Logistics Analyst at Mars

Job Overview

• Manages the deployment of a logistics efficiencies roadmap across internal and external stakeholders to improve the logistics control costs and logistics network service and flexibility for the cluster unit, ensuring quality standards are upheld.
• Management of the 3PL and day to day operations in the cluster
• Manages the cost to serve process and aligns with stakeholders across the business unit.
• Maintains and offer ideas into the value leadership (Do It Best) road map for market.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level 
• Language skills: Fluent in English (written and oral)
• A minimum of 5-7 years logistics experience with past experience in management of 3PL
• Be able to build productive relationships and communicate effectively at a variety of levels inside and outside Mars, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable utilizing detailed financial information
• Detailed knowledge of Mars internal supply chain operations, processes and ways of working and external warehousing and transportation is advantageous
• Systems knowledge: advanced skills using Microsoft Excel, Power BI for data analysis, experience using SAP / Atlas is preferable, as well as experience of using office productivity software (such as Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint etc.)

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Responsible for daily operations with 3PL from order inception to final deliver to customer
• Supports performance management of 3PL service providers, ensuring good cost control and management of on time deliveries
• Lead for all Logistic related projects and continuous improvements and digitalization in logistic reports.
• Responsible for monthly billing of 3PL and billing queries
• Supports data capture and insight generation into the logistics cost and 3PL billing
• Develop and drive the cost efficiencies continuous improvement plan for the business unit – aligned with customers, sales, warehousing, transportation, and factories
• Management of all ad hoc queries within the Logistics department

Context and Scope

• Build strong working relationships with the 3PLs to drive improvements in their service, flexibility and optimise cost. This includes conducting performance reviews, forecasting and aligning network capacity requirements and ensuring improvement roadmaps are in place with each provider. The role owner is responsible for daily operations of the 3PL.
• In line with our regional supply chain and commercial strategy, the cluster supply chain team will need to internally and externally benchmark current logistics network design and 3PL performance (service, quality, cost) every three to four years. Where an opportunity is identified to drive improvement by changing 3PL, the Physical Logistics Analyst will support the local tendering activities in conjunction with global logistics buying following Mars best practice processes.
• One of the focus areas in our Multisales strategy is delivering ‘the most efficient and effective route to market’ in each of our business units. In practical terms, this means that the supply chain is expected to provide ‘fuel for growth’ through rigorous control and optimisation of logistics costs and customer numbers together with constantly looking for and delivering improvements in service and costs. The Physical Logistics Analyst plays an important role in bringing data and facts to enable decision making on this important topic.
• To achieve this, the Physical Logistics Analyst must work closely with the 3PL suppliers, customers, factories and the finance team to develop a comprehensive understanding of the current breakdown of logistics costs and the drivers for these costs.
• Responsible for putting in place a process that delivers cost to serve reporting each period for priority customers. Developing an in-depth understanding of what drives end-to-end supply chain costs will allow the market supply chain team to identify changes to customer behaviour needed to drive cost efficiencies.
• Globally Mars has set the ambition to be ‘Sustainable in a Generation’ (SiG) across all business operations. From a logistics perspective in the near term cost saving initiatives are being used to also reduce waste in terms of less kilometres travelled, less fuel used etc. The job holder is expected to monitor and report progress on sustainability locally and regionally.