Sandvik Mining Freight Lead: South America
SANDVIK MINING seeks a
Freight Lead – South America
Sandvik Mining, the leading global supplier of equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining industry, is currently looking for a Freight Lead – South America.
The Role
In this key role, the Freight Lead will be responsible for ensuring safe and cost effective transportation of freight across all modes within a given geographical area including management and continuous improvement of the freight service, cost and quality of delivery.
Key Performance Areas
- Carrier performance review execution
- Ensures customs clearance for inbound freight, where applicable
- Freight processes and procedures definition, implementation or enforcement
- Alignment with regional/global teams on improvement initiatives
- Transportation network analysis
- Carrier contract negotiations
- Carrier quality compliance
- Freight project management
- Monitors and controls personnel expenses including travel and other costs according to Company policy
- Freight invoice audit and invoice dispute management
- Regular auditing of freight carrier rate agreement compliance
- Reports all accidents, incidents, and injuries immediately and completes all required documentation
Your Profile
- BA/BS degree/College Diploma within Business/Supply Chain Operations is an asset
- Minimum of three years of experience in logistics/freight/supply chain management including freight network/process solution design
- Solid understanding of freight management and logistics operations
- Strong Analytical skills
- Ability to handle large amount of information and data
- Ability to operate independently and without close supervision
- Interest to work in a global network
- Sound judgment
- High integrity
- Strong written and verbal communications; fluent in English
- Able to deal effectively and tactfully with internal stakeholders and external suppliers/customers/regulatory operations
- Skilled in all Microsoft tools such as Projects, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio and Access
- Fluency in Spanish and/or French are assets
- Experience using Oracle business/inventory database systems or similar
How to apply: Use Job Opening ID: 332828
Internal applicants:
1. Open Peoplesoft/ Mypage/ Careers
2. Type Job Opening.
External applicants:
1. Go to www.sandvik.com
2.Careers / Job search
3. Keywords
4. "Apply for this Job"
5. Send your resume to hrservices.americas@sandvik.com , Subject: Freight Lead –South America.
Deadline: 31 Aug 2014
Job ID: 332828
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