Logistic Engineer

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

Purpose

Lead inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation and/or warehouse activities, safety performance, and logistics quality management for a small/medium site.

Core Responsibilities

Strategy design and execution

• Contribute to the design of the local Operations strategy by providing input regarding Logistics plans and improvement initiatives.
• Elaborate the annual Logistics road map and oversee the execution of related activities to meet local Operations objectives.

Function management

• Lead warehouse and/or distribution center teams to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives and resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
• Monitor product import or export processes and conduct internal and external audits to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.
• Design, deploy and maintain local logistics SOPs in line with corporate policies or procedure.
• Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, shipping, etc. or recommend purchase of new or improved technology, such as automated systems.
• Analyze all aspects of logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient material flow whether related to routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Planning to develop risk management programs to ensure continuity of supply in emergency scenarios.
• Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, customer service logs, or training or safety records.
• Establish models and metrics (KPIs) for use in evaluating logistics performance.
• Maintain material flow management systems to meet production requirements.
• Control that warehouse operations are conducted in compliance with company (EHS) guidelines and public safety regulation.
• Monitor training programs for warehouse and/or distribution center staff to strengthen capabilities.

People management

• Conduct annual human resources processes for the local Logistics team(s) and validate results.
• Work with the local Operations management team and HR Business Partner(s) in developing a local talent pipeline in for the function.
• Drive the development and promotion of identified talents within local Operations.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.