Regional Logistics Operations Manager - Ans Loncin, België - Cabot Corporation

Beschrijving

Your Role at Cabot:
Regional Operations Logistics Manager is accountable for operational logistics services to all business segments in the region, the main responsibility of this role includes:

• Oversight and management of transportation carriers, (air, sea, barge, rail & road) freight forwarder which includes leadership and resolution to escalated service problems in a daily basis as well as works in collaboration with transportation booking team in the delivery centers to ensure customer on-time-delivery.
• Optimizing selection of services based on efficiency, ensuring that quality of service is delivered and that costs are in alignment with negotiated contracts across transportation, WHS in the region

As the role ensures performance of service providers meets or exceeds standards and goals, he/she may also participate in the management of contracts and negotiations with third-party providers as well as proposes improvements to existing methods to enhance quality, efficiency, reliability, and continuity of service.

Also, this role develops and maintains business relationships with external parties, which may include customers, third-party service providers, vendors as well as delivery centers.

This role can be based at regional offices or at Key Regional Logistics Hubs

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Provides leadership and resolution to service problems identified through monitoring of daily export shipment execution status or escalated by Delivery Centers, Export shipping sites of the region, Sales, or Business Leaders.
• Specifically for the import/export activities, the role acts as a supervision of execution tasks by the Freight forwarder, within a model where customer orders are entered and managed by the importing regions (customer region).
• This role is also in charge to overview the status of the execution and define prioritizations with the freight forwarder and steam ship lines. This role also includes coordinating with the exporting/importing Cabot sites within the region and ensures Cabot the proper execution of the shipments by the freight forwarders, the drayage companies and the steam ship lines.
• In charge of operations cost management, this includes cost validations and pursuing options to lower costs and avoid demurrage/detention at origin/destination
• Supports Root Cause Analysis and drives actively corrective actions with Suppliers
• Supports on Import Shipments of nonfinished materials where applicable
• Works with senior management and other internal (IT, SSC, Businesses/Sales) and external customers to ensure satisfactory and efficient service delivery.

Supplier Performance Management

• Support Regional Logistics Procurement Category Manager with supplier performance management
• Support Digital Enablement and integration with Cabot systems

Policies & Compliance Management:

• Ensures compliance with policies, procedures including safety, internal control, Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, and ISO 9000 standards.
• Provides support to the Regional Business on the evolution of Legal and Regulatory requirements of the regions
• Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001 technical specification, as applicable to the site/region

What You Will Bring to Cabot:

• Bachelor's/University degree in Business, Logistics or Transportation related discipline. 5 to 10 years, experience in the related fields
• Excellent Logistics expertise. Strong background in logistics operations & tactical activities incl. Supplier Performance Management
• Industry experience in freight including import/export, rail, trucking, shipping, or manufacturing
• Familiar with international procedures and methods
• Experience with warehouse managing activities is preferred
• Problemsolving, analytical, decisionmaking, selfinitiative, and organizational skills
• Strong Leadership and communication skills. Ability to lead and motivate suppliers team members
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate and interact with customers, suppliers and internal groups