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Senior Logistics and Supply Chain Manager

Ref: 128317

London, UK

£70,000

  • Permanent
  • End-To-End Supply Chain
  • Global Logistics Transformation
  • Process Automation

About the candidate

A highly experienced Senior Logistics and Supply Chain Manager with over 20 years’ experience owning end-to-end operations across Far East sourcing, UK, EU and US retail distribution, e-commerce, consumer goods, apparel, homeware, luxury goods and FMCG. They have led production, supplier performance, import/export, 3PL management, warehousing, customs compliance and retail delivery across the UK, Europe, Asia, North Africa and the US.

They are a hands-on, commercially minded operator who enjoys building structure, improving processes and getting teams working more efficiently. Their background includes restructuring legacy logistics models, setting up departments, introducing ERP-led ways of working, negotiating better 3PL terms and using automation and data to reduce workload, cost and waste.

What makes them great?

  • Proven efficiency improvements – Delivered an 80% improvement in inbound/outbound operational efficiency and a 70% improvement in customer delivery efficiency while scaling an SME logistics function.
  • Strong commercial impact – Achieved around £50k savings in four months through new logistics strategies, around £25k savings in six months through 3PL renegotiation, and helped reduce stock waste by around 30%.
  • Builder of teams and operations – Built a logistics function from scratch for a c.$90m turnover importer, including ERP, SOPs and team structure, and has also reworked a 15-year-old logistics model to reduce a team from four to one through smarter processes.

Areas of expertise

  • End-to-end supply chain management – Experienced across factory sourcing, production follow-up, freight, customs, warehousing, stock control, final-mile distribution and OTIF delivery.
  • Logistics transformation and cost control – Strong track record improving operating models, renegotiating supplier and 3PL contracts, introducing KPIs and building practical SOPs.
  • Systems, data and process automation – Confident with ERP, WMS, TMS, reporting tools and automation to replace manual processes and improve visibility.