About the Role
Arvin International Marketing Inc. is looking for an experienced Logistics Manager to oversee the company's end-to-end logistics, importation, warehousing, inventory, transportation, and distribution operations.
The role is responsible for ensuring the efficient, cost-effective, and timely movement of imported and locally sourced products, including salt, rice, chemicals, and other commodities, from suppliers and ports to company warehouses and customers.
The successful candidate must have strong experience in import logistics, port and vessel coordination, cargo handling, warehouse management, inventory control, and distribution, with the ability to manage internal teams and external logistics partners.
Key Responsibilities
1. Logistics and Importation Operations
- Oversee end-to-end logistics activities, including importation, cargo handling, transportation, warehousing, and distribution.
- Coordinate with shipping lines, vessel agents, port and terminal operators, stevedores, surveyors, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and trucking companies.
- Monitor vessel schedules, cargo discharge, shipment arrivals, port activities, and timely transfer of goods from ports to warehouses.
- Ensure proper cargo documentation, quantity reconciliation, and coordination of importation and delivery schedules.
- Monitor port charges, demurrage, detention, storage fees, freight costs, and other importation-related expenses.
2. Warehouse and Inventory Management
- Oversee warehouse operations, including receiving, unloading, storage, picking, loading, and dispatch.
- Ensure proper handling, storage, segregation, labeling, and documentation of salt, rice, chemicals, and other products.
- Monitor inventory movements and maintain accurate stock records through SAP WMS and other warehouse systems.
- Oversee cycle counts, physical inventory, stock reconciliation, FIFO/FEFO implementation, batch/lot tracking, and inventory variance investigations.
- Ensure proper warehouse utilization, housekeeping, equipment maintenance, and safe storage practices.
3. Transportation and Distribution
- Manage inbound and outbound deliveries, trucking schedules, cargo transfers, and product distribution.
- Supervise and evaluate third-party trucking providers, freight forwarders, and logistics service providers.
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of products to customers, warehouses, and designated storage facilities.
- Monitor transportation costs, delivery performance, vehicle utilization, and logistics efficiency.
- Resolve delivery delays, cargo discrepancies, damages, and other operational concerns.
4. Team and Operational Management
- Lead and supervise logistics, warehouse, and transportation personnel, including work assignments, scheduling, training, and performance monitoring.
- Establish operational procedures, productivity standards, and service performance targets.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and applicable warehouse, chemical handling, environmental, fire safety, and occupational safety regulations.
- Identify operational issues and implement improvements to increase productivity, efficiency, and service quality.
5. Cost Control, Reporting and Coordination
- Prepare and monitor logistics budgets, operating expenses, and cost-saving initiatives.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), including freight costs, inventory accuracy, warehouse utilization, delivery performance, and cargo handling efficiency.
- Prepare regular reports on importation, vessel operations, inventory, receiving, dispatch, distribution, and logistics performance.
- Coordinate with Importation, Purchasing, Sales, Finance, and Accounting departments to ensure smooth product movement and timely order fulfillment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in logistics, supply chain, importation, warehousing, transportation, or distribution, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Experience in importation, trading, manufacturing, commodities, food, chemicals, or distribution industries is highly preferred.
- Strong background in port operations, vessel discharge, cargo handling, import logistics, and coordination with shipping lines, freight forwarders, and trucking providers.
- Experience handling bulk or bagged commodities such as salt, rice, chemicals, or similar products is an advantage.
- Hands-on experience with SAP WMS is required.
- Good knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, transportation, distribution, FIFO/FEFO, batch/lot tracking, and stock reconciliation.
- Knowledge of importation documentation, customs processes, and logistics cost management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and warehouse/logistics management systems.
- Strong leadership, negotiation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Willing to work flexible hours, including weekends and holidays, when required by vessel schedules and operational activities.
What We Are Looking For
A hands-on and results-oriented Logistics Manager who can manage the entire flow of goods, from importation and port operations to warehousing and final distribution. The ideal candidate must be capable of leading teams, managing logistics partners, controlling operational costs, and ensuring efficient, accurate, and timely product movement.
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company Christmas gift
- Company events
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Opportunities for promotion
- Pay raise
- Transportation service provided
Work Location: In person