Team Leader - Logistics

Role & responsibilities

1. To manage and lead the team handling day-to-day operations for specific product, process, customer or region.

2. To set milestone for the team to ensure tasks are completed prior to set KPIs and as well as job accuracy maintained.

3. Maintain quality standards for export procedures, ensure SOP availability for all process and strictly adhere by the team and advice for improvement if required.

4. To record the errors and irregularties, Root cause analysis, setting corrective and preventive action, monitoriing and eliminated reoccuring issues / errors.

5. Plan and monitor daily staffing schedules and adjust accordingly to ensure adequate staffing levels that support operational demands, including coverage for absentees, if necessary, personally assist the team to perform/execute the orders to ensure coverage of service expectation due to unexpected volume surge or shortage of manpower; Planing vacation time for self and team to ensure minimal disruption to operations

6.Status tracking and monitoring: continuously monitor the export shipment and report irregularities

7. Develop effective working relationships with Country Team, shipping line & Service providers.

8. Validate delivery of export documents such as Bill of Lading, Final documents to customer Commercial Invoice, Packing List, etc. are timely and accurate first time

9. Manage common mailbox (i.e.: revert email, distribute email to relevant team members, etc.)

10. Monthly volume report preparation, b. KPI report preparation, c. Non Conformance report preparation & Continuous Improvement program

11. To bring initiative ideas and improvement program for the re-engineering of process for productivity enhancement and cost effectiveness.

12. Drive discipline, ensure compliance to all management operation KPI, work related documents and company policies.

13. Any other related functions to shipments co-ordination and ad-hoc duties which are assigned by superior.

Requirements

• 8yrs to 12yrs of Experience
• Experience in Freight forwarding Sea Freight Operations
• Experience in Team Handling / People Management
• Experience in providing training and coaching the teams ensuring high levels of morale and motivation
• Fluently in using professional English (spoken and written) is essential for effective communication with international colleagues/ clients and carriers
• Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements with measured results
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, safety standards, and company policies.
• Strong IT skills in Ms Office- Excel, Word , Presentation. Etc.,
• Ability to cope with pressure and work to deadlines as to work independently.
• Flexible about tasks and working hours