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Assistant Operations Manager (Logistics) Job in Nairobi Kenya




Assistant Operations Manager – Logistics
 



Nairobi
 



Job Description: The Sales Manager is responsible for growing the company’s logistics business in an assigned territory, in accordance with corporate objectives 



The Sales Manager serves as the main sales contact point for prospects and the sales account owner for customers assigned in their region.
 



Duties and Responsibilities:
 



Core duties and responsibilities include the following.


  • Respond to day-to-day requests for information and special projects  

  • Work closely with departments to provide optimum support for all distribution clients.

  • Coordinate inventory allocations and key order fulfillment.

  • Process inventory transfer requests, coordinate special instructions with the warehouse, provide clients with shipping confirmations, and track costs.

  • Prepare monthly charge-back reports for distribution inventory transfers and warehouse expenses, including: fulfillment and shipping, warehouse stickering/labeling, and special collation/packaging projects.

  • Run monthly inventory reports by client for inventory management purposes. Forward monthly warehouse reports as needed.

  • Update production database with schedule information. Enter prices, dates and title metadata into Oracle system.

  • Assist with miscellaneous Operations duties which could include the following: Monthly freight billing, coordination of sales kit mailing, organizing special handling projects at the the warehouse such as stickering or carton labeling.


Education and Experience:


  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Transportation Management or a related discipline.

  • Five years of operational supervisory experience in a service, transportation, or security related industry.  

  • Or any equivalent combination of training and experience.


Selection Criteria:


  • Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in management practices at a large public or private corporations, including budgeting, planning and principles of leadership and supervision.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of principles and practices associated with transit service delivery and field operations supervision.

  • Intermediate skills to operate personal computer systems including Word, Excel, Outlook, database applications and other software applications.  Demonstrated proficiency to accurately keyboard (type).

  • Demonstrated ability in employee and labor relations.

  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

  • Ability to facilitate meetings, speak to individuals or groups, and present information in a clear and logical

  • manner.

  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, management and the general public, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds, the elderly, persons with disabilities and/or other vulnerable populations.

  • Demonstrated ability to reach sound decisions in deployment of resources, under pressure of conflicting priorities, and in emergency situations.

  • Demonstrated ability in interpersonal and leadership skills, including collaborative problem-solving and process improvement techniques and strategies.


Qualified candidates to send their updated CVs in word format before 25th March 2016 to cvs@careerdirections.co.ke





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