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Logistics Platform Manager

TURNPOINT (www.turnpoint.fr) is a family-run international Executive Search firm specializing in Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain in France and Europe.

Our client is a family-owned industrial food group.

To meet its ambitious sales targets and ensure strict compliance with its commercial commitments, the company has set up a high value-added integrated logistics system (warehouses, home delivery).

Logistics is therefore at the heart of the Group's strategy.

We invite you to join the Group's national logistics community, at the heart of its commercial and operational development.

MISSIONS
Reporting to the Logistics Director, you will assume the full responsibilities of a true field manager, close to your teams, guaranteeing service quality.
You will have the following responsibilities:
- Operational management of a warehouse logistics platform (frozen and fresh),
- Ensuring the quality of subcontracted transport from the platform,
- Manage and lead the multi-disciplinary teams reporting to you,
- Ensure the smooth running of all site activities, both at operational level (receiving, order preparation and preparation of goods for dispatch) and at organizational level (maintenance, HR, quality, safety),
- Implement, comply with and ensure compliance with processes defined by the company,
- Monitor your productivity and delivery quality indicators,
- Ensure daily reporting of your site's activity to the relevant departments,
- Provide operational support for the company's logistics transformation projects (IT/SI, continuous improvement, etc.),
- Coordinate employee representatives and ensure a good labor relations climate at the site.Profile
You have an engineering or business degree (Bac +4/+5) and at least 10 years' significant and successful experience in distribution logistics (warehouse management in Retail - E-commerce - Downstream Logistics - LAD...).

The following professional qualities are required:
- Expertise in operational management and logistics site management
- Experience in frozen food logistics or cold chain management would be a plus, but is not essential.
- Ability to work in project mode
- Aptitude for innovative environments (e-commerce, mechanization/automation)
- Knowledge of information systems such as ERP and WMS is required

The following personal qualities are required:

We're looking for someone who can support change, with strong communication and reporting skills for internal and external contacts.

Positive and humble by nature, you are able to make proposals, demonstrate rigor, leadership and adaptability, and have a sense of priorities, a sense of teamwork and synthesis, and a constant concern for the objective to be achieved.

Your experience confirms your operational legitimacy and your ability to federate | involve | train teams.

Available, you are autonomous in your job, and a self-starter with the ability to manage projects.

You are a demanding manager, firm but fair. A man or woman you can trust, you are responsible, committed and curious.

Our corporate culture fosters a spirit of trust and transparency.

Position based in Annecy - 74

Contact: raynal.cyrille@turnpoint.fr

www.turnpoint.fr

Logistics Manager M/F

TURNPOINT (www.turnpoint.fr) is a family-run international Executive Search firm specializing in Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain in France and Europe.

We are looking for a Logistics Manager based in Annecy.

Reporting to Management, your responsibilities are those of an operational expert in logistics warehouse management, with a strong appetite for managing Continuous Improvement / Lean Management projects.

You will also be responsible for
- Manage logistics operations (Reception / Preparation / Dispatch) on a logistics platform,
- Manage, lead and develop the skills of the operational teams reporting to you,
- Coordinate the use of human and technical resources to achieve quality, productivity and efficiency objectives,
- Ensure productivity and quality of service in compliance with operational processes and Group safety standards,
- Implement, comply with and ensure compliance with processes defined by the company,
- Ensure a good social climate by coordinating labor relations,
- Budget monitoring and performance management,
- Project management (IT/SI, continuous improvement, etc.),
- Development and monitoring of KPIs and performance indicators.

Profile
- Highly operational/experienced manager who knows how to give firm (and assertive) attention, while at the same time being benevolent and constructive.
- Expertise in logistics warehouse management
- Expertise in managing Continuous Improvement / Lean Management / 5S / Kaizen projects
- Expertise in on-site labor relations (social partners, unions)
- Leadership, coaching and team-building skills
- Interpersonal skills, particularly in communication and management at all levels of the company (teamwork)
- Ability to develop team skills

Professional English is an asset.

