In this role you will be responsible for 5 pillars:

Team Leadership & Development:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a logistics team of six members, fostering collaboration and professional growth.
• Define individual and team performance objectives and ensure alignment with company goals.

Logistics Cost Management

• Budgeting: Prepare the European logistics budget four times a year, managing costs exceeding 200 million EUR.
• Forecasting: Quarterly forecasting of monthly logistics costs.
• Cost Savings Initiatives: Initiate, monitor, and report on cost-saving actions.
• Monthly Cost Analysis: Conduct monthly analysis of logistics costs.
• Cost Reporting Development: Develop cost reporting mechanisms to ensure accountability among colleagues.
• Invoice Management: Manage and improve tools and procedures for processing European logistics invoices, ensuring timely payments to providers.

Logistics Network

• Tendering & Negotiation: Handle the tendering process and assist in negotiating contracts with logistics providers, together with our regional logistics managers.
• Project Oversight: Supervise logistics projects, including setting up new warehouses and transport companies.
• Warehouse Management: Ensure warehouse capacity and insurance coverage align with current and future needs at strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
• Suggestions & Impact Simulations: Propose changes and simulate their impact on costs, service quality, and CO² emissions within the logistics network. Ensure calculations from the European team are accurate and well-visualized.

Reporting

• Presentations: Prepare and present reports at various company meetings for Senior and Top Management.
• Meeting Organization: Organize and prepare the monthly Supply Meeting with European colleagues and introduction programs for newcomers.
• Monitoring & Improvement: Monitor and improve reports and KPIs to reduce costs, waste, and inefficiencies e.g. transition to power BI and enhance CO2 emission reporting.

Logistics Provider Management

• Warehouse & Distribution Management: Directly manage three large outsourced warehouses and the customer distribution flow to the Benelux, in coordination with the sales affiliates in Belgium and Netherlands.
• Container Flow Management: Oversee the providers managing container flow from Asia to Europe, acting as the key account for shipping lines and inland transport providers.

Profile We Are Looking For:

• Education: Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics or a related field.
• Experience: Proven experience in logistics management, people management/ coaching, cost control, and project oversight. Experience with large-scale logistics operations is a plus.
• Skills: Strong analytical, negotiation, reporting and communication skills. Proficiency in Power BI and other reporting tools are a plus.
• Attributes: Detail-oriented, proactive, and capable of working in a fast-paced environment. Good leadership and team management abilities.
• Languages: Fluency in English; knowledge of other European languages is a plus.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• A collaborative and innovative working environment.
• The chance to make a significant impact in a leading global company.
• Location: Ostend.
• Hybrid: You will have the possibility to work from home 2 days per week.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV and cover letter via Linked In or our Daikin career website: Belgium - Daikin Europe NV Jobs