Senior Specialist Inbound & Customs (supply Chain Management)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Working closely with Senior Manager DC & Transport Operations and inbound team in managing the product flow of adidas efficiently and timely in a cost-effective way from factories until stocks are booked at DCs. Responsibility also includes the daily monitoring of all related functions of inbound shipping, clearing, forwarding and stock updates]

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility of timely and accurate inbound booking process.

• Responsible for efficient and timely product flow from factories to warehouse and transfers.

• Managing shipping line and inbound service provider account management.

• Responsible for timely maintenance of shipping instructions for all adidas items.

• Manage the documentation process of inbound shipments.

• Ensure visibility level (Forecast) for future Inbounds across SCM and external stakeholders

• Monitor and measure progress of KPI's to attend global and local targets.

• Control and monitor Inbound Cost to ensure the highest level of governance, efficiency, and potential savings.

• Responsible for Harmonized System Code (HS Code) for Plants.

• Support Global Logistics Team for Tendering Process, Projects Implementations (e.g. FIP, Global Reports).

• Support NTP team for Non-Trade tendering process.

• Ensure smooth cooperation/network with direct reports as well as other team members.

• Build and manage inbound setup and find the most efficient product flow with the lowest cost and lead time.

• Managing end to end Customs Clearance with Sabeer requirements.

• Managing Container Movement Operations.

Key Relationships:

Global & Regional:

o Purchasing

o Warehouse

o Finance

o Order Fulfillment

o DC Operation

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Expert in Inbound and Customs

Strong analytical skills and data driven decision making

Ability to deliver good results under pressure, accepting and meeting critical deadlines

Ability to #CreateTheNew by challenging the status-quo

Motivated team player and willing to learn,

Strong and proven analytical and communication skills with attention to details

Experienced in logistics and supply chain management as well as project management

Competence, experienced and high level of IT affinity (MS Office/Teams needed / SAP, WMS knowledge is a plus

Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to lead and influence discussions in diverse groups of varying size (internal & external)

English & Arabic speaking and writing

IT Skills:

Outlook : Good

Word : Good

Excel : Advanced

PowerPoint : Good

SAP : Good

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

University degree in Logistics, Supply chain

2-4 years of overall work experience in Logistics.