Senior Manager Logistics

A Senior Manager, Logistics vacancy at Nestlé in Amman covers logistics operations across the cluster, with the OPCs’ logistics teams driving warehouse and transportation activity. The post reports to the Associate Director, Supply Chain, and its goals include stronger customer service, LC2A savings and COD optimization.

About the senior manager logistics job in Amman

The notice also refers to the position as Senior Manager, Supply Chain and as Cluster Logistics Manager. The manager carries out the MENA functional strategy roadmap and leads the 3PL operational relationship together with the OPC logistics teams, with the aim of drawing on synergies and ways of working across the cluster. Safety, process efficiency and standardization are named as priorities for sustainable, compliant operations, and the job involves coordinating with Sales, DSP, CFSC and O2C to hold customer service levels as the business changes.

Responsibilities

• Oversees distribution, warehousing and transport across the cluster, acting through the logistics teams in each country and the logistics partners
• Manages the logistics budget and delivers the year’s cost-optimization targets through efficiency gains and improvement projects
• Keeps customs clearance, inbound handling, outbound deliveries and order fulfillment on schedule, working with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain and external partners to raise customer service levels and delivery results
• Defines performance standards for logistics partners and measures them on safety, quality, cost, service and compliance
• Evaluates supplier and 3PL performance, builds their capabilities, strengthens the relationships across the cluster and gets supplier agreements reviewed on time
• Holds logistics activity to safety, quality, compliance and sustainability requirements, along with country regulations, contractual terms and internal policies, and keeps documentation accurate, traceable and archived
• Applies continuous-improvement methods to tighten process control, standardization and performance management, and cuts operational damage and waste through compliant waste management
• Leads logistics transformation, digitalization and capability-development initiatives, supports logistics investment and CAPEX needs, and coaches and develops the logistics teams in each country

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Industrial Engineering is also accepted
• Experience in a senior management or regional leadership role, as part of a progressive logistics and supply chain career
• Proven team leadership, together with experience managing suppliers and 3PL providers
• Solid knowledge of cost drivers, distribution costs, logistics budgeting and cost optimization
• Advanced analytical skills for reading operational and financial information and turning the findings into prompt action
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken

Preferred qualifications

• APICS CSCP or another relevant professional certification
• FMCG background, or experience in a similarly complex operating environment

About Nestlé

The listing introduces Nestlé as the world’s biggest company in food and beverages.

How to apply

The vacancy is listed on Nestlé’s careers site, and the listing can be opened here.