Company: IMS East Africa
Position: Distribution Manager
Location: Kenya
Reference: Distribution Manager
Job function
- Manage distribution activities effectively and efficiently for IMS East Africa Ltd
- Regulatory Compliance
- Compliance with local authorities’ requirements on distribution
- Quality Assurance
- Implement and review distribution SOPs
- Maintain distribution records
- Operations Management
- Maintain distribution track and trace systems; SOLOPLAN and ONELINK
- Maintain shipments PODs
- Maintain vehicles and equipment associated with the distribution function
- Generate delivery activity reports
- Staff Training and Development
- Establish training needs & commit to training plans for team
- Health, Safety and Security
- Implement established health and safety standards for deliveries
- Implement security protocols for distribution
- Is responsible for the site safety program and ensures that the environment supports the safety of all employees.
- Maintenance of environmental management system
- To ensure that all agreed EMS objectives as per the department are achieved in as far as is practicable.
- To ensure that all Corrective Action/ Preventive Actions proposed on internal and external audits are closed out/ implemented within required timeframe.
Qualifications required
- Bachelor’s degree in logistics or supply chain or related field
- Courier training and experience
Skills and experience required
- Analytical skills, attention to detail.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Logistics/distribution management.
- Strong administrative and computer skills.
- Great organizational and time management skills.
- Budgetary and financial skills
- Ability to interact at a high level with clients, senior management, and authorities
- Decision–making, problem-solving, creativity
- Acquired good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to understand business process and be able to interpret business needs.
Other requirements
- Ability to work under pressure
- Positive, confident, self-motivated, and able to work as a member of a team
How to Apply
Applications to: hrke@imperiallogistics.com
Closing date: 27th May 2022
Equity statement: Imperial is committed to Transformation, which encompases Employment Equity, Diversity and Inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal candidates will be considered first before reviewing external applicants.
Should you not have received a response within 4 weeks of the closing date of this advert, please consider your application unsuccessful.