Leaf Warehouse & Logistics Manager, GLT

Role overview

Operations and product integrity

• Ensure governance, compliance, resource planning, and operational effectiveness across receiving, unloading, internal movement, warehousing, processing supply, cooling, and dispatch.
• Preserve tobacco integrity, traceability, segregation, and conformity with specifications.
• Lead quality-loss analysis, corrective and preventive actions, housekeeping, and structured problem-solving with Quality, Leaf Production, and Leaf Processing.
• Plan leaf receiving and internal supply around crop schedules, capacity, quality, and approved procedures.

Inventory, planning, and reporting

• Coordinate green and dry tobacco inventory strategy and budgets with warehouse and logistics supervisors and the Leaf Quality Manager.
• Maintain physical and system inventory controls and monitor movements, handling, and losses.
• Oversee policies, warehouse reconciliations, month-end transactions, hygiene, housekeeping, and continuous improvement.
• Align function plans and budgets with business objectives; manage resources, monitor costs, and take corrective action.
• Monitor inventory movement reporting and reconciliations in LPT and SAP and coordinate monthly physical inventory counts.
• Develop functional power users and subordinates and implement plans to mitigate operational disruption.

People, performance, and safety

• Lead permanent and seasonal teams through workforce plans, objectives, capability development, accountability, and daily management routines.
• Drive safe execution, employee engagement, succession, and reliable delivery during peak receiving periods.
• Lead health, safety, environment, and sustainability activities, including risk assessments, inspections, permits, protective equipment, and legal compliance.
• Drive incident elimination and improvement in efficiency, quality, innovation, and operational performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant logistics, warehousing, supply chain, or related operations experience; ideally 2–3 years in a people leadership or supervisