Supply the market with product (finished goods and visibility items) that reflects the premium brand of Red Bull. Manage the supply chain with its immediate objectives of transparency, flexibility and efficiency. Plan, execute and finalize procurement strategies for goods and services spend across the organization. Implement and manage Red Bull standard operations processes for both finished goods and advertising material in cooperation with the Red Bull international operations team. Manage key relationships with third party logistics providers and distribution partner(s). Constantly define, monitor, and manage appropriate structures for country specific processes that support internal stakeholders as effectively and efficiently as possible. Responsible for budgeting operational activities and monitoring the cost-related activities within the logistics and operations area. Support sales area to offer better logistic solutions to customers and the company.
Areas that play to your strengths
All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:
- Ensure constant product availability in order to run the Red Bull business successfully.
- Planning and inventory management of the entire order cycle of finished goods and advertising material to satisfy the commercial objectives as stated within the Business Plan and trade sales forecasts. Participate in S&OP meetings with internal stakeholders and Distribution Partners to optimize processes.
- Responsible for inventory consistency and quality in both owned and Distribution Partner warehouses.
- Partner management with Red Bull third party logistics providers, including defining, monitoring, and improving Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).
- Ensure timely and effective distribution of finished goods and advertising material to customers in accordance with sales and marketing plans.
- Define and implement strategies and best practices for handling advertising and event materials.
- Implement all Red Bull Operations Quality Standards as defined by the Red Bull International Quality Department.
- Support internal stakeholders in matters concerning planning, innovation, sourcing, production, delivery, and quality.
- Benchmark against internal and external best practices to ensure operational structure and process efficiency.
- Build an Operations department that supports the future growth of the Red Bull Business.
- Verify that all operational activities comply with Safety – Health – Environment requirements and the company code of conduct.
- Ensure the proper functioning of the Red Bull office, including all services and owned fleet management.
- Be mindful of the environmental impact of Red Bull operations and focus on reducing or mitigating adverse impacts.
- Promote internal efficiencies and sustainable initiatives for effective resource management.
- Maintain strong communication with all Red Bull stakeholders to understand needs, ensure operational efficiencies, and provide effective support.
- End responsibility for budget setting and all costs incurred within the operations area, including implementation of cost-saving initiatives.
- Develop and implement purchasing policies, outsourcing guidelines, and procurement procedures (bid proposals, vendor qualification, requirements documentation, etc.) in conjunction with HQ and relevant departments.
- Strive for premium quality, optimized costs, continuous innovation, and process excellence across sourcing and procurement activities.
Your areas of knowledge and expertise
that matter most for this role:
- A least 5 years of previous work experience in Logistics / Supply Chain, ideally in an FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) environment.
- University Degree (Engineering, Business Administration, etc.).
- Specialized qualifications in Logistics or Supply Chain Management will be valuable.
- Experience in international supply chain in a group context.
- Experience managing warehousing, logistics and transportation processes within a 3PL environment.
- Leadership, motivation, innovation, problem solving, and team skills.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Ability to develop strategies for increasing distribution strength.
- Exposure to Customer Relationship Management within a client facing division of an organisation.
- Good skills on all MS products such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint are a must.
- Deep working knowledge of SAP R/3 is a strong plus.
- Hands-on person who also has the passion for details.
- Comfortable with doing and executing, as well as leading.
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