure a positive image.
• Collaborate in strategic alignment and further development of parts logistics and ensure realization according to GSP Guidelines.
• Collaborate in business policy of the parts business and promote interests of the Logistics Center within GSP and MB Egypt.
• Responsible of the whole operations of the warehouse in Cairo including ordering, stock keeping, inventory management, initial stocking, inbound, outbound, health/Safety, environmental, and security

Qualifications

Training and qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Commerce/Finance or any equivalent field.
• Relevant post graduate study is preferable

Technical knowledge:

• Logistics Management
• Stock Management
• Warehouse Management.
• Health and safety in a warehouse.

Soft skills/individual competence:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent leadership and managerial skills
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Excellent customer orientation skills

Experience:

• 10 - 12 years of experience in parts field with at least 2 years in a similar position holding the same responsibilities and tasks

Language

• Fluency of spoken and written Arabic and English languages