Croda

Warehouse and Logistics Manager

Croda Plainsboro, NJ

Vacancy Number: req3962

Location: Princeton

Location Address:

777 Scudders Mill Road, Bldg.2, Suite 200

Plainsboro, New Jersey, 08536

United States

CRODA

Smart science to improve lives ™

Be part of our journey

As a global leader in specialty chemicals, we continue to succeed and strengthen our delivery of innovative, sustainable, and high-performance solutions. We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilize new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing marketplace.

Our ideal person

As a business, it is really important to us that we find the best person for the job and that you have the best opportunity to succeed in the role. To help, we have outlined our expectations for the role and what core skills and experiences we require as well as what would make you an ideal fit. In turn, we hope this helps you evaluate if this is the right job for you.

Job Summary

The Warehouse and Logistics manager will be responsible for directly managing the warehouse team, on site and third party warehousing operations, and other outbound logistics activities. Perform all duties within the guidelines of Company’s safety, health & environmental regulations. All other duties as assigned by management.

Key Duties

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To coordinate sales and shipping requirements, which include stock selection and consolidation to satisfy shipping deadlines. Shipping requirements may not be aligned with site stock and production activities requiring short term problem solving. This may be extended to include managing logistics for the delivery of certain raw materials that are purchased ex-works from suppliers. Regular review of production schedules to ensure that any changes and their impacts on availability are minimized and communicated.
  • To communicate product availability, planning and transport information with internal sales and shipping departments, both in the UK and abroad, also with external haulier and warehouse suppliers, using verbal, written and email communication. Influence is required to coordinate site production and shipping requirements with internal and external contacts.
  • The arrangement and consolidation of goods for transportation from contract manufacturers to stock locations and customers at acceptable freight cost
  • To make decisions on a wide range of production planning, movement of goods and purchasing issues within authority limits and to deal with problems encountered, escalating if an acceptable resolution is considered not to be possible.
  • To drive procedural, quality and operational performance improvement in warehouse operations and report on picking accuracy, costs, DOT-p.
  • To directly manage warehouse ops assigning work, setting objectives, priorities, targets and reviewing performance for both on site and at 3PL Warehouses. To recruit, develop competency and manage the performance of the warehousing team supporting operational performance improvement. To manage the day-to-day warehouse operations (inc. 3PL) to ensure that stock values and volumes are within acceptable limits without compromising delivery performance or working capital management. To deputize for the Planning & Logistics Manager
  • To plan and align resources, both internal and externally, to prioritize site activity to achieve short (1 week) to medium (3 Months) term shipping demands. Planning activities may involve setting stock levels with the business.
  • To select and manage hauliers and contracted drivers to ensure compliance with value, logistics, SHE and Quality requirements. Decision making on shipping changes is done through liaison with sales and production planning. Contracted hauliers may also provide site logistics (including to and from offsite storage facilities) as well as customer deliveries. Negotiation with hauliers to ensure that acceptable transport costs are agreed and that acceptable standards of service are provided. Engagement with hauliers can involve hard negotiation, influence, and creativity in order to achieve target delivery and collection dates within acceptable costs.
  • To develop improved working methods for meeting sales and shipping deadlines and improving the quality of shipped material. Negotiation and purchase of indirect spend items and routine office / warehousing services within agreed authority limits.

Qualifications

Education and Training:

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field.

Knowledge And Experience

  • Knowledge of site products.
  • Extensive knowledge of SAP processes in the Sales & Distribution, Production Planning and Materials Management modules.

Skills And Abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – written and verbal.
  • Ability to plan multiple activities with competing priorities.
  • Competent user of MS Office packages

Physical Demands

Able to walk, stand or sit for a minimum of 8 hours per day. Must be able to lift 30 pounds.

Croda recognizes employees as our strength and the diversity they bring to our workforce is directly linked to our ongoing success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans. This Organization Participates in E-Verify
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Management and Manufacturing
  • Industries

    Chemical Manufacturing, Biotechnology Research, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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