Logistics Steering Manager

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. With our trusted brands, including Persil and Schwarzkopf, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

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YOUR ROLE

Job Summary:    
The Logistics Steering Manager is a key position within Supply Chain Organization. The role has responsibility for supporting and optimizing all aspects of the customer experience as it relates to Logistics for all Henkel Beauty Professional.   

Accountable for continuous improvement of processes across the Transportation and Warehousing teams. Industrial Engineer with Black Belt certification is preferred. Builds capability across the Henkel Beauty Professional.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 
The Logistics Steering Manager will facilitate operational excellence in network design and delivery, logistics and performance management. The role is divided between strategic orientation and operational execution as required. The role will be required to achieve the following deliverables including but not limited to:

Project Management
•Manage warehousing, transportation  projects including automation, network optimization, & continuous improvement.
•Support Beauty Professional warehousing, transportation capital investment strategy.
•Organize collaborative working sessions to generate new initiatives and track projects.
•Track and communicate results, provide executive updates.

Cost Savings 
•Lead the development and execution of the Beauty Professional  Logistics savings pipeline
•Create cost tracking and budget management tools
•Facilitate cost savings initiatives to include tracking and reporting results
•Collaborate with cross-functional groups to identify and execute new cost savings projects

KPI Design and Management 
•Design and implement logistics process improvements that deliver in key areas like Delivery/OTIF, Savings, and Safety
•Create automated KPI reporting capabilities using Power BI with intuitive functionality and executive level design
•Create automated solutions for manual reports including various system data pulls (SAP, Billing Reports, WMS, TPS or any other Transportation Management system we may operate

YOUR SKILLS

Minimum Qualifications: 
•     Bachelor’s Degree (Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Finance, or other relevant subject) 
•     1-3 years manager level experience in Operations / Supply Chain
•     Demonstrable operations management and execution capability 
•     Extensive knowledge of network design, logistics, transportation and warehousing 
•     Advanced skills in analytics and reporting (Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SAP)
•     Experience in Logistics KPI design and management
•     Proven track record of implementing broad scale process improvements and cost savings initiatives
•     Strong communication skills with ability to drive and influence decisions at all levels within the organization

The salary for this role is $87,000.00 - $105,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.

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