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Head of Supply Chain & Manufacturing

USA

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-06-22

Partner / Head of SCM Consulting China

Shanghai

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-06-22

Summary

Location: Shanghai

Reporting Line: Managing Director China

Alcott Global is working with a leading Supply Chain Management Consulting firm, which is looking to find its main Partner and Head of SCM Consulting China. Leading a team of 25 people and being responsible for driving the successful, profitable, and sustainable development of the business in China.

Task and responsibility description:

Take ownership for success of the client in China (customer satisfaction, team member satisfaction, P&L)
Drive annual double digit (> 20%) and profitable growth for client in China
Lead the local consulting organization and develop the organization in line with the business needs
Develop organizational capabilities in line with strategy and business growth
Represent the client within the client's global consulting organization
Continuously develop and implement the client's consulting strategy in the China market (product/service offering, target industry/clients, value proposition, pricing) in line with corporate and business line strategy

Professional requirements and expertise:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
10+ years of relevant work experience in management consulting; preferably in logistics/supply chain; oversea working experience (e.g. US/Europe) is a plus
Proven track record of growing a business profitably (B2B environment)
Capability to engage, interact and create a buy-in on C-Level
Proven leadership experience for an organization
Strong business acumen (entrepreneurial thinking)
Cultural fit
Intercultural competency
Excellent communication skills in both English and Chinese (native speaker)

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Global Head (SaaS Logistics)

Berlin

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-06-02

Summary

About the job

Our client's vision is to expand aggressively an international logistics platform offering (SaaS).

Purpose:

On the journey to build a top digital forwarding offering, our client is looking for the Global Head to manage the scale up of the organizations, processes and partner network while collaborating closely with the technology partner team to build out the technological backbone required to operate effectively and efficiently at scale (~1 to 1.5 Mio TEUs/year).

Responsibilities:

Drive scale-up from 100k containers to 500k containers in a short period of 3-4 years.
Lead and scale current team of 400+ team members across Sales, Operations, Network design, Customs, Trade, Product and Engineering
Manage global factories, sourcing hubs, 3PL and forwarder relationships including management of key operating metrics and financials for each of the relationships
Scale up the product offering to 15,000 partners, providers, and network points
Refine the customer experience measurement processes, set trajectory, and manage the ongoing tracking & reporting.
Continuously drive product and technology teams to bring about step changes toward being the best-in-class management
Work closely with the sales team to define the on-boarding process and ensure seamless onboarding at all times.
Drive all executive decisions required to determine the footprint of the team.
Work with commercial teams to influence identification, selection, negotiation and
implementation of any third-party firms required in support origin Operations in Asia and South America and other origin geographies.
Define operating procedures, SLAs, and reporting frameworks for the operations team, agents, and third parties used.
Define the operations process, management checklists, escalation processes and compliance assessments for the end-to-end process.

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Head of Regional Procurement, Europe

Germany/Denmark/Netherlands

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-05-24

Summary

Head of Regional Procurement, Europe
Job Location: Europe

We are looking for an exceptional and collaborative leader to be the Head of Regional Procurement, Europe, for one of the world’s leading logistics companies. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of a significant strategic transformation and, growth push in of the top global logistics companies. The role will be responsible for managing a sizable spend as well as an aggressive commercial growth agenda. This includes managing and developing a large procurement team and working closely with the stakeholders to drive organizational transformation and support the growth journey. The role requires very strong leadership skills as well as strong strategic understanding and planning abilities. Experience in supply chain management, contract and lead logistics, fulfilment services, landside transportation and procurement are expected. Awareness of cost drivers, market knowledge, digital experience will be highly valued as these skills will be key to succeed in the role.

They Offer:

