Job Description

A global pharmaceutical company has a 6 month contract position for a Supply Chain Freight Controller.Job Purpose:
The position is primarily responsible to support Supply Chain activities required for freight management. This role tracks, plans & manages freight movements into the country, within the country or out of the country. It will entail co-ordination with the Commercial, Quality, Supply Team, Factory, Logistics Service Providers for the booking, clearing/ forwarding, transportation & related activities to facilitate freight movements.The position builds and maintains relationships with the relevant internal & external stakeholders such as SA Leadership Team, Commercial Operations, IMQ (In Market Quality), Global Supply Chain & Logistics, Finance, Enterprise Solutions, Demand Fulfilment, External Manufacturing, Logistics Service Providers.Key Responsibilities:
Supply Chain

• Understand Supply Chain systems, process & 3PL activities required for South Africa/ Sub-Saharan Africa to manage shipments
• Oversight of 3PL activities/ processes/ systems from inbound to outbound
• Engage with various internal & external stakeholders like finance, commercial, supply, factory, service providers to gather relevant insights & information required for operations
• Provide tracking, visibility & reporting of shipments in various stages of its life cycle
• Reporting to Commercial and managing code change communications
• Managing the Back orders to only reflect true OOS impact

Customs

• Facilitate the Pre/customs clearance process for imports/ exports
• Gather & provide the necessary documents required for the customs clearance of shipments to the relevant service providers
• Create & update processes to ensure efficient ways of working
• Plan & manage operations to ensure that no additional charges are incurred

Primary Transport

• Liaise with transport service providers in relation to transportation to factory or warehouse
• Ensure additional services are used for relevant shipments & document transactions for validation of supplier payment
• Manage the Service provider invoice processing and follow up on Payment
• Plan & manage operations to ensure that no additional charges are incurred

Logistics

• Collaboration with IMQ (In-Market Quality) in monitoring supplier performance
• Support with SAP system errors - ASNs; Code changes

Support

• Demand Planning activates where required for operations
• Supply Planning processes linked to the supply of product
• Various projects that are part of the Supply Chain agenda

Budget

• Maintains and control spend within allocated SCM budget for South Africa to balance cost & service in the most cost efficient manner
• Validating & keeping a record of supplier work done for payments
• Raising Purchase Requisition/Purchase orders on vendors for routine and non-routine Supply Chain services

Process, Quality & Compliance

• Conducting all activities in a compliant manner
• As a part of the Audit controls conduct where required TLRAs ( transportation lane risk assessment)

Qualifications:

• Relevant diploma or degree (Supply Chain, Logistics or related)
• SAP/ ERP/ Customs System

Experience:

• Supply Chain, Imports & Logistics Management required
• System functioning is advantageous
• Proven relevant work experience in related business areas
• 3 - 5 years of Supply Chain/ Imports/ Logistics experience (Pharma, FMCG, Manufacturing or similar)
• Advanced understanding of Logistics / Import systems and process such as SAP & customs, basic understanding of processes and systems in adjacent areas.
• Understand impact of own area's activities within SCM and impact on adjacent functional groups
• Solid analytical skills for independent problem solving of more complex problems
• Proactive, taking initiative and speaking up how own area operates
• Communication fluency in English, both verbal and in writing, at all levels
• Presentation skills for smaller groups predominantly in own area
• Stakeholder management, teamwork and collaboration
• Attention to details and accuracy, while keeping an eye on the bigger picture
• Expert user of Excel and Power Point

Candidates that meet the criteria may submit their applications via this portal or via vacancy link on www.mnarecruitment.com
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