Vacancy
Commercial Supply Chain Analyst (Arendonk / Belgium)
Purpose of the role
The principal role of our Commercial Supply Chain Analyst is to analyse and optimize Ravago’s Supply Chain; key focus is on our collaboration with Logistics Service Providers, securing long-term relationships and high-end service from our Partners.
Starting from transport cost analyses and benchmarking, we identify opportunities for improvement. These are implemented as part of our European Supply Chain Optimization project and embedded with our Logistics Service Providers through strategic reviews.
Next to that we are running regular tenders, whereby we continue to leverage the relationships with our Partners to facilitate and improve our Procurement processes.
Key in this role is building the link with commercial to secure that the capacity, service and cost we, as Supply Chain team, tender is optimal and secure long term sustainable solutions to the business.
Requirements
- Minimum Master’s Degree in Business or Industrial Engineering
- Well organized & accurate in analyses and reporting
- Good analytical & communication skills with management, team members and Logistics Service Providers
- Team player with commercial feeling to understand our Sales requirements, but also support tenders with Logistics Service Providers
- Passionate about change management
- Affinity with redesign tracks & process optimizations
Principal responsibilities
- Perform analysis and propose/initiate improvement initiatives with focus on Logistics
- Quarterly analyses about transport (data analysis, calls focals and follow-up actions with our strategy in mind)
- Use of Chainalytics as a benchmark for our Road transport prices
- Use of Xeneta as a benchmark for our Maritime transport prices
- Support strategic reviews
- Road hauliers
- Maritime carriers
- Freight Forwarders
- Cross-function road transport and warehouse providers
- Support tenders in Supply Chain
- Road
- Maritime
- Freight Forwarding