Transportation Operation Manager

Who we are?

Abdul Latif Jameel is a diversified business of independent entities that include automotive distribution, auto parts manufacturing, financial services, renewable energy, environmental services, health, land and real estate development, logistics, electronics retailing and media services.

Established in 1945 Abdul Latif Jameel has dual headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, and currently has operations in 30 countries employing approximately 11,000 people from more than 40nationalities.

The term Abdul Latif Jameel refers broadly to several distinct, separate and independent legal entities. It is not itself a corporate entity, association or conglomerate run by an overarching parent company but merely refers to a group of distinct and wholly separate legal entities that are collectively referred to as Abdul Latif Jameel.

Main Job Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for data up keeping with 5S incorporated, related to demand, allocations, and stocks with the right balance among them

2. Harmonize with Sales Channels and Verticals on a regular basis to capture any shift in demand and corrections accordingly

3. Prepare monthly allocation/ supply plan for Shipments, & executes in coordination with Demand Head & Verticals

4. Maintain & Upload allocation plan & ratio to JSAP and convert Suggested Orders into Firm/ Committed Orders in the system

5. Ensure the special-order vehicles are allocated to the right Regions/Channels who placed that Order (not to any other locations), and keep tracking sheet

6. Propose monthly forecast for the Segment, twice monthly

7. Prepare and submit the Used Cars (ALJR UCD) deals for liquidation of Damaged vehicles, initiate & negotiate for best offers with UCD, before submitting for management approvals

8. Support Demands Head Occasionally in the monthly target setting of all segments / products

9. Prepare various executive reports and summaries as required by Top Management, Demand/ Supply MD, and Demand Head

10. Support Product PIC in the TMC order meeting (irrelevant role or elaborate more)

11. Participate / Support in various ad-hoc projects such as central region delivery / delivery lead time reduction

12. Responsible to receive, respond and act swiftly on queries related to demand and stock allocations, to fulfil frontline requirements

13. Develop strong communication with Verticals to improve their respective Products allocation and stock-mix through established feedback mechanism

14. Responsible for continuous interaction within Demand and Supply Team and share working methodology to enhance overall effectiveness (Yokoten) (what is YOKOTEN)

15. Develop strong communication with Vehicle Logistics (Supply Chain) so as to establish benchmarks for priority accessorizing (elaborate more)

16. Responsible for close communication with ALJR UCD & Products PICs to create a deal draft and suggest an initial offer with UCD

17. Monitor frontline demand closely and propose/ implement Kaizen points as and when required

18. Interaction with Corporate IT to suggest Kaizen in the ERP System (elaborate more)

19. Promote Kaizen Culture within Demand and Supply Chain and participate in Kaizen Marathon

Main Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Engineering is Preferred, alternatively IT & BA are second preference. Diploma could be sufficient in these majors
• Fresh graduate, or up to 3-5 years of work experience, having exposure to the related field is an added advantage
• Certification in Demand and Supply is an added advantage

The associate will work with a daily standard of (48) hours per week.

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