Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee warehouse operations.
• Order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements for machines.
• Oversee the transportation of goods from production site to consumer or distributor
• Develop and implement a logistics process.
• Inventory goods that are ready for dispatch
• Review and approve purchase orders.
• Ship finished products.
• Handle incoming raw materials.
• Ascertain how much product to send to distributor in accordance with demand.
• Monitor progress of major shipments to ensure receipt.
• Direct the activities of logistics division.
• Collaborate with marketing team to ensure that new products reach the right markets at the optimal time.
• Ensure goods are stored properly and at the right temperature.
• Decide appropriate quantities of items to stock.
• Ensure inventory maintains optimal levels.
• Take orders over the phone, Internet, or through email.
• Negotiate contracts and prices where required.
• Operating IT systems to manage timings, costs and stock levels
• Analysing data to assess performance, discover logistical problems and devise plans for improvements
• negotiating and agreeing contracts
• planning for and negotiating technical difficulties
• preparing paperwork for regulatory bodies
• liaising with and managing staff and shifts
• monitoring stock and managing waste
• Ensuring health and safety standards are met.