About Us:

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by over 27,500 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo. Our agility and entrepreneurial spirit, alongside award winning development programmes, enable innovation and success while creating exciting and rewarding career choices.

As we move forward, our customers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

The Role:

• Responsible for day-to-day management for the Secondary Logistic Operation in Ireland through close collaboration with 3PL which includes logistic execution of customer orders, returns and destruction handling and compliance reporting.
• Ensures Track & Trace compliance for IE Market
• Ensure tax stamps availability to meet relevant demand and are managed to optimize working capital and avoid any out of stocks.

Key accountabilities:

Logistics Operations:

• Support the execution of local or centrally led logistic projects (e.g., outsourcing and supplier change over) together with the local responsible colleagues.
• Complete monthly KPI reports in line with supply chain requirements and attend monthly KPI review meetings with key stakeholders
• Ensure SAP orders transmission to 3PL WMS and 100% order fulfilment including trouble shooting with 3PL and IT
• Support Logistics Manager with the day-to-day effectiveness of 3PL and review KPI’s on monthly basis
• Responsible for solving consumer complaints (transport and physical returns) and logistics quality reporting to PLM.
• Responsible for the stock management (inventories, returns, destructions, etc.) in warehouses and boxes/on-car storage locations of the Sales Force and ITP.

Compliance:

• Ensure all relevant procedures are adhered to in line with internal Imperial Brands requirements and Irish Customs.
• Implement and monitor stock measure controls on an on-going basis for internal Imperial Brands Group Control Matrix.
• Complete monthly supply chain and security reporting documentation for Imperial Brands.
• Complete quarterly report for Imperial Brands Security Forum.
• Support the Logistics Manager with product destruction process is in-line with group standards.

Tax stamps:

• Accountable for the Tax Stamps management process for Ireland and managing the relationship with Irish Revenue.
• Ensure tax stamps availability to meet relevant demand and are managed to optimize working capital and avoid any out of stocks.
• Accountable for monthly reconciliation of all tax stamps
• Deliver all manufacturing needs are in line with working capital requirements for IE market.
• Monitor EMCS (Excise Movement Control System) website
• Manage both inbound and outbound movement of tax stamps within the Global Supply Chain through closely liaising with planning team and retrieving all unused/damaged stamps in a timely manner
• Accountable for managing the local warehousing of tax stamps to ensure that sufficient quantities of relevant tax stamps are available at all times to meet production needs
• Lead the annual meeting between key Irish stakeholders and Irish revenue to assess effectiveness of tax stamp processes
• Closely work with Finance during Pricing events with regards to changing price of tax stamps

Track & Trace

• Accountable for smooth running of T&T systems in IE through close partnership with 3PL & Central Coding & Tracking team.
• Ensure full T&T compliance for IE market (including supporting IE Field Sales with Tobscan queries)
• Lead T&T Task force calls for the IE market and main point of contact for Sales Reps & 3PL for troubleshooting of problems
• Support Central Functions with T&T related projects (e.g., Tobscan functionality, new compliance reporting, Scan by Scan pilot) for UKI Cluster

Skills and experience required:

Essential

• Previous experience in Logistics and supply chain management
• Mid – Senior level management role
• Excellent communication skills as well as proven collaboration and interpersonal leadership skills
• Ability to challenge directives that impact financial and operational performance of the functional area
• Understanding of the global business and the functionality interdependencies of other groups
• Comfortable to manipulate data from various systems and working on excel
• Comfortable using SAP

Desirable:

• Knowledge about local requirements on compliance, customs and regulations
• Effective problem and conflict resolution skills and proven team focus

What we offer

Imperial Brands offer a competitive package of salary, bonus scheme, pension, 25 days holiday (with an additional 4 days on top to cover the Christmas period and bank holidays).

Next Steps:

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.