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In industry, the Logistics Manager controls all physical flows from the receipt of components or raw materials to the dispatch of finished products to the plant's customers.
The Logistics Manager covers all plant operations and resources within a Group, or across the whole company in a SME/SMI environment.
Working closely with the Supply teams, the Logistics Manager is responsible for receipt and storage upstream of production. He/she manages the components warehouse, and ensures the reliability and optimization of stocks.
He/she sizes and supplies the line edges to guarantee zero breakage in production, depending on the push or pull flow organization in place. They implement company policy in the field and are responsible for all organizational projects. We are seeing a very strong trend towards the deployment of a pull flow logic, which is reflected at Logistics Manager level by the sizing and implementation of kanbans, optimization of line-side and warehouse coverage, and flow tension.
Working directly with the Scheduling Department, the Logistics Manager optimizes intermediate stocks and tends to eliminate them in line with Lean basics.
He also manages the finished goods warehouse and all preparation and dispatch operations, as required.
As a driving force behind the target logistics organization, he draws up invitations to tender with service providers for the outsourcing of certain activities (Production, Warehousing, Handling or Transport), evaluates the bids and manages the day-to-day relationship with a view to optimizing customer service levels and controlling costs. He or she is also involved in decisions to modify production areas, set up new facilities, integrate new processes or
re-insource activities.
As a general rule, he or she manages supervisors or managers by perimeter, who assist him or her in the day-to-day management of teams of forklift drivers and preparers. He is responsible for all his own recruitment, and manages the training and versatility of his teams.
To ensure maximum safety, he is constantly informed of new regulations.
He ensures that labor legislation is applied, and negotiates with social partners.
He may be required to develop or upgrade an IT system enabling real-time monitoring of activity.