The position is based in Annecy - 74

Contact: raynal.cyrille@turnpoint.fr

www.turnpoint.fr

Procurement & Inventory Manager M/F

TURNPOINT (www.turnpoint.fr) is a family-run international Executive Search firm specializing in Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain in France and Europe.

For our client, a leading player in distribution logistics, we are looking for a Procurement & Stock Management Manager based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Department, your main mission will be to define the procurement policy and ensure its proper application in France and Europe.

You will also have the following responsibilities:
- Strategically manage the analysis and anticipation of needs, and the adaptation of inventories (in terms of volume, quality and distribution), while improving product availability (level and quality),
- Coordinate the various information flows between the Purchasing / Supply Chain / Logistics / Warehouse departments, etc,
- Develop relationships with suppliers and warehouses,
- Manage a small team directly and develop its skills,
- Implement a new supply management information system,
- Support employees in change management,
- Develop, monitor and optimize KPIs and performance indicators (service rate, availability rate, stock turnover rate),
- Make service improvement and cost control part of a continuous improvement dynamic.

Profile
Trained to degree level (Bac+3/Bac+5), you have at least 10 years' experience in Supply Chain, including 5 years in a similar position in Procurement / Inventory Management.

The profile sought is that of an operational manager with expertise in inventory management in the distribution sector (retail, mass distribution, etc.).

The following professional qualities are required:
- Expertise in inventory optimization (valuation, rotation, quality, depreciation, unsold stock reduction)
- Direct team management
- Strategic and operational knowledge of the supply chain (Logistics/Warehouse/Stock Management/Transport)
- Transformation and change management
- Knowledge of supply management information systems

The following personal qualities are preferred:
- Strong analytical skills
- Initiative, responsiveness, decisiveness
- Sense of customer service / global service / performance and financial results
- Team spirit, both with own teams and internal colleagues
- Expertise in change management and innovation
- Pedagogical / methodological skills (sense of progress in change, of taking into account the assimilation of teams)
- We're looking for a "doer" who implements projects and gets them done
- Communication and listening skills

We prefer managers who are autonomous, pragmatic, easy to get along with, enjoy working in a team, rigorous, results-oriented and have excellent commercial interpersonal skills.

The candidate must be able to adapt quickly to the company's commercial culture. In addition to strong entrepreneurial skills, this culture demands a high level of attention and vigilance with regard to human values.

The position is based in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (95).

Contact: raynal.cyrille@turnpoint.fr

www.turnpoint.fr

Operational Supply Chain Manager

TURNPOINT is a direct recruitment agency specializing in the Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain sector in France and abroad (www.turnpoint.fr).

For our customer, a major player in distribution logistics (BtoB and BtoC), we are looking for a Supply Chain Director based in Mantes-la-Jolie.

Description

As a genuine player and contributor to the transformation of the company's Supply Chain, you will support an integrated Supply Chain that meets the Group's growth expectations, with tact, benevolence and perseverance.

As Supply Chain Director M/F and member of the CODIR, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Redefinition of the Group's logistics and Supply Chain master plan and its operational implementation on the Group's logistics platform,
- Steering the organization of transport and logistics,
- Coordination of distribution operations to stores and consumers in France (BtoB / BtoC),
- Management of large-scale supply chain transformation projects:
o Continuous improvement
o ERP / WMS deployment
o Optimization of logistics and transport processes
- Direct management of a multi-disciplinary team (5 direct employees and less than 50 cross-functional staff),
- Management of the following departments
o Transport purchasing
o Upstream/Downstream procurement
o Planning / S&OP
o Inventory management
o Logistics & Returns (own warehouse)
o Distribution / Transport
o Operational projects
o After-sales service
- Development and monitoring of performance indicators (Supply Chain, Logistics, Transport),
- Regular reporting to General Management.
With a university degree (Bac+5), you have proven experience in a similar position in the world of Distribution / Retail / E-Commerce.

Strong managerial skills are required:
- Knowledge and legitimacy in managing the processes of an operational omnichannel supply chain
- Operational management of logistics sites
- Team management (cross-functional and direct)
- Appetence and expertise in transformation issues
- Deployment and management of large-scale projects

The following personal qualities are preferred:
- Leadership
- Anticipation
- Capacity for structured analysis and sense of anticipation (360°)
- Initiative, responsiveness, decisiveness
- Sense of customer service / global service / performance and financial results
- Team spirit

The position is located in Mantes-la-Jolie (78).

