The Manager Transportation Excellence is a key in-house strategy execution role for an organized, passionate, goal-oriented, visionary leader who understands the challenges and the opportunities of a wide supply chain and transportation network. The primary focus of this position is to drive excellence in the transportation network. This role creates and implements the vision and strategy for transportation programs, systems and processes required to define and support the company’s current and future distribution and supply chain requirements.

Consecutively, the team initiates, manages and drives improvement programs. To measure success, the team defines new metrics and KPIs, runs dashboards and tracks the delivery of intended results and where necessary, takes on further corrective actions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead key tactical and strategical projects across the delivery network in alignment with company’s strategic direction and priorities.

• Own a quantitative, data-driven, fact-based mindset in order to prioritize and manage the transportation excellence agenda.

• Ensure projects are delivered with proper cadence and governance, along with a clear communication plan.

• Improve overall transportation KPIs (OTIF, Speed, Sustainability and cost) for our omnichannel business (ecomm, retail and wholesale)

• Design, budget, and deliver impactful IT tools for transportation management.

• Optimize the transportation network for better cost, service, speed and reliability.

• Drive the sustainability vision of the company for the whole network.

• Take part in quarterly and annual budgeting process along with Supply Chain Finance

• Be customer centric in everything we do, owning the delivery experience by enhancing consumer preference and convenience options.

• Build up transportation metrics and track performance, lead improvement agendas.

• Define and deliver cost saving initiatives to optimize our annual transportation spend.

• Lead B2B and B2C tender process with Global Procurement

Requisite Education and Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree from relevant departments of universities required.

• Professional Certifications in PMP, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping are an advantage.

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in an advanced supply chain and/or transportation management environment (relevant consultancy included) and leading high performing teams.

• Advanced English Level is a must.