Taste & Wellbeing Regional Transport Manager for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (SAMEA)
A Transport Manager Manager with the global leader in the creation of Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, a key member of our Regional Supply Chain team for Taste & Wellbeing Operations and a business partner for our continued success in the SAMEA region - Your future position?
Are you an experienced Transport professional with an excellent knowledge of customs and trade affairs who would like to take a new turn in your career by joining the Supply Chain team of a leading global organisation? Then this might be the perfect opportunity for you!
Our Transport team ensures that Givaudan can make timely shipments, have proper customer and customs documents, have service-oriented communication with all partners, and facilitate flawless handling of import customs clearance to enhance the customer experience.
We are looking for a Regional Transport Manager to be an excellent business partner for our growing Taste & Wellbeing Operations sites across South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (SAMEA). You will lead all the Taste & Wellbeing regional transportation activities for sea, air, and road inbound and outbound SAMEA while ensuring excellent performance and quality standards for Givaudan and our customers.
This individual contributor role reports to the Head of Supply Chain for SAMEA and offers excellent personal and professional development opportunities. The role is flexible and open to be based in any of our operational sites in Johannesburg (South Africa), 6th October City (Egypt), or Pune (India).
You will work for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a hundred times a day. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Our passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in the food & beverage, fragrance and beauty industries. We have a culture that works to inspire, challenge and capture the heart and soul of consumers and customers. Our customers in the SAMEA region have local, regional, and international profiles, bringing diversity and curiosity to your daily job.
Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs!
In this exciting role, you will be responsible for -
Excellence in execution:
- Lead the implementation and the delivery of improvement actions and programs already identified in the transport roadmap: 1) to improve the service levels for on-time deliveries and reduction of complaints and 2) improve the transportation costs.
- Identify continuous improvement initiatives.
- Achieve standardisation and harmonisation of organisation and processes (lean & best practices).
- Increase the automation of processes.
- Work in a structured way (root cause analyses, PDCA) with main stakeholders (site transport teams, road hub, GBS, 3PL, 4PL, controlling, warehousing) to improve performance and reduce costs.
- Monitor and analyse monthly KPIs related.
- Conduct/attend reviews with carriers and logistics service providers.
- Support initiatives and address escalations from customers/sales.
- Contribute to the deployment of global and regional transport initiatives at all regional sites to improve the balance of service level, cost and quality with a specific focus on the Alliance programme (integration of acquired companies) and the Regional Distribution Centre implementation project
- Ensure sustainability of implemented actions and projects.
- Help integrate acquired companies.
- Manage change management for communication and training.
- Support transport network changes, including selecting LSPs and implementing them in collaboration with IM&S.
- Follow market evolution and trends of service and costs.
Are you someone who wants to shape your own world? Who excels being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then join us and influence your world!
Your professional profile includes:
- A Bachelors or Masters degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or a related discipline. Additional certifications in Six Sigma/Lean Green Belt certificate will be advantageous.
- 8+ years of relevant and progressive work experience in supply chain management with a background in logistics management, preferably in international work environments.
- Knowledge of transportation, customs and trade affairs needs and trends in SAMEA.
- Good understanding of incoterms and shipping terminologies.
- Excellent project management and change management skills.
- Comfortable in working and collaborating with diverse teams and cultures.
- Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English language. Knowledge of additional languages will be advantageous but not mandatory.
- Able to travel within the SAMEA region as required.
- Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
- A creative team environment that will inspire you.
- Attractive compensation package with benefits.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.
