Cargo Manager

Job title:

Cargo Manager

Company

Pelican Products

Job description

Cargo ManagerLeighton Buzzard LU7, UK Req #82412 January 2025Peli BioThermal serve the pharmaceutical sector with temperature controlled containers in a global rental business model. The service enables the global distribution of clinical trial and commercial pharmaceutical shipments with complete temperature control.Peli BioThermal owns the fleet of containers and makes them available to customers through a worldwide network of Service Centres and Network Stations. Pharmaceutical customers, or their transportation logistics providers, rent containers from these locations and return them to these locations or to the extended network of Drop Points.A Cargo Manager to required to manage the container fleet, meeting the customers required container availability while ensuring that the container assets are efficiently utilised and network balancing costs are minimised.
This includes leadership and management of the team, development of its policies and procedures as well as contributing to the development of its supporting systems and the team. This position provides the successful candidate with an opportunity to make a substantial contribution to the distribution of life-saving medicines, impacting a global patient population.Primary job duties and responsibilities:1. Manage the rental fleet and direct the repositioning of assets globally, ensuring units are balanced between sites to meet customer demand.
2. Utilizing new and existing partners, reposition the assets by air, sea or road to minimize costs while meeting the needs of the customer and the business.
3. Develop strategic plans to identify required business partners to ensure success. These should include airlines, freight forwarders and logistics partners as required to grow the programs.
4. Negotiations with partners and finalizing contracts working with Peli BioThermal’s legal team plus other effected parties.
5. Responsible for all aspects of Credo OnDemand performance, checking and approving invoices and all departmental activities and resources.
6. Maintaining the Credo OnDemand freight cost tracker and calculating the monthly accrual
7. Overseeing the collation of customer and sales pipeline forecasts.
8. Manage the inventory levels of the COD program – ensuring the sufficient finished goods inventory is available for customer demands for Cargo, Vault, and Xtreme shipments to avoid any shortages
9. Planning fleet growth and new container introductions, raising capital expenditure requests while working closely with sales, finance, procurement and project management teams.
10. Ensuring all fleet scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repairs are conducted in a timely and efficient manner, working closely with the RNM, Quality and Engineering
11. Developing and managing multi-modal transportation solutions for fleet balancing.
12. Managing day to day operational relationships with partner airlines, freight forwarders and couriers.
13. Working closely with the RNM’s and Service Centre Site managers on day-to-day operational activities
14. Defining Logistics policies and documenting practices and procedures in department guides.
15. Providing assistance and guidance to the Peli BioThermal transport department as and when required.
16. Oversees the hiring, training and development of all direct reports, including, but not limited to, bi-annual performance evaluations, coaching, counselling, and other employee relations issues.
17. Emphasizes ethical leadership and decision-making to protect Pelican’s brand and reputation.
18. Actively supports Pelican’s commitment to quality and all quality objectives, with an emphasis on continual improvement.
19. Follows company policies and practices as outlined in the Employee Handbook and/or applicable employment agreement. Follows safety guidelines and procedures in accordance to the job.
20. Performs other duties and work on special projects as required or assigned by the President – BioThermal DivisionWhat you’ll need to be successful..1. You should be experienced in international logistics across multiple modes and have a working knowledge of customs regulations.
2. Preference will be given to experience in a ‘Reverse’ logistics business model and/or serving the healthcare sector.
3. A proven track record in building motivated and efficient teams and a can-do-attitude are required for the role.
4. A good, working knowledge of MS Office is mandatory.
5. Experience with SAP is desirable.
6. Verbal and written fluency in English and a second European language would be advantageous
7. Experience and or knowledge of Inventory Management

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent specific experience
• Minimum of 3 years experience in multi-model logistics management

In return we can offer you…

• A competitive salary
• Company bonus scheme
• Hybrid Working
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Group income protection
• Development programmes
• Quarterly company events

Additional Information

• Actively supports and complies with Peli’s objectives, guidelines and commitment to Quality and Safety, with an emphasis on continual improvement.
• Must be able to interact effectively and cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Must have the ability to complete assignments within the timeframe specified by the Manager.
• Must be flexible regarding working hours.
• Must be able to operate in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ensures that staff is contributing at maximum potential through rigorous hiring practices and an emphasis on training and development initiatives, including coaching and counseling direct reports in their performance and professional development, with final authority for approving pay increases, hiring decisions and disciplinary actions.
• Emphasizes ethical leadership and decision-making to protect Peli’s brand and reputation.
• Establishes challenging, productive and achievable goals for direct reports; measure results by establishing checkpoints to track progress.
• Must be able to travel, nationally and internationally, as necessary.

About us…Peli BioThermal is a global leader in the design and manufacture of single use and reusable temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the highly regulated pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical trials industries. Peli BioThermal is a great place to work and offers employees the opportunity to flourish and excel in a high-growth, fast-paced, creative, and exciting environment!What happens next? If your application is successful, you’ll be invited to a first stage screening interview with one of our local HR Partners. At Peli BioThermal it’s important to ensure our talent promotes and embraces the Pelican Universal Behaviours, in order to unite and work together as one global team.

Expected salary

Location

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Job date

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:05:47 GMT

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