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Location: Johor, MY

Summary  

  The Logistics Operations Role is a key role within the Manufacturing Logistics Operations organization. Key responsibility of this individual is to drive operational execution & excellence in Applied Materials Logistics Operations & to achieve on time delivery, quality excellence, productivity and cost objectives. He/she will also be responsible for Logistics Quality Management System. This role will work closely with manufacturing, project managers, order management, trade, quality control, producing planning, supply chain and 3PL. Excellent communications, analytics and problem-solving skills are a necessity along with the agility to respond in a fast-paced environment. This individual will directly report to SGP Logistics Operations Manager.  

Main Roles and Responsibilities  

• Managing Raw Material warehouse located in Malaysia Johor warehouse as customer deliveries & key focal for logistics operations and escalations.  

• Managing 3PL provider in the day-to-day executions, cost and performance measurement.  

• Drive 3PL towards effective warehouse capacity planning, productivity improvement and space optimization  

• Establish Key Process Indicators (KPI) and Scorecard metrics. Generate reports, maintains performance and drive 3PL on corrective actions and/or continuous improvement.  

• Responsible and drive 3PL to meet Applied Logistics Quality Management System standards. This is in terms of process definition, systemic problem solving, process audits and controls, reporting and training effectiveness.  

• Evaluate data against audit requests and ensure completeness of data. Assist the Organization Audit Focal prepare for the internal/external audits related to Logistics.  

• Responsible for warehouse inventory control (cycle count) and finance reporting meeting SOX compliance.  

• Develop good understanding of countries Trade requirements and ensure warehouse process compliance.  

• Identify opportunities to enhance end to end material tracking visibility from manufacturing to warehouse to customer deliveries.  

• Manage building to building materials delivery effectiveness to ensure on time materials feeds into production or completed modules receipts into the FGI warehouse  

• Ensure compliance and controls to Applied Safety Standards & meeting Applied 6S metrics.  

• Act as logistics SME & partner with cross functional team in (PC Planning , Scheduling , Manufacturing, IE) driving manufacturing site wide initiatives / projects.  

• Analyze process & data performance, identify gaps & opportunities for improvement.  

Knowledge & Skills:  

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, logistics operations, transportation management, supply chain, or related field.  

• Demonstrated experience and track record in logistics operations, projects, and process improvements.  

• Minimum 8 years relevant operations experience in logistics disciplines and management of Logistics Service Providers. SAP ERP (ECC & EWM, S4Hana) system experience preferred.  

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.  

• SAP knowledge is an advantage.  

• High business acumen and analytical problem-solving capability.  

• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive results.  

• Knowledge of problem-solving tools such as 8D and DMAIC.  

• Highly adaptable in a fast-paced dynamic environment. 

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