Joining the Global Logistics company, you will embark on a great journey with excellent career development opportunities in a global organization.
You can be assured of a positive and diverse work environment where new ideas are always welcome.
You will develop and motivate a team of highly skilled, cross cultural procurement professionals and be an active member of the Leadership Team, driving results and engagement across the business.
You will personally lead several high impacts sourcing projects, collaborating with a range of external partners across the transportation industry.
You will be exposed to a wide and challenging range of business issues requiring regular engagement, coordination, and collaboration with key stakeholders across various management levels within the Global Logistics company.
A key role in the Procurement is to drive Global Sustainability agenda. ESG is one of the strategic enablers for the Company’s Procurement, and you will be joining a group of passionate people which want to be part of making the world a better place to be by help impacting thousands of our suppliers globally to drive sustainability outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Managing one of the largest Procurement teams. This will include team members sitting in several offices across the Region.
Be responsible for owning and developing the Europe procurement strategy to meet the business needs. Translating the strategy into plan and execution.
Partner with the Regional Product, Sales, Customer Service and Finance teams on long term plans, including growth projects and ensure alignment between commercial needs, customer experience, operational execution and cost.
Significantly uplift and bind the Area Procurement Strategy to a Regional level and create a Regional view on strategic categories, in strong collaboration with the Regional Director.
Working closely in a Matrix organization that will involve harmonizing Regional procurement efforts with working closely with the Centre Procurement teams in close collaboration.
Hold senior relationships with key strategic suppliers.
Accountable for integrating Contract Management frameworks to help ensure compliance and best in class supplier performance.
Driving a strong digital transformation agenda within automation of procurement activities as well as supplier engagement.
Performing continuous improvement on supplier market analytics and creating a competitive edge for Company book of business through creating effective supply chains through our suppliers.
Maintain and grow the relationship with the commercial Regional directors and support Regional strategy development.
Ensure Company has value and cost leadership in each of the cost categories in the various areas’ landside transportation, contract logistics & lead logistics to make us attractive for our customers in our service offering to them.
We also expect the person in this role to collaborate closely with their counterparts in the other procurement team to provide a seamless and strategic ‘one stop shop’ outcome to our customers, as part of the Company’s integrator strategy, which in practise will bind the 4 pillars of transported, managed, fulfilled and powered by the Company, as part of Regional procurement strategy.
In the leadership role it will be key that the right candidate are able to engage and connect with the regional Leadership and key stakeholders to truly continue the change process to become one with the business and grow alongside the business growth agenda.

Who we are looking for:

10 years of experience in Logistics, specifically landside transportation, Warehousing, Cold Chain, contract logistics and Supply chain management.
A Degree in a Business/Supply Chain Management or a related field is preferable.
Strong strategic mindset and planning abilities.
Proven Leadership experience, including team building capability.
Strong stakeholder management skills.
Ability to lead digital change and transformation.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Willingness to work in a fast paced and often ambiguous environment.
High learning agility.
Ability to constructively challenge and bring change.
Bring structure to a fast-moving procurement organisation/business, by driving standardization & continues process improvement.
Able to build and attract talent within the procurement and supply chain space.
Be a genuine leader which create strong collaboration within own procurement organisation and with the regional leadership team.

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Head of People Capability - Asia

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-05-16

Summary

Position Details		Position Relationships
Position Title:	Head of People & Capability	Line Manager’s Position Title:	Chief People & Capability Officer
Function:	People & Capability	Direct Report Position Titles:	P&C Manager, R&B Manager, Office Facilities Manager, Health, Safety and Wellness Manager, L&D Manager
New or Existing Position:	Existing	Internal Contacts:	Group Support teams, P&C team, Leadership Team, P&C Manager
Date:	2021	External Contacts:	Various HR suppliers, HR Networks and peers in like organisations

Primary Purpose: 1-3 key statements that describe the main purpose of the position i.e. What is done; Why is it done; and How is it done.

Develop and implement a People & Capability strategy with processes and systems in place to drive business improvements and achieve the vision.

Transform the P&C team to operate in a business partnering model that drives a positive performance based culture in

Lead and coach the P&C team to deliver the people strategy in a manner that is aligned to and supports the Group People strategy.
Develop a People & Capability framework that focuses on a high-performance culture, retention of hi-po talent, internal succession planning and line manager capability

Team Member Minimum Requirements

Preferred Formal Education/Qualifications:

10 years or greater generalist Human Resources experience in retail or similar (fast paced) environment

Highly developed knowledge, skills and exposure to HR best practice and methods in China, South East Asia and India

Sound understanding of relevant workplace / employment legislation across the region

Mandatory Formal Education/Qualifications e.g. CPA

HR and/or Commerce qualification at graduate or post graduate level

Demonstrated professional HR development

Work Experience:

Demonstrated ability to both develop and execute enterprise level people strategy
HR leadership in a large, multi-geographical / multi-site high volume, fast paced environment within South East Asia and India

