Assistant Manager - Logistics

Job Description:

The Assistant Manager - Logistics will be based in Hyderabad. In this position, you will report to the Senior Manager – Strategic Logistics.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Passionate drive to innovate and create.
• Integrity to the core
• Enthusiastic customer focus
• Consistent interactive teamwork
• Desire for continuous improvement and top performance

Here is a glimpse of what you will do:

• Consolidate and analyze financial data, including freight invoice validation, reconciliations, period-to-period variance analysis, and analyzing cost deviation with variance explanations.
• Maintain the financial status of 100+ multiple projects in weekly status reports showing budget, forecast, extra cost, and invoice status.
• Ensure the reporting of each freight forwarder rate is strictly adhered to, especially in regards to invoicing, costs, payments (including terms), and budgets.
• Develop and refine business case assessments with relevant teams to support department decisions.
• Facilitate the operating team (including logistics, planning, sourcing, & purchasing) by presenting data in cohesive reports that provide clear communication and recommendations on cost impact.
• Additional ad-hoc assignments and projects supporting Logistics include month-end financial reporting, longer-term Business Plan development, benchmarking, and process analysis.
• Look for optimization opportunities and define repeatable processes for similar freight scenarios.
• Identify data sources and develop KPIs to measure all relevant aspects of Ad-Hoc logistics.
• Establish control processes and guidelines for data maintenance.
• Anticipate challenges and disruptions to freight cost and design mitigation strategies.
• Support Logistics financial reviews and provide analytical support for RFQs and RFIs as needed.
• Compile and create reports, graphs, charts, documents, and slide presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Power BI.
• Create and maintain comprehensive system and project SOP documentation.

Here is some of what you will need (required):

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years’ experience in invoice processing and validation activities.
• Familiar with budgeting and costing related to logistics operations.
• Familiar with flight cost analysis.
• Self-starting mindset, attention to details.
• Intermediate to Advance excel skills (familiar with formula VLOOKUP, sum if, etc.), and PPT.

Here are a few of our preferred experiences:

• Detailed oriented and critical thinking.
• Great communication skills.
• Commit and deliver.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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