Supply Chain Sr Associate - French Speaker - New Cairo, Egypt

Transportation Operations (3rd Party transporters & warehouses) 

• Manage 3rd party Transporters Day to day operations 

• Collecting orders received from Transportation planning & DRPs & PAPs and send them to 3rd party via systems 
• Manage timely notification about picking completion by 3rd party 
• Communicate with 3rd party on daily basis to review progress and resolve day to day operational issues 
• Provide forecast details on weekly basis and provide weekly schedule for display building 

• Manage 3rd party Warehouses 

• Inbound dashboard reporting (e.g. OTD, Carrier Acceptance, Inflation, Ad hoc, etc.). 
• Book slot and capacity in warehouse. 
• Provide relevant transportation information to warehousing for slot booking and capacity planning. 
• Manage issues and refusals. 

Carrier Managment & Planning 

• Insert costs into the system incl. claims management. 
• Align with customer service and Transportation Planning team to discuss mitigation actions. 
• Support for any issue (returns, refusals) and communicate to planner the cost adjustments (additional stop, returns with cost involvement etc.). 
• Receive information about refusal order (order refused after reaching customer premise) and inform other teams (e.g. warehouse and customer service). 
• Create and place all purchase orders with vendors for logistics services and coordinate proper invoicing. 
• Provide information of freight costs for shipping companies. 

• Proficiency in English and French (written and spoken C1) 
• Working knowledge of gTMS 
• Demonstrated stakeholder management experience with both internal and external transporters & warehouses working within logistics operational environment (usually min 2 yrs exp.) 
• Prior working knowledge of stock planning and inventory management required  
• Working Knowledge of MRP required (pref. SAP) 
• Working Knowledge of Power Apps/BI or similar reporting dashboard software preferable 
• Excel & Office package advanced knowledge mandatory 
• Demonstrated coordination of disparate groups to drive problem resolution