Contact: raynal.cyrille@turnpoint.fr

www.turnpoint.fr

Supply Engineer M/F

Join Baccarat's excellence!

 

We are looking for a Purchaser M/F to join our passionate team dedicated to the art of crystal.

 

Join a passionate and demanding team, at the heart of the Supply Chain department, and contribute to the excellence of our production by guaranteeing the fluidity of supply.

 

Your main tasks:

Needs analysis and definition: You will play an active role in defining procurement needs, working with internal and external teams.
Supplier negotiations: You will play a key role in negotiations with suppliers and participate in the identification and sourcing of new partners, evaluating their performance.
Implementation of procurement plans: You will work hand-in-hand with selected suppliers to define supply plans adapted to the constraints of internal customers (points of sale or factory).
Service provider management and supervision: Sourcing, selecting and managing transport and logistics service providers will be at the heart of your activities. You will also supervise supply operations and ensure that deliveries comply with quality, quantity and lead times.
Flow optimization and inventory management: You will be responsible for transport planning and coordinating the flow of goods, ensuring consistent and smooth organization of shipments.

 

Within our Supply chain department, you will play a key role as a technical expert, linking development and manufacturing. Thanks to your expertise in spraying/painting, you will play an active role in the success of innovative and technical projects.

 

This position offers you the opportunity to play a central role in our production, while developing your skills within a dynamic, innovation-oriented team!

 

At Baccarat, we take care of you!

 

Benefits: We offer to cover your mileage expenses and have a profit-sharing and incentive scheme, as well as a comprehensive health insurance plan to ensure your day-to-day well-being.

 

Your profile:

You are rigorous, proactive and have excellent communication skills.
You have a degree (Bac+5 or equivalent).
You have successful experience in procurement and supply chain management.
You have a taste for challenges and like to optimize processes.

202409 - Project and Transport Manager - Var

Leading French retailer, is looking for a Project Manager / Transport Manager for its South-East regional center.

Position based in the Var, between Toulon and Cannes.

 

As a member of the Management Committee, reporting directly to the Regional Centre Manager and in a context of transformation of logistics, the Project Manager/Transport Manager's main tasks are to :

1. Leading Transport transformation projects

2. Manage and coordinate transport activities

3. Purchase and define the transport plan, then manage relations with carriers

 

In detail :

1 Leading Transport transformation projects :

- Have a medium/long-term vision of transport to integrate logistics developments (numerous projects underway)

- Make proposals to optimize costs and improve transport processes.

- Manage transport development projects (new stores to serve, new loading warehouses, new store services, etc.) in total autonomy with your team.

- Work closely with your counterparts in other departments, adopting a collective and collaborative approach.

 

2.manage and coordinate transport activities :

- Manage and lead your transport team (6 people) and take part in operational missions when necessary.

- Ensure compliance with transport regulations

- Set up the right indicators to manage activity (service) and measure performance (costs)

- Define and manage continuous improvement plans with your team

- Contribute to improving the well-being and quality of life at work of the team and your day-to-day contacts.

 

3. Purchase and define the transport plan, then manage relations with carriers

- Call for tenders to define your transport plan

- Ensuring optimal use of transport resources

- Follow-up on services and invoicing

 

Profile:

With at least 5 years' higher education (Ecole de Commerce / Ecole d'Ingénieur / Master's degree) with a specialization in logistics and transport, you have at least 5 years' successful experience as a logistics project manager and/or transport manager, ideally in the distribution, services or trade sector.

 

To succeed in your mission, your best assets will be :

- Your ability to lead transformation projects from the drawing board right through to operational implementation

- Your knowledge of the road transport environment at the service of customers

- Your charisma and leadership

- Your natural authority and team spirit

- Your ability to analyze, anticipate, be proactive and make proposals

- Your ability to prioritize, organize and meet deadlines

- Your pedagogical skills and your strength of conviction to instigate and support change and to get your team on board

- Familiarity with the Office pack and Google Workspace (spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, dashboards, etc.), as well as with transport applications. (TMS)

 

Compensation :

Executive status with remuneration depending on profile and experience of between €72k and €80k gross per year.

