GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world's leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. We have a challenging and inspiring mission to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. With a firm foundation in science, we discover, develop, manufacture and distribute prescription medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products.
GSK offers a creative and dynamic work environment for professional training and development and good prospects for high future earnings. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
Vacancies exist in the following roles for bright, self starting and energetic persons to join a vibrant workforce.
Job Title: Distribution Manager
Location: Lagos
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities amongst others:
Warehouse Management:
- Security of stocks and other sales items and supervision of stock control to ensure implementation of prevailing SOPs
- Ensures proper handling of finished products in the warehouse to reduce the incidence of damages due to mishandling
Stock Management:
- Monitor, maintain and communicate stock levels, ensuring that the right stocks are in the right place at the right time.
Customer Service:
- Liaising with internal customers – Sales. Production. Quality. Accounts. Purchasing and Marketing as well as external customers – Transporters and Agents in order to achieve Sales/Distribution and company – wide objectives.
- Ensures prompt shipment customers (Partners and Direct Accounts) stock orders
- Track truck movement
- Provide information on stock position to the Sales Team and other interested
- Ensures that transporters deliver within the delivery lead time
Vehicle Management:
- Recommends appointment and termination of transporters
- Ensures that registered transporters have relevant/ valid vehicles documents at all times
- Ensure that the right tonnage of vehicles are available and that loads are consolidated in the right mix to achieved optimal load factor/cost savings. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
- Ensures that only sound and well maintained trucks are used in consigning stocks to Partners to reduce the incidence of damages in transit
- Transport performance Assessment
Improvement:
Technical Skills/Competencies
- Strong leadership & influencing skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Must be able to handle sensitivity / confidentiality levels appropriately
- Analytical mind
- Customer Focus and Sense of urgency
- Ability to see macro scenarios and beyond numbers