Logistics & Supply Planning Manager

Are you passionate about Logistics & Planning? Would you like to be part of our successful global team? tesa is a multinational company, running a portfolio of more than 7.000 innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive system solutions for various industries, commercial customers and end consumers. We are hiring for our Business Operations office located in  Milan, Italy or Argentona, Spain a Logistics & Supply Planning Manager to lead the team of supply planning specialists and logistics specialists to together ensure the execution and
fulfillment of all supply planning & logistics activities within the cluster south (Italy, Spain and Portugal). In this role you can drive continuous improvement initiatives and will be involved in cross functional project management.

Your main task will be:

Logistics and Supply Planning Operations and Process Excellence
• Lead and develop the Logistics and Supply Planning team (cross-country) in defined set of
countries
• Ensure clear priorities and follow-up on defined KPIs to monitor the process performance and
secure corrective actions if necessary
• Coordinate and support the team in the efficient execution of daily Logistics operations (e.g.,
Logistics Provider Performance; Inbound; Warehouse inventory; outbound; pallet and
containers; returns; logistics claims; inventory count, rework and disposal; Tax, Custom, Legal
(E.G. Intrastat, ADR, LTSD), Logistics value adding services
• Ensure the creation, management, and monitoring of subcontracting orders, inbound and
outbound as well as the material planning and transfer
• Ensure Inventory Allocation Tier 2 (local DCs to customer) and inventory health
• Perform Logistics and Supply Planning cost control and reporting
• Validate and approve Logistics and Subcontracting invoicing (1st level invoice approval)
• Monitor weekly / monthly KPI’s and costs, find efficiency opportunities and follow up with 3PL
• Manage RFC's from Customers, tesa and 3rd party on all logistics parameters
• Support tenders for distribution and warehousing
Continuous Improvement & Project Management
• Support, pitch, and implement ideas for process optimization (First Time Right
Methodology)
• Support or run projects at cluster level
• Develop guidelines and standard operating procedures on cluster level
• Lead the European process harmonization in defined set of countries
• Lead 3PL in the continuous improvement projects
• Support internal / external audits in Logistics matters

• University degree with preferred Supply Chain specialization (APICS certification as a plus)

• 7+ years of experience in a logistics and supply planning role within a matrix organized

multinational company

• Experience in leading, building and developing a cross-country team in an international,

and hybrid working environment

• Very good written and spoken English skills (C1 level or higher), native Italian or Spanish

• Capability to liaise with and influence senior stakeholders to enable the logistics & supply

targets achievement

• Project management and track record to drive CIP

• Skilled communicator with a focus on stakeholder involvement

• Strong in analytical and logical thinking

• Ability to work under pressure, meeting tough deadlines

• Ability to work with and understand big data

• Motivated to collaborate in an international environment, with the willingness to

occasionally travel

At tesa, we create adhesive solutions that improve the work, products and lives of our customers.

How we do it? At tesa, we dare to create! Therefore, we team up, we challenge ourselves and we set the pace. But we don’t just do that somehow. We act responsibly and always focus on our customers. Because only then we are able to achieve our goals and continuously improve our results.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and regard diversity as important for our long-term success. We expressly reject all forms of direct and indirect discrimination. All qualified applicants will be equally considered for employment regardless of their national origin, background, personal preferences and believes.

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If you want to find out more about tesa please visit us on our corporate web-page www.tesa.com and social media.