Warehouse & Distribution Manager
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About the Role
Alcon is seeking a Warehouse and Distribution Manager to drive logistics excellence, manage 3PL performance, and oversee inventory across Saudi Arabia. The role requires 5+ years of logistics experience, SAP ERP knowledge, and fluency in English and Arabic.
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Responsibilities
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders and 3PL partners to deliver exceptional customer service levels while optimizing warehousing, transportation, and inventory performance
- Managing 3PL operations through regular performance reviews, monitoring key service level agreements (SLAs), implementing corrective actions, and ensuring on time, accurate order fulfillment and inventory accuracy
- Leading logistics budgeting, cost to serve analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to identify savings opportunities across inbound logistics, warehousing, transportation, and reverse logistics while maintaining service excellence
- Developing analytics, dashboards, and operational reporting to provide visibility of inventory, logistics performance, stock discrepancies, and process improvement opportunities, enabling data driven decision making
- Driving operational excellence projects and ensuring compliance with quality, customs, trade, security, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements while fostering strong partnerships across Supply Chain, Customer Service, Finance, Sales, and external logistics providers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in logistics, warehousing, distribution, or supply chain roles within a multinational organization
- Experience in Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, or FMCG industries preferred
- Proven experience managing third party logistics providers (3PLs), warehouse operations, inventory control, transportation, and SAP ERP systems
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data, develop dashboards, and drive process improvements
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and project management skills with the ability to influence across a matrix organization
- Fluent in English and Arabic
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Role Overview
- As a Warehouse and Distribution Manager supporting our Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Commercial Operations teams, you will be trusted to drive logistics excellence, third party logistics (3PL) performance, and inventory management across our distribution network in Saudi Arabia.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders and 3PL partners to deliver exceptional customer service levels while optimizing warehousing, transportation, and inventory performance.
- Managing 3PL operations through regular performance reviews, monitoring key service level agreements (SLAs), implementing corrective actions, and ensuring on time, accurate order fulfillment and inventory accuracy.
- Leading logistics budgeting, cost to serve analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to identify savings opportunities across inbound logistics, warehousing, transportation, and reverse logistics while maintaining service excellence.
- Developing analytics, dashboards, and operational reporting to provide visibility of inventory, logistics performance, stock discrepancies, and process improvement opportunities, enabling data driven decision making.
- Driving operational excellence projects and ensuring compliance with quality, customs, trade, security, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements while fostering strong partnerships across Supply Chain, Customer Service, Finance, Sales, and external logistics providers.
What You’ll Bring to Alcon
- Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in logistics, warehousing, distribution, or supply chain roles within a multinational organization; experience in Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, or FMCG industries preferred.
- Proven experience managing third party logistics providers (3PLs), warehouse operations, inventory control, transportation, and SAP ERP systems.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data, develop dashboards, and drive process improvements.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and project management skills with the ability to influence across a matrix organization.
- Fluent in English and Arabic.
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