About the position
The Supply Chain Officer is a member of the INEOS Oxide US Supply Chain team responsible for the safe and efficient logistics services for chemicals in relation to our US Business needs. This includes logistics out of Plaquemine (LA), Bayport (TX), terminals in Texas, Louisiana, Northern and North-Eastern part of the US as well as import and exports of North America. It covers all types of logistics modes: rail, truck, barge, sea vessel. As the Supply Chain Officer, you will be responsible for daily optimization of a multi-modal logistics network including Terminals, Road, Rail, Shipping & Barging activity to deliver best in class cost to serve and customer service. Moreover, you will have responsibilities related to the management and maintenance of a large fleet of Rail Tank Cars.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with teammates the daily Supply Chain / Logistics activities for the US businesses, ensuring safe, cost effective and high-quality services.
- Act as lead investigator for service complaints and define actions to get to resolution.
- Monitor/initiate corrective actions/continuous improvement of service levels of logistics service providers.
- Responsible for the KPI creation, monitoring, and performance tracking of all Logistics Vendors.
- Provide a monthly dashboard and defining required action plans in collaboration with the wider Supply Chain team, the Procurement team, and Customer Service.
- Develop and specify vendor service requirements for logistics procurement.
- Effectively manage logistics vendors to ensure contractual obligations and operational, quality & financial performance is maintained.
- Ensure effective interventions are made to address any non-conformance and to achieve agreed performance levels.
- Provide input to the logistic service providers relating to forecast, change in offtake, shutdowns, new contracts, etc.
- Lead quarterly review meetings with logistics service providers, handling commercial, operational and SHE related items.
- Review, investigate, and approve assessorial charges, extra costs and demurrages.
- Identify opportunities to reduce the costs and/or differentiated/improved logistics services.
- Provide seamless cover of other members of the Supply Chain team.
- Ensure accurate and timely management of SAP Supply Chain related transactions.
- Understand and follow up on logistics systems and processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Experience in logistics / Supply Chain / stock management.
- Fluency in English essential.
- Understanding of supply chain / logistics and customer specific requirements.
- Understanding of the logistics, technical standards and regulations.
- Understanding of basic product characteristics and high consequence dangerous goods logistics (i.e. flashpoints, freezing points, ADR etc.).
- Ability to work with MS-Office and SAP IT tools efficiently and effectively.
Nice-to-haves
- Decisive and tenacious in pursuit of objectives, demonstrating a proactive mentality and bias for action.
- Ability to think innovatively and solve problems.
- Strong influencer.
- Calm under pressure, able to make quick, clear and reasoned decisions in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, natural relationship builder.