What's more, you'll benefit from the support and advantages of a large company: group health and welfare insurance, social benefits and much more!

Supply chain consultant

Would you like to broaden your horizons after initial operational or consulting experience?

Newton Vaureal, the leading supply chain and operations performance consultancy, is recruiting consultants.

Join a team of experts, to contribute to the dynamic transformation of companies and take part in impact projects (resilience, performance, CSR, Data, greenfield, ...). Work on a wide variety of assignments in a highly human environment located in the heart of Paris. Strengthen your expertise and develop your skills in a wide range of sectors (agri-food, aeronautics, railways, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotive, electronics, etc.) through short assignments that put your critical thinking skills to the test.

Graduates of prestigious schools (ENPC, Telecom-Paris, Mines, Centrale, ESSEC, EDHEC, ...), our consultants speak best of their life at Newton Vaureal:

Max, Senior Consultant, Mines de Nantes: "What I liked right away was the level of involvement I was asked to take. We're fully involved in building solutions with our managers. It's all done in a close-knit atmosphere with the whole team. We're like a little family!

Martin, Consultant, Centrale Marseille: "Our understanding of the issues, thanks to our presence in the field, and the rigor required in our reasoning, encourage customers to call on us again, and give a concrete dimension to the assignments we carry out.

Morgane, Manager, St Cyr, "I've found a caring and intellectually stimulating work environment. I had the chance to work on a multitude of different subjects for clients ranging from SMEs to large groups. It's easy to blossom in a human-sized firm where there are few strict hierarchical barriers".

To find out more, see our partners' interview on Supply Chain Village: https://supplychain-village.com/video-on-demand/interviews/jerome-bour-nouvel-associe-de-newton-vaureal-consulting/

Profile: Engineer or business school, 2 to 5 years' experience in operations and supply chain.

Position based in Paris 8° arrondissement

Head of Material Planning

We are looking for a Head of Material Planning for our customer, a specialist in the distribution of industrial spare parts.

Reporting to the Group Supply Chain Director, you will manage spare parts inventory levels and investments, with the main aim of achieving a balance between inventory value and customer service.

In this role, you will manage all the company's inventories located in the various service outlets worldwide, as well as at our customers' sites. You will support the business in the sizing of these inventories for current and future customer contracts, and in the implementation of financing solutions.

MISSIONS :
- Manage the Inventory Control function, in order to optimize, resize or reposition stocks, in terms of quantity, geography and according to the customers supported, in cooperation with technical management, on the basis of statistical and operational models, with a dual vision of service and savings,
- Steer decisions concerning the use of standard exchanges and related monitoring, with a view to reducing late fees,
- Draw up an annual strategy for the development of direct and indirect investment and divestment,
- Optimize purchasing costs by sourcing new and recycled parts through different supply channels, and by setting up consignment stock solutions with business partners,
- Promote surplus stocks to the market,
- Supervise operations relating to your department's flow management,
- Manage invoicing and financial outstandings via dashboards to be shared monthly with General Management and Finance,
- Be recognized as the expert in the field, with the aim of piloting projects with partners,
- Implement the inventory management and administration manual,
- Develop best practices and implement tools to optimize inventories across all sites,
- Set up performance indicators, analyze and monitor the resulting actions, for example by assessing the quality of forecasts, as part of a continuous improvement process,
- Keep abreast of inventory optimization techniques (e.g. quality grid, probabilistic forecasts, etc.),
- Manage a small team.

Supply Chain Management

We are looking for a Supply Chain Manager M/F, based in Rennes, for our customer, a French ETI, distributor of supplies and spare parts to professionals, present throughout France and leader in its market.

Reporting to General Management, you will have cross-functional responsibility for all the Group's logistics and supply chain processes.

