Operations Planning Assistant

Jobsatdubai; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities in a global company

Possible further career development

Competitive salary

Job summary

Jobsatdubai is seeking an Operations Planning Assistant to join their team in Dubai. This role involves planning daily operations for inbound and outbound logistics, managing invoicing in SAP/WMS, and preparing critical management reports. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree or MBA with relevant exposure to the logistics industry and proficiency in MS Excel.

Join our international team at DHL to contribute to logistics solutions and gain valuable experience in a global environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree / MBA with exposure to logistics industry or equivalent experience.
• Less than 2 years experience or fresh graduate with a good academic background.
• Proficiency in MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily outbound, inbound, and Country of origin printing shift operations.
• Invoicing all outbound shipments in SAP/WMS on time.
• Prepare management reports and operations reports.
• Ensure all pick/pack is finished as per invoicing plan.

Skills

Warehousing

Data Entry

Operations Management

Performance Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree / MBA with exposure to logistics industry

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Operations Planning Assistant

Would you like to be part of the most international company in the world? A company operating in more than 220 countries worldwide and has been pioneering cross-border express shipping since 1969. Would you like to be part of a business that connects people across the globe and want to make a difference? Then waste no time and join our amazing team at DHL Group. DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DGFF) is the Group’s air, ocean, and road freight specialist. As the Freight Forwarding Experts, since 1815, we offer standard Global Freight services in addition to highly specialized end-to-end transportation solutions to customers across most industries around the world.

Join us in connecting people and improving lives.

In this Operations Planning Assistant role, you will:

Key Tasks

• Planning daily outbound, inbound, and Country of origin printing shift operations based on outbound/inbound/logistics requirement.
• Allocation and shipment creation in WMS as per the shift operations plan.
• Ensure all pick labels / put away labels of normal, priority & exception shipments are ready well before the shifts starts.
• Manage and decide shipments based on exception orders in WMS and SAP as per regulatory and logistics requirements.
• Follow up with WH Operations team to finish pick/pack as per invoicing plan for both VOR, Supplementary orders and stock orders.
• Prepare DG documentations as per requirements.
• Invoicing all OB shipments in SAP/WMS on time, based on transport and revenue recognition requirements. Manage SAP / WMS issues related to invoicing.
• Ensure ASN’s labels are printed and required fields are updated in WMS to make sure inbound operation is running without interruption.
• Communicate and respond for queries related to outbound shipment processing and logistics status from other departments in GM and logistics team.

Reporting and Analysis

• Management reporting-ensure that all management reports, shipments and logistics reports and all reports related to inbound are maintained as per requirement.
• Prepare and publish daily operations report and all other management reports.
• Proper planning of COO printing and ensuring that the shipments are ready for dispatch as per business plan which is vital for 60% of the business. Coordinate with operations team, COO printing and logistics service provider’s team to ensure that the shipments are dispatched on time.
• Track outbound shipments with respective LSP and monitor performance.
• Planning and prioritizing of inbound air and sea shipments processing by WH operations as per business requirement.
• Plan inbound container pulling as per container pulling priority and then to avoid port demurrage.
• Plan outbound logistics so that truck volume utilization of outbound trucks is maximized.
• Plan and schedule appropriate modes of transportation based on daily operational planning.
• Maintain courteous, prompt, and efficient customer relationship- internal and external.
• Analyze service failures/issues and implement performance improvement processes to enhance future service delivery.
• Addressing 3PL issues to Outbound/Inbound Supervisors, document issues and track them.
• Sample verification of shipment (eg: comparing LSP delivery report versus Facility shipment tracking)
• Monitor Outbound/Inbound logistics KPI’s.

Stakeholders

• Explain, train and coach facts, policies and practices related to job area.
• Support and interact primarily with colleagues of own sub-function.
• Work toward the organizational goals with the team.

Management Responsibility

• Individual contributor without direct responsibility for leading others

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree / MBA with exposure to logistics industry or equivalent experience/qualification, proficient in MS Excel.

Experience Level

• Less than 2 years / fresh graduate with good academic background + proficient in MS Excel

Skills

• Warehousing
• First Choice
• Data Entry
• Workplace Safety
• Occupational Health
• Performance Management
• Performance Dialog
• Operations Management
• Technology Trends
• DHL Business Knowledge
• Business Processes
• Business Strategy
• Computer Applications
• Muli-tasking
• Market Research
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Influencing
• Feedback
• Presentation & Storytelling
• Facilitation

We offer

• Opportunities in a global company where you can contribute your ideas and skills to move towards our shared goals.
• Possible further career development
• Competitive salary

Why join DHL Global Forwarding?

We are part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider with operations in over 220 countries.

Visit our career site on the web at https://www.logistics.dhl/us-en/home/careers.html

If you are ready to join our team and become a future leader in the world of Freight Forwarding, submit your resume via our career website.

DHL Global Forwarding is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.