Management of multiple stakeholders and an ability to communicate and engage at all levels of the organisation from the field through to C Level executives
Exposure and experience leading geographically dispersed and culturally diverse HR teams in a large-scale multinational corporation.
Previous demonstrated experience in leading and driving large scale cultural change and people programs in South East Asia and India

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities/Technology Used:

Delivery of key HR metrics
Simultaneous delivery of multiple projects/change
Talent development/workforce and succession planning
Commercial mindset and skills
Demonstrated capability in developing and executing HR strategies and plans, aligned to / enabling the realisation of business objectives
Demonstrated experience in defining, developing and delivering complex people-system change programs
Strong ability to collaborate with other key stakeholders to achieve goals
Strong communication and influencing skills
Ability to think strategically and operationally
Agile approach to project management

Position Scope
Area of Accountability	Key Responsibilities & Deliverables	Performance Measures & Targets
Talent Management	Proactively identify new roles and changes required to existing roles ensuring is able to consistently meet the changing capability needs of our Group businesses and customers Develop and drive recruitment and talent plans across the region to ensure: Attraction of high calibre new talent, Build a robust talent pipeline internally and externally Minimize talent gaps for key roles Line management roles vacant for minimum duration possible Coach and educate line managers to utilise objective selection processes when recruiting for key roles, including consideration of succession plans Ensure appropriate induction / on boarding programs are in place and adequately supported Leverage and collaborate with the Recruitment and Talent SME teams to deliver outcomes	Ensure right people in the right jobs Succession plans in place for all critical roles Positive contribution to the achievement of a diverse workforce in line with business Strategy Development plans in place for all roles Hi-po retention
Strategy & Change	Develop a comprehensive P&C strategy that addresses people and organizational needs and opportunities, aligned to overall People Plan Work collaboratively with operational leaders and teams to drive change initiatives that positively impact organisational culture and develop capacity to meet key business and people management objectives Lead projects and engage SME’s across the business to support the realisation of strategic initiatives and projects as required, including P&C specialist functions and support functions Support the P&C team with the rollout of cross business initiatives into stores. Engage stakeholders across the broader business to ensure robust development and delivery of P&C initiatives Work collaboratively with leadership team and senior leaders in to ensure alignment and support of key people strategies and change initiatives.	Quality of strategy development and delivery of agreed outcomes. P&C initiatives for delivered to required time, cost and quality standards Effectiveness of P&C initiatives as measured by PIR feedback measures, P&C audit results and user adoption Feedback from LT and senior sourcing business stakeholders
Performance improvement	Establish and communicate performance expectations within including ensuring clear KPIs, expectations of culture, behaviours and high-performance protocols are set, including appropriate recognition processes. Ensure performance management review processes and framework are implemented in a consistently and timely manner across. Ensure organisation design initiatives and strategic initiatives have the right people in the right roles to support strategy Review structures and manage restructures using effective change management techniques as required Support line managers deliver performance management processes including proactive performance counselling with a view to improving performance Support line managers in making and delivering exit decisions where performance management processes have not resulted in satisfactory performance improvement outcomes in accordance with relevant local employment legislation.	KPIs communicated and regular performance reviews conducted Organisational structure designed to support achievement of strategies Successful identification and resolution of performance management related issues and outcomes Ensure team members with “below expectations” performance ratings are either developed to perform or managed out of the business in a timely manner Successful implementation of recognition initiatives
Lead and manage team	Actively recruit develop and retain exceptional talent to ensure objectives are continuously met Lead the P&C team in alignment with Values to deliver required business performance	Goal Sheet plans in place for all direct reports (inclusive of KPIs and development plans) Performance management issues are addressed effectively in a timely manner Recognition of high performing team members
Culture and Engagement	Lead the values within the P&C team and across and support the business to embed the values so they are lived and breathed by all team members everyday. Develop and execute a cultural development and change programs in line with the strategy Measure, improve and sustain high levels of team engagement across through relevant cultural surveys and change initiatives Influence and coach managers and team members to live and role model the desired values and leadership capabilities to create a positive working culture. Drive recognition and celebration programs	In full and on time delivery of agreed initiatives Engagement survey results relative to targets Exit survey feedback Turnover and absenteeism metrics Recognition program acceptance and utilization
Learning and Organisational Development	Align learning and development programs with the Capability Framework to enhance Line Manager capability over time Identify opportunities in our current training programs and engage with Learning & Development to develop programs to support continuous improvement in line manager capability Support and ensure the effective delivery of Leadership programs Leverage and collaborate with the Learning & Development SME teams to deliver outcomes	Leadership Development outcomes Retention of Key Talent metrics Improvement of line manager capability Leadership program participation metrics
Diversity and Inclusion	Embrace and support Diversity strategy and ensure adoption Coach the P&C team and Line Managers on understanding and delivering the diversity and inclusion programs, focusing on gender balance and disability employment Leverage and collaborate with the Diversity & Inclusion Program manager to deliver outcomes	Disability employment & retention metrics Gender balance retention metrics for leadership roles

