AddressHead of Logistics
- A key leadership role within the world's leading sustainable building materials company
- Reporting directly to the CEO and working with a supportive and collaborative team
- Highly competitive remuneration package
- Located in either Melbourne or Sydney
Holcim:
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim are enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. It's all thanks to our 70,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.
Holcim People:
Holcim people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.
The Holcim Experience:
At Holcim, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you're in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you'll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You'll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it's only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in. To find out more, visit www.holcim.com.au/careers.
The Opportunity:
This is an important and senior role reporting to the CEO in which you will hold responsibilities for the autonomous management of regional logistics across all of our business units - including responsibility for Financial Performance, Safety Performance, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Customer Management, Fleet Management, Legislative Compliance and Environmental Performance.
Further and detailed responsibilities are found in the Position Description which is available upon request and will include:
- Establishing systems and processes to ensure compliance to legislation and road rules in relation to Heavy Vehicle Driver competency, Heavy Vehicle safety and contractor management processes.
- Supporting and driving logistics efficiencies in conjunction with the business units to deliver lowest cost distribution costs through fleet utilisation and procurement strategies.
- Ensuring maximum fleet utilisation and efficiency, with lowest cost delivery.
- Ensuring Data and KPI driven logistics performance across the business.
- Utilising data analytics to drive efficiency and cost performance in conjunction with the business units.
- Ensuring maintenance of high standards of community relations within the local community.
- Displaying effective leadership behaviours to ensure a highly motivated team.
- Active involvement in the National Logistics Management Team to achieve optimum results for the business.
- Identification, prioritisation, justification and managed expenditure of CAPEX
About you:
To succeed in this pivotal role, you will be a leader and a team player - someone who is passionate about driving overall business performance with a growth agenda and with solid, practical skills and knowledge in developing the capability of teams.
Degree level qualifications in Logistics/ Supply Chain or in a related discipline will be highly regarded and a history of success in senior logistics leadership positions, ideally within related sectors will be essential.
You will have strong analytical and negotiation skills; thrive on engendering solid business relationships and be level headed and down to earth with exemplary standards of ethical conduct and professional judgment with a positive, resilient, curious and goal orientated nature.
This will be complimented by your focus on coaching and developing others and by your clear ability to find ways to put together solutions that add value.
This is an outstanding opportunity to lead an important business function and to develop your career at a senior level in our world leading business.
Why Holcim?
At Holcim we offer an inclusive environment, where our people feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We offer a high-performance workplace empowering problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators to seek combined perspectives and voice opportunities to go further and faster. Our workplace is a safe environment where individuals can be themselves and where we promote a diverse workforce. We are an equal opportunities employer, making no distinction on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. People are treated fairly at work - respecting and supporting human rights and non-discrimination. This is rooted in the values and standards set out in the Holcim Code of Business Conduct.
We don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers with a deep and diverse structure which affords a great number of cross functional pathways available as you progress your career so if you're ready to take your career to the next level and join our dynamic team of professionals, we want to hear from you.
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Candidates must hold valid Australian work rights with no restrictions on employment duration or hours.
Holcim will not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.
