Senior Manager - Logistics Centers

Empowering Progress Through Integrated Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions

Red Sea Coastal Trading Company is a specialized supply chain and logistics subsidiary under Red Sea Global, designed to power the seamless delivery of materials, equipment, and services across our portfolio of pioneering developments.

Operating at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious regenerative tourism projects, the subsidiary delivers end-to-end supply chain management, including procurement support, transportation coordination, inventory and warehouse management, and last-mile logistics to remote destinations across the Red Sea coast and beyond.

With a focus on efficiency, reliability, and environmental responsibility, the team ensures that every link in the supply chain supports Red Sea Global’s commitment to sustainability, operational excellence, and local value creation.

Efficiency in Motion. Excellence in Delivery.

Job Purpose:

Lead and oversee end-to-end logistics center operations, including warehousing, inventory control, distribution, transportation coordination and customer service. Ensure safe, compliant, efficient and cost-effective operations while achieving service, quality, inventory accuracy and customer satisfaction objectives. Drive operational excellence through process optimization, technology, automation and effective leadership of multidisciplinary teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead daily logistics center operations covering inbound, storage, inventory control, order fulfilment, dispatch and distribution.
• Optimize warehouse capacity, labor, equipment and shift plans to meet changing operational volumes and service requirements.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock, put-away, picking productivity, order-fill rate, dispatch accuracy and DIFOT.
• Lead the implementation and effective use of WMS, TMS, automation and operational dashboards.
• Develop SOPs, process flows, controls and labor productivity standards across logistics activities.
• Oversee cycle counting, stock reconciliation, audits and corrective actions to protect inventory integrity.
• Manage customer SLAs, operational reviews, escalations and continuous service improvement.
• Oversee transportation and fleet coordination, including route optimization and delivery performance.
• Prepare and manage operating budgets, forecasts, cost provisions and annual productivity or cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support solution design, pricing, tender responses and operational readiness for new logistics accounts or projects.
• Lead greenfield, expansion, change-management and process-improvement projects.
• Build team capability through clear objectives, coaching, succession planning and performance accountability.

Policies, Systems, Processes, Procedures, Standards and Reports:

• Follow all relevant functional policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions to ensure controlled and consistent operations.
• Prepare accurate and timely MIS, inventory, operational, customer-service and financial reports in line with corporate requirements.

Safety, Quality & Environment

• Apply safety, quality and environmental policies, procedures and controls to ensure employee safety, legislative compliance and responsible operations.
• Promote a zero-harm culture through inspections, toolbox talks, training, incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain applicable cold-chain, food-safety, hazardous-material and ISO control requirements according to the logistics center scope.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve systems, processes, service, cost and productivity using international best practice and Lean methodologies.
• Lead process re-engineering, automation and data-led improvement initiatives.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Engineering or a related discipline; master's degree or MBA preferred.
• Minimum 12–15 years of progressive experience in logistics, warehousing and distribution operations, including leadership of large or multi-site operations.
• Proven experience in 3PL/4PL, contract logistics, budget management, cost control and customer SLA management.
• Experience with WMS/TMS implementation, warehouse automation and operational improvement.
• Experience in cold chain, FMCG, retail, HoReCa, pharmaceutical, hazardous materials or industrial logistics is advantageous.

Skills:

• Warehouse, distribution and inventory management
• Transportation and fleet operations
• WMS, TMS, automation and data analytics
• Budgeting, costing and P&L awareness
• Contract, SLA and customer relationship management
• Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement
• Project and change management
• Leadership, coaching and stakeholder management
• Problem solving, commercial judgment and decision making