Transportation Specialist Deeside
Job description
Group revenues in 2021 were over $2 billion. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in over 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our products provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs.
Job Summary
Responsible and accountable for the day-to-day coordination of the transportation of finished goods or component material into and out of Convatec’ s global operations. This position will be responsible for transportation activities into and out of Convatec’ s warehouses in Europe and Deeside manufacturing site.
The role is essential to ensure component material and finished goods are moving to contracted lead-times with freight forwarders and supporting a supply chain that delivers customer service.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Daily/weekly review replenishment orders placed by Convatec’ s supply planners. Combine orders into shipment loads (truck or container) that balance cost and serve.
- Monthly co-ordination with freight forwarders and Convatec’ s 3PL’s to align on the scheduled calendar aligning orders dropping, container pick-ups to meet vessel sailing dates. Ensure the operations runs to agreed monthly calendars or adapt schedules accordingly to meet the needs of Convatec’ s outbound ocean shipments accordingly.
- Develop KPI’s (lead-time and cost) to measure the ocean and truck transportation performance from order drop to delivery at destination facility.
- Update lead times backed off KPI’s in SAP
- Co-ordination of air shipments out of or into the European Distribution Centres.
- Co-ordinate the inbound truck movement of component material into the Deeside, UK facility.
- Actively use Convatec’ s visibility tool, focus on shipment exception reports and follow up with freight forwarders on exception shipments.
- Support customs compliance team as needed with shipments moving through customs.
- Manage overall area to annual budget, measuring actual monthly spend to budget.
- Approve freight invoices in SAP aligning with transportation team member responsible for outsourced freight audit activities.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in transportation processing and routing.
- Manage rate card updates (new lanes/rate changes/service schedule updates) and align with business stakeholders
- Follow up with Freight Forwarders to ensure timely invoicing and no outstanding invoices over payment term
Principal Contacts
- Internal: Logistics team members, Warehouse leads, Global supply planners, Deeside Buyers, Customs Compliance team and Quality.
- External: 3PL operations leads, Freight Forwarders, Trucking Suppliers.
Travel Requirements
Travel is not required for day-to-day activities, however for project work and relationship development with Convatec sites, freight forwarders some travel maybe required. Approximately 10% of time, include overnight trips.
Language Skills Required
- Speaking: Yes English*
- Writing/Reading: Yes English*
- Additional languages as required or nice to have
Education/Experience/Qualifications
- A strong Experience in organizing and managing transportation activities either in the transportation industry, or at healthcare, FMCG, electronic companies or like industries.
- Experience with managing activities with outsourced suppliers (freight forwarders, trucking companies). Especially holding suppliers to service level standards and expectations.
- Experience working with Transportation Visibility tools, tracking, and monitoring of shipments.
- Clear and professional communication skills, interacting with multiple parties and emailing updates to leadership.
- Organized and effective follow up skills
- Desirable to have experience with SAP
Working Conditions
- Primarily remote working but needs to have the ability to travel to the office as needed for the role.
Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.
This is stepping up to a challenge.
This is work that’ll move you.
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