About this role
Job Description
### Purpose of the Role:
Lead the outbound logistics department to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations. Working in a highly automated environment, ensure the seamless movement of finished goods to our customers. The focus is on leading the team and ensuring on-time delivery through efficient transportation planning, rapid resolution of technical issues, and continuous improvement across safety, operational stability, quality, cost, and supply chain performance.
### Key Accountabilities:
Asset Management:
- Be responsible for the technical condition of the automated outbound area, including the automated warehouse, conveyor belts, automated loading systems, and sleeve machines.
- Work together with the Maintenance team to develop and execute the maintenance strategy within the outbound area. Collaborate to minimize equipment downtime and maintenance-related production losses.
- Ensure effective root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- In collaboration with the Engineering team, develop and execute improvement strategies for the applications running in the outbound area (e.g., SAP, AGI, Colos, ST-One).
Teamwork and Leadership:
- Lead the outbound logistics team of 17 people, including 6 direct reports.
- Build a high-performance culture focused on safety, ownership, and continuous improvement, including capability development and succession planning.
- Provide strong leadership in addressing operational challenges and identifying improvement opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement in processes and outbound assets.
- Collaborate closely with the Inbound Logistics, Central Logistics, Supply Planning, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure the seamless delivery of goods to our customers.
- Ensure workforce capabilities meet future business requirements by assessing and developing the team.
Transportation Planning and Logistics Partners:
- Develop and manage the outbound transport plan to ensure timely and efficient delivery to customers.
- Protect and communicate outbound capacity constraints to ensure the site can continue operating.
- Maintain, design, and improve the Tier 1 network.
Safety, Quality & Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Embed and continuously improve safety standards.
Continuous Improvement:
- Drive the Kraft Heinz Management System (KHMS), Lean manufacturing, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Use reliability data and analytics to improve maintenance performance.
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs, waste, safety risks, and operational risks.
- Lead supply chain projects with the regional team in Amsterdam.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Unplanned downtime due to planning and logistics
- Export OTIF
- Absenteeism
- Asset availability
- Safety performance
- CFR
- Labour costs
- Resource and workforce planning
Scope & Complexity:
- Lead a team of 3 outbound foremen and a transportation planner.
- Be accountable for outbound logistics assets worth tens of millions of euros.
- Influence site performance through reliability, capability, and operational effectiveness.
- Ensure the outbound team and loading capabilities grow alongside improvements in production.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or logistics within FMCG operations.
- Knowledge of logistics processes and systems, TPM/KHMS, Lean, and operational excellence.
- Proven experience leading technical teams in a complex manufacturing environment.
## Location(s)
Elst
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.