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Logistics Specialist - Freight

City: Sydney

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

We're on the lookout for an analytical and forward-thinking Logistics Specialist (Freight) to join our energetic supply services team at Reckitt. You'll be the brains behind the seamless delivery of our products, ensuring they reach our customers quickly and efficiently. Your day-to-day impact on our supply chain will directly contribute to the satisfaction of millions who trust our leading consumer health and hygiene brands. If you have the drive to optimise and the vision to innovate, come help us deliver excellence to every customer!

Your responsibilities

Deliver superior customer service to our trade customers at optimal freight costs, enhancing gross margin and positively impact net revenue.
Ensuring the right product is in the right place at the right time, enabling 100% fulfilment to our customers’ shelves.
Own all 3rd party transport arrangements for freight operations across Australia and New Zealand, with swift issue resolution and proactive risks management.
Manage the relationship with customs brokers and port cartage providers to ensure smooth and rapid transfer of ocean and air imports and exports through customs and port operations to warehouse receipt.
Monitor duties paid on goods imported to Australia and New Zealand, correct under/overpayment and documentation accuracy, leverage opportunities in new trade agreements and tariff concessions.
Scrutinise container utilisation for ocean shipment, working with origins to optimise container size, type and fill rates.
Manage local relationships with multiple ocean freight forwarders via contractual service KPIs.
Manage the Reckitt Transportation Management System in Australia, ensuring timely reporting, analysis, and improvement of Cost to Serve metrics with Customer Service
Manage and identify transport optimisation opportunities internally and externally, maximising flexibility at the lowest cost whilst ensuring service
Ensure operational excellence, including Reckitt’s compliance to Chain of Responsibility and other regulations across the Australia and New Zealand freight network
Ensure Reckitt Logistics can always respond to demand changes and capacity constraints by understanding the competitive marketplace and industry practices

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance or related experience deemed equivalent
5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain Management, preferably in FMCG/FoodBev/Retail Logistics
Demonstrated experience leading tendering activities, contract negotiation and managing 3rd party logistics providers.
Experienced in working within supply chain operations teams, managing 3PL performance, with knowledge of the Australian logistics industry and WHS, ideally in FMCG, food & beverage or pharma manufacture, transportation, or customer service areas.
Knowledge of Australia and New Zealand codes for Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Chain of Responsibility
A knack for numbers and data analysis, with proficiency in tools that turn data into dialogue.
A detail-devoted, organised approach, juggling tasks with the precision of a seasoned pro.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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