Senior Engineer, Project

**1. JOB DETAILS**:
**Position Title**:Senior Specialist: Logistics
**Broad Band**:E1: M6: Professional
**Reports to
**Department & Function:
**Job Code**:
**Date Prepared/Revised:
**Talent Pipeline Layer**:Managing Self Technical/Professional
**2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE**:
**Coordinate and oversee all logistics activities (related to transport) to ensure operations are conducted with a primary focus on maximizing efficiency (time, accuracy, product quality, safety and cost) and guarantee lead times and availability fulfilling requirements of end users, in compliance to legal and regulatory requirements and Ma'aden procedures**

**3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS**:
**Qualification**:
**1. National Higher Diploma or equivalent plus min 6 years experience**
**2.Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, finance, or business administration plus min 4 years relevant experience**
**3. CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) advantages
**Experience**:
**4 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain
**Skills:
- **Sound knowledge of discipline processes, procedures and products**:

- **Effective verbal and written communication skills**:

- **Advanced analytical and problem solving skills**:

- **Sound decision making skills**:

- **Presentation and facilitation skills**:

- **Ability to cope with pressures and setbacks**:

- **Ability to follow instructions and procedures**:

- **Advanced persuading and influencing skills**:

- **Global mindset**:

- **Ability to adapt and respond to change**:

- **Curious and innovating**:

- **Design thinking**:

- **Sound working knowledge and compliance to relevant regulatory and statutory requirements**:

- **Sound knowledge and understanding of Ma’aden codes, regulation, rules, procedures and processes**:

- **Following rules, regulations and procedures**:

- **Competent in using applicable software and/or systems**:

- **Teamwork and ability to deal with diversity**:

- **General understanding of fundamentals of business processes**:

- **Proficient attention to detail**:

- **Coping with pressures and setbacks**:

- **Critical thinking
**4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
**Focus Area**

**Operational / Functional**

**Legal**:
**1. Consistently delivers on all service level agreements**

**2. Quality results through cost effective service and on time support**

**3. Cost awareness and control**

**4. Technical expertise and advice**

**5. Technical/operating systems and models**

**6. HSE targets**
- **Coordinate and oversee the day to day chartering, operating of vessels and managing Ma’aden dry bulk, containers and product fleets**
- **Responsible for contracting, planning, scheduling, execution and monitoring of all relevant transportation (dry bulk, shipping and other appropriate transportation of product) with the objective of improving on time delivery and minimizing logistics cost**
- **Responsible for related freight markets intelligence and related reports, building strong networks with service providers/ shipping industry, calculation of logistics capacity units, comparing planned capacity with contracted capacity; ensuring availability of required logistics capacity**
- **Responsible for preparing and executing rolling logistics plan for department/SBU/Affiliate**
- **Analyse and recommend potential logistics solutions to improve fleet utilization in cost effective manner, preserving safety and product quality**
- **Responsible for the compliance with Ma’aden’s regulatory framework, maritime laws, regulations and guidelines for shipping (safety, environmental concerns, legal matters, technical co-operation, and maritime security)**
- **Coordinate and execute shipping related activities (develop shipping capacity for all products to meet commercial plan, estimate new shipment capacity and budgets required, shipping agreements, demand planning, communications to stakeholders, shipping schedules, dealing with FOB and FCA, price negotiations, payments, freight reports and reporting, etc.)**
- **Prepare and review of all required logistics documents (e.g. charter party, COA's, freight invoices, LOI etc) to ensure on time delivery to customers**
- **Report to management any deviation in business plan and objectives (especially in shipping/transport timeliness, accuracy and cost) in order to ensure execution of each activity as per the business plan and to adjust business plan to incorporate deviation**
- **Participate with performance monitoring (develop performance indexes, reviewing existing process systems/methods/procedures, costs of operating vessels/fleet, actual cost versus market levels, etc.)**
- **Responsible for effective supplier and customer relationship management (frequent communication and updates, handling of complaints until finally resolved, dealing with new requirements, etc.)**
- **Contribute to the product development process (product testing, technology analysis, analysis on logistics requirements, cost, etc.)**
- **Consolidate data