In this capacity, your missions will be as follows:

1. Procurement and inventory management :

- Project manager for a change process in the management of supply improvement (forecasts, procurement) for the subsidiary.
- Responsible for monitoring and optimizing inventories (quantity/quality, rotation, WCR).

2. Implementation and monitoring of the logistics performance policy: In-house warehousing and outsourced transport:

- Manage the budget, control and reduce costs.
- Set up and monitor logistics performance indicators, and deal with any anomalies or malfunctions.
- Propose and implement continuous improvement solutions.
- Establish, monitor and guarantee quality objectives, in liaison with logistics site management.

3. Project management: involved in supply chain process transformation projects:

- Change management
- Logistics warehouse transformation
- Possible deployment of information systems (supply chain software, forecasting tools, WMS, handling systems, etc.)
- Manage the analysis and adaptation of the company's inventories, in terms of volume, quality and distribution between platforms and agencies, while improving their availability (level and quality),
- To make service improvement and cost control part of a continuous improvement dynamic.

You will also be responsible for the sales department.

Profile

Holder of an engineering degree, business school or 5 years' higher education with a specialization in Supply Chain. You have at least 10 years' significant experience in a similar position.

- Understanding of flow management (physical and information)
- Expertise and strong legitimacy in inventory optimization (valuation, rotation, quality, depreciation), operational management and forecast management (sales/purchasing)
- Transformation manager
- Strategic and operational knowledge of Logistics/Warehouse/Inventory Management/Transportation issues
- Knowledge of supply chain management information systems
- Understanding of cross-functional processes and ability to develop them
- Good command of IT tools
- Necessary rigor in managing figures and financial performance

We are looking for an operational Supply Chain Expert in the Distribution, Retail and Downstream Logistics sectors.
We're looking for someone who will be able to convey, convince and win over employees to the challenges of transforming the company's Supply Chain.

Logistics Operations Manager

Our customer is a leading European distributor of high value-added spare parts.

We are looking for a Logistics Operations Manager for our French subsidiary.

Reporting to General Management France, you will be responsible for the operational management of logistics activities in France. You will be a member of the Management Committee

As a true expert and contributor to the transformation of the company's Supply Chain, you will define and deploy the operational strategy: Logistics (platforms, national distribution center), Transport and B2B and B2C Distribution.

As a driving force for proposals and action, you will be at the heart of the company's strategy, in an international environment.

o Operationally manage logistics (in-house) and transport (outsourced) activities on a national and international scale.
o Guarantee the smooth running of site operations, both at operational level (receiving, order preparation, control/packaging and dispatch) and at organizational level (QHSE, Maintenance, HR, IT/SI),
o Define and implement logistics strategy, priorities and action plans.
o Lead and unite a team of over 150 people (mainly on the national logistics platform) with the support of middle management (Logistics, Transport, Continuous Improvement, QSE, Building Maintenance Managers, Data analyst, etc.).
o Guaranteeing innovation: you will participate in the development and evolution of IS and logistics tools, with a focus on ergonomics and continuous improvement.
o Monitor and define key performance indicators to guarantee customer satisfaction and profitability
o Monitor operating and investment budgets
o Support employee skills development and ensure a healthy social climate
o Interact closely with management and other departments (sales, HR, finance, etc.).
o Monitor business practices and developments.
o Coordinate the use of resources (human and technical) in close collaboration with your N+1, in order to achieve the quality, productivity and efficiency objectives defined by the Group.

Your profile

You have an engineering or business degree (Bac +4/+5).

The following professional qualities are required:

o Expertise in the management and operational and strategic steering of logistics sites (platforms under own management)
o You have held a management position in an equivalent position within an international group.
o Expertise in the operational and strategic management of several logistics sites,
o Enthusiastic, you are able to make strategic and tactical proposals.
o You have already worked on and defended strategic issues within the CODIR.
o You have already worked within a matrix organization, requiring strong communication skills, both internally (within the organization in France and Europe) and externally (suppliers, partners, etc.).
o You have a keen interest in figures (quality and financial ratios).
o Fluency in written and spoken English is required (B2).
o We're looking for someone who can support change, with strong communication skills for internal and external contacts.