DHL Indonesia commits its expertise in international express, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation, contract logistics and international mail services to its customers. A global network composed of more than 220 countries and territories and 275,000 employees worldwide offers customers superior service quality and local knowledge to satisfy their supply chain requirements. DHL accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection, disaster management and education.
DHL Indonesia is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of more than 51 billion euros in 2010.
Now we open opportunities for high qualified candidates to join and growth with us and filling the position as:
Operations Director, Bacardi LLP
Ref.: UK - 31688
At DHL, people mean the world to us. That’s why our goal has always been to attract and retain the best talent the world over. We provide challenge and opportunity for personal and professional development. We recognize the difference you bring to our business, and together we share the pride of building THE logistics company for the world.
Under the DHL Supply Chain umbrella, one of the business units of DHL, we provide customized logistics and industry solutions in the areas of supply chain management, warehousing, distribution, value added services, and lead logistics provider services for our customers – helping them deliver better results everyday.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within DHL Supply Chain for an Operations Director - Bacardi LLP, based at our site in Geneva, Switzerland.
Primary Purpose of Role:
- Responsible and accountable for the successful delivery of LLP value creation projects, business cases and project implementation. Dedicated, customer facing role. To be based in Geneva (Switzerland) at Global customer HQ.
Key Accountabilities:
- To lead the development of the Lead Logistics Partner (LLP) business across specific Swiss-based FMCG customer
- The role will cover all factory, primary and secondary opportunities within the customer supply chain network and support the global footprint which will require a high level of business and commercial acumen. Total customer budget in this area is $279m
- The role will manage a small team of direct reports but will have also have dotted line reports through the Region and within the account
- The focus will be on value creation projects to deliver savings for the customer, and gain share returns for DHL.
- Will include the programme management and governance of all the value creation and transition projects, as well as direct ownership of some of the project workstreams
- Account development & Relationship building are also key attributes of the role
- Responsible for development of new business opportunities involving the LLP product within Bacardi’s Supply Chain. The position will also be responsible for developing a business development & account strategy plan and manage in line with the senior customer management team – global and regional teams
- Role holder acts as trusted technical advisor to the customer in what are complex and difficult supply chain transformation projects. In addition the role will often be expected to lead specific country-based launches of the LLP product and gaining buy-in from country-based business units, who may have very little experience of the product
- Leading major pan-regional or global LLP projects, as an acknowledged LLP subject matter expert, managing a wide matrix of technical solutions, operational support, financial support to create compelling business cases, which result in business growth and overtime significant value to the business
- Role holder consults with customer in order to create a proactive value sell based proposal that underpins an LLP proposal. It is the technical expert that creates the framework for customer engagement and then manages the project through key stages. The role holder is the customer’s trusted subject matter expert. The role holder will be responsible for looking at new ways to grow and win business with the customer
Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Advanced/ Fluent in French
- Strategic vision and ability to push forward change agenda/eye on continuous improvement
- Committed to developing and delivering best in class product/service to position DHL as a leader and innovator in LLP solutions
- Excellent inter-personal skills. Able to build strong relationships internally and with all key stakeholders, comfortable in a matrix environment
- Energetic, enthusiastic and results-orientated
- Credibility with senior management members (Head of, VP, MD, CEO & Senior client level) in discussing supply chain issues. Strong supplier management/excellent negotiation skills
- Ability to write complex proposals and present credibly to customers at all levels
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Deep understanding of the logistics & road transportation industry at an EMEA level
- Experience in managing a budget
- Comprehensive Supply Chain Management understanding
- IS/IT competent
- Mobility to meet travel needs of role across regions
- Minimum of 7-10 years experience, preferably combining both line management and functional responsibilities
- Graduate Calibre
- Higher Education exposure (Degree, CILT Qualifications, Industry specific study)
- Advanced project management skills
- Logistics qualifications
Desireable
- Operational experience, particularly around supply chain at an EMEA level
- Good knowledge of the solution sets available across the Sectors
- Formal business/Post graduate qualification
- Proven project and change management of major projects
- Multi-lingual (see point above re French)
- Previous LLP experience would be an advantage
At DHL, people mean the world to us. We aim to attract and retain the best talents. We provide challenge and opportunity for personal and professional development. We make sure that you know what a difference you make to our business and how you can be proud of building THE logistics company for the world.
Under the DHL Supply Chain umbrella, one of the business units of DHL, our mission is to provide customized logistics and industry solutions in the areas of supply chain management, warehousing, distribution, value added services, and lead logistics provider services for our customers – helping them deliver better results everyday.
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