Senior General Manager

Job Description : Sr. GM - Logistics Commercial - Steel Business KENYA Qualification : B. Tech / M. Tech or MBA/PGDM Experience : 18-25 years of work experience with at least 8 years in a commercial function, preferably procurement. Job Responsibilities : - Integrate all the plant locations and drive seamless flow of raw materials, finish goods and support logistics operations team. - Evaluate all options of transportations modes like road, rake, coastal & the combinations and develop contracting strategies for maximising the movement of materials and minimising the logistic cost. - Ensure contracts are in place for inbound, outbound 1st leg and 2nd leg transportation including handling at railway sidings. - Ensure contracts are in place for Import logistics of Spares & Consumables covering Ocean freight, CHA, Port operations, CFS and transportation. - Ensure contracts are in place export of Containerized cargo covering transportation, CFS, CHA and Ocean freight. - Identify the risks and bottlenecks in supply chain and drive risk mitigation and improvement projects. - Evaluate supply chain stock points (stockyards) along with logistic operations team and enhance /develop infrastructure for the existing as well as new to meet the future supply chain requirements - Evaluate railway schemes for enhancing rail movement and contracting for maximizing rail coefficient Major Tasks & Responsibilities : - Review of safety performance of vendors along with logistics operation team - Preparing yearly plan with mile stones for all Inbound, Outbound, Handling, Stockyard, Import & Export logistics - Extending support to physical distribution in conducting study and developing strategy for -improving infrastructure for logistics at stock yards and railway sidings - Guiding the team members on the contracting strategies, Synergy, bench Marking and measures for improving the service levels - Engaging in Customs clearance as a single agency at all ports, as an aggregator for freight forwarding services and regular review of 3rd Party Services - Exploring Railway schemes for engagement of leased rakes for transportation and engaging strategic partners for better supply chain solutions - Introduce IT systems & Procurement process for compliance to SOP. - Driving Be1 initiatives, SCT, SRM initiatives - Drive logistics network optimization and derive cost effective solutions through DMAIC, DMADIC, OR tools - Cross functional team to upgrade stock yards and other stockyard. - Monitoring & reviewing performances on weekly / monthly / quarterly / yearly basis - Planned visits to Mines, Ports, Stock yards and supply chain partners to capturing voice of customers & addressing the issues for smooth supply chain Management - Reviewing supply chain partners performances along with Logistics execution team on quarterly basis - Administrative work (e-mails, paper-work, procurement, phone calls, etc) - Monitoring & ensuring timely renewal of contracts - Understanding the Supply chain requirements based on marketing strategy

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