The Skills You'll Need: Supply Chain, Logistics, Inventory, 3PL, People Management
Your New Salary: £45-55k
Office based OR Hybrid: 2 days a week in the Central London office, 3 at home
Start: ASAP
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Who You'll be Working For: Award winning personal care company.
Supply Chain & Logistics Manager - What You'll be Doing:
The Supply Chain and Logistics Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing global logistics and fulfilment operations to maximise efficiency and productivity. You will play a crucial role in order management as well as developing and maintaining good relationships with suppliers, carriers and 3PLs as well as ensuring on time delivery.
Logistics:
- Freight Negotiation & Bookings: Negotiate freight rates and sea freight optimisation, and maintain effective communication with suppliers and freight carriers.
- Inbound Management: Oversee deliveries into 3PL and incoming shipments, and regularly reconcile all stock locations to ensure accuracy.
- Import and Export Documentation: Stay up to date with current regulations, both UK and internationally.
- System Updates: Ensure WMS are optimised and set up to support expansion whilst ensuring accuracy at the current period of time.
- Projects: Support with NPD product launches and other business critical campaigns
Fulfilment:
- Order Management: Oversee wholesale, retail, and Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) orders.
- Shopify Order Management: monitor all DTC orders, working closely with customer service to solve problems, update orders when needed and ensure timely dispatch.
- Compliance Review: Review and manage non-compliance issues and chargebacks, ensuring orders meet retailer and partner requirements.
- Customer Relations: Maintain strong working relationships with commercial teams and other internal departments.
Inbound and Goods Receipt (GR) Management:
- Managing Inbounds: Manage inbound shipments and ensure timely goods receipt (GR) processes.
- B2B Orders: Monitor B2B orders and track KPIs.
- Issue Resolution: Track, manage, and follow up on any issues related to inbounds or order fulfilment.
Packaging:
- Stock Monitoring: Oversee packaging stock levels to ensure materials are available when needed.
- Timely Delivery: Ensure packaging materials arrive on time to avoid disruptions in fulfilment processes.
- Special Projects: Participate in or lead special projects related to packaging or logistics efficiency improvements.
E-commerce:
- Shipping Management: Manage shipping rules, holiday calendars, and order fulfilment settings.
- Platform Management: Work within Shopify and Blade (Warehouse Management System) to manage orders, shipments, and inventory efficiently.
Supply Chain & Logistics Manager - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:
- Experience in international logistics, fulfilment, or supply chain management
- US and Europe supply chain experience preferred
- Management experience essential
- Solutions driven problem solver
- Strong organisational skills and project management
- Great attention to detail and capable of multitasking
- Experience with inventory management systems (Unleashed preferred but not essential)
- Experience with freight negotiations and booking processes.
- Experience of setting up 3PL locations
- Ability to manage multiple orders, track shipments, and handle B2B relationships.
- Experience working with e-commerce platforms (Shopify preferred) and WMS systems like Blade.
- Strong communication skills for internal and external stakeholder management.
- Excellent in Excel
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