Logistics Account Manager

Egberts ZA Proprietory Limited; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the coffee and tea industry is seeking a Logistics Account Manager in Maidenhead. This role focuses on optimizing supply chain operations and enhancing customer satisfaction through effective logistics management. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in logistics and project management, alongside strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Broad experience in Supply Chain and Logistics required.
• Previous logistics and warehousing experience essential.
• Strong analytical skills with a results-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and implement improvement projects and cost reductions.
• Manage relationships with Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).
• Control warehousing and distribution costs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Customer service

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Supply Chain Maidenhead Full-time United Kingdom

Job Description

Within the Logistics department (part of the Supply Chain), we are looking for a Logistics Account Manager who will operate within the triangle of internal customers, external customers, and Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).

The Operations function ensures the integration of all key business processes from supplier to customer, providing products, services, and information that add value for customers and stakeholders. The function manages sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain (warehousing and distribution), and planning processes, ensuring optimal alignment between demand and supply on a global scale, considering efficiency, flexibility, security of supply, costs, working capital, quality, service levels, and societal values.

Responsibilities / Key activities

• Initiate, lead, and implement improvement projects and cost reductions, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and LSPs.
• Proactively identify and apply the best solutions for the customer, based on best practices in customer service and logistics.
• LSP Management: Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly meetings to review KPI’s and service levels of LSPs in warehousing and distribution, defining and following up on actions to improve performance.
• Control costs related to warehousing and distribution activities, analyze cost developments, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate external customer satisfaction and define and implement improvement activities based on these results.

Qualifications

Must have:

• Broad experience in Supply Chain and Logistics
• Previous logistics and warehousing experience
• Strong analytical skills with a results-oriented approach
• Experience with SAP and Excel
• Demonstrable autonomy in your CV and career

Nice to have:

• Good knowledge of FMCG business
• Knowledge of trends in Logistics
• Experience in project management
• Loves freedom and taking responsibility

Additional Information

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Company Description

Company Description

For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) has been inspired by the belief that amazing things can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We are driven by our purpose to unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea to create a better future. Our portfolio includes over 50 brands, such as L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick, and Moccona, available in more than 100 markets worldwide.

JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in the Netherlands.

What’s it like to work at JDE?

We are proud of our passionate, driven associates who challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup. We are progressive, ambitious, resourceful, and decisive, bringing coffee and tea moments to people worldwide.