DC Operations Senior Manager (2023102)

Nahdi Medical Co.; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Distribution Center Manager to lead operations in a high-tech environment. This role involves ensuring compliance with safety and governmental standards, driving operational excellence, and managing a large team to achieve peak efficiency. The successful candidate will be responsible for innovating supply chain processes and enhancing productivity through automation. If you are passionate about logistics and have a proven track record in managing complex operations, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with proven expertise in automation systems.
• Strong leadership skills managing a large workforce.

Responsibilities

• Manage DC operations ensuring compliance with safety and governmental standards.
• Drive efficiency and excellence in distribution center operations.

Skills

Team Management

Problem Solving

Compliance Management

Operational Excellence

Communication Skills

Education

BSc Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Warehouse Management Systems (Oracle)

Warehouse Automation System (WAMAS)

Statistical Software

Job description

Job Description

Leading IMDAD Small & Regular Distribution Center operations in an effective and efficient manner in line with the safety, governmental standards, capitalizing on facility high technology & proper utilization of the DC resources.

Accountabilities

Distribution Center Management:

1. Manage & ensure the compliance of the DC operations with the governmental authorities, management system, safety, NMC standards and other requirements to ensure the business sustainability and continuity.
2. Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures.
3. Responsible for driving excellence & efficiency across DC operations through sustainable success & exceeding stakeholders’ expectations for cost, schedule, and quality.
4. Accountable to achieve peak efficiency by managing & planning DC resources & capabilities i.e. automation, machinery, technology, infrastructure, manpower, space…. etc.
5. Working with Logistics Operations top management in developing the departments business strategies nationwide.
6. Partner & supports the DIM, Commercial, Distribution & IT teams to ensure efficient order processing & delivery.
7. Responsible to review, analyze, develop actionable plans for productivity & loss prevention & address them on regular basis to Supply Chain VP & Director.
8. Responsible for IMDAD DC Operations continuous improvement & problem resolution through preparing root cause analysis & leading improvement projects/events.
9. Accountable for Overall Automation system reliability & availability by leading the integration between IMDAD DC Operations and technical Teams.
10. Responsible for ensuring inventory control by conducting regular audits to ensure stock accuracy & custody compliance.
11. Responsible to improve DC order accuracy & adherence to SOPs.
12. Leading the team to achieve the Departmental financial targets through enhancing the unit cost.
13. Manage IMDAD DC budget spending to ensure compliance through leading the budget issuance, monitor & control.

Supply Chain Innovation:

1. Responsible for the automation system capacity to control flow of work through the overall system (daily volume plan by sub-system) to meet/exceed well-defined service level agreements (SLA).
2. Owning, managing, and planning Automation system capacity and all relative parameterization to achieve peak efficiency.
3. Lead the communication with SSI Schaefer to maximize ROI by maximizing & maintaining Overall Automation system & applied technology.
4. Responsible for execution of all system upgrades and material handling equipment (MHE) implementations and support.

Team Management:

1. Leading 220+ strong workforce to perform day-to-day DC Operations.
2. Manage the performance of the assigned team through monitoring the KPIs achievement, coaching, following up any obstacles, provide performance feedback and conversations & develop action plans when needed to ensure operations are running smoothly.
3. Conducts daily Operations meetings at the DC to assure shift objectives are being met, keeping DC Managers and Supervisors informed of priorities.
4. Manage the manpower of the assigned DCs through coordinating the workload between shifts and departments to maintain an uninterrupted flow of work.

Work Environment:

1. Indoors : 80%
2. Outdoors : 20%
3. Working Days : 5 Working Days
4. Days off : 2 Days Off
5. Working Hours : 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Job Requirement
Education:

1. BSc Degree

Experience:

1. 6+ Years of Experience
2. Previous Proven experience in Automation Systems.

Computer Skills:

1. MS Office Suite
2. Warehouse management Systems preferably Oracle
3. Warehouse Automation System (WAMAS)
4. Familiar Statistical Software User

Language:

1. English
2. Arabic