In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways :

• Leadership in Operations: Provide strong leadership for warehouse operations, ensuring efficient management of shifts, transportation, and packaging.
• Safety and Compliance: Create a safe working environment for all employees, adhering to Cummins’ safety standards and operating systems.
• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure that both internal and external customer requirements are met, enhancing overall satisfaction.
• Coordinate key business support activities required to operate facilities effectively, including (but not limited to): Safety, Security & Facilities Management, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead and participate in continuous improvement projects, driving operational excellence and aligning with Cummins Operating System.
• Team Development: Manage and develop the supply chain and warehousing teams, setting goals for training, development, performance, and career planning.
• Strategic Planning: Lead the annual operating plan, forecasts, and other key measurements to ensure effective Parts Distribution Center operations and ensuring the correct stocking levels of parts for key customers.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Foster collaborative relationships with customers, suppliers, stakeholders, and staff to create common supply chain processes and procedures.
• Performance Monitoring: Analyze operational trends, develop corrective action plans, and manage key performance indicators to achieve performance targets.
• Controls: Create an effective Controls environment ensuring that all procedures and protocols regarding stock management are adhered to.
• Inventory: Maintain optimum Inventory levels and ensure optimisation of costs for the business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Financial Acumen: Develop procedures to prevent irregular, unauthorized, and wasteful expenditure, ensuring value for money in the payment of goods and services, and eliminate financial mismanagement in the supply chain process.
• Strong Warehouse Management Skills: Ensure all controls for warehouse management are in place, utilizing tools, systems, and methodologies to meet defined metrics for inbound and outbound operations.
• Effective Inventory Management: Oversee inventory to maintain optimum levels, identify obsolete parts timely, and support mining customers to minimize downtime.
• Leadership and Team Development: Set performance objectives for the team, manage SCM staff through regular performance monitoring and appraisals, and ensure ongoing training and development of employees.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/ Experience

• A university degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related subject is required. An MBA is preferred.
• Understanding of licensing requirements for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
• 10 years of relevant work experience in supply chain management or a related field.

• Ability to manage and develop staff, set performance objectives, and ensure ongoing training and development.