Other Areas of Accountability	Key Responsibilities/Major Activities
Values and Behaviours	Grow Together, Reach Higher, Live Integrity, Take Care, Think Customer Embrace, lead and act in accordance with Values and Behaviours Lead by example by complying with Code of Conduct, Company Policies and all laws / regulations that apply
Safety	Accountable for a safe site for everyone, every day by implementing and evaluating safe work practices, improving safety performance and celebrating safety achievements Reported and identified hazards are actioned Report site incidents
Emergency Management	Assist in the implementation of emergency response and building evacuations

Position Dimensions
Interpersonal Skills with Internal Contacts	Collaborates effectively with others Communicates information Influences others Negotiates Delivers results Leads teams effectively at both a direct report level as well as peer level Strategic planning
Interpersonal Skills with External Contacts	Collaborates effectively with others Communicates information Influences others Negotiates
Budget Accountability I.e. Sales/Revenue or Capex/Opex	Not applicable – manages to approved headcount number and cost
Judgement Required to Achieve Position Objectives	Follow department processes Adapt/refine/modify department processes if required Create department processes/policy Develop/modify business policy/ systems/ programs Provide input to division or functional strategy Is accountable for development of division or functional strategy
Key Challenges of This Position	Excellent execution every day of the People Plan through peers and line managers Delivery of day-to-day P&C support through the P&C teams in line with the ways of working Delivery of key metrics on target e.g., absence, turnover, safety Improving team engagement as measured through the Your Voice survey Delivery of the annual remuneration cycle Delivery of cultural change initiatives to support vision and strategy Maximising talent across through initiatives to encourage a more diverse workforce

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Country Manager, USA

USA

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-05-10

Head of Supply chain and Procurement

Toronto

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-04-24

Head of Mergers and Acquisitions

Germany/Denmark/Netherlands

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-04-07

Deputy Chief Commercial Officer

Shanghai

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-04-06

Summary

Location: Shanghai

Scope:

· The Deputy Chief Commercial Officer, Greater China will be responsible for driving revenue growth through sales and development of global accounts. They will be measured off on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that will be set by Chief Commercial Officer, Greater China Area.

Responsibilities:

· Accountable for maintaining relationships on strategic global customers and bringing them to a close.

· Applying consultative approach to understand needs of our client base, discovering customer needs

· Work with the Greater China region to adopt the global sales process

· In conjunction with the current sales team, develop unique solutions to our prospective and/or existing client base

· In conjunction with the current sales team, maintain a strong pipeline of new customers and measurement of progress

· Work alongside our branch network on calls, give guidance and training to branch network to improve overall bench strength

· Grasp industry trends in Trade, Regulatory and Market Intelligence information and communicate to customers

· Contribute to the build out of the regional account management functions in the region

· Assist branches to implement global accounts based on pre-determined SOP’s and requirements

· Aid, train and support the Greater China Area sales team on the usage of the company’s technology

· Maintain a commitment to the company’s values and business code of ethics

· Understand and demonstrate the value of the company to potential and existing clients

· Learning and adopting strengths of the company’s key service lines in the region

· Brand ambassador for the company in the region*

Qualifications:

· Fluency in English and in Mandarin are required. STRONG communication (Verbal and written) skills in both languages

· Ability to work with different cultures and personalities

· 10+ year experience in direct sales role – working with decision makers in Asia

· 10+ years in the logistics/freight industry preferred

· Self-motivated and competitive with strong organizational and interpersonal skills

· Strong skill sets in working with Major and Global Accounts

· Ability to motivate team members and offer constructive criticism

· Excellent leadership and indirect people management skills

· Proactive, aggressive, well-organized, and hard working

· Able to work under pressure and solve problems independently

· Proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

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Head of Procurement - Logistics

Permanent

Full-time

Published date:

2022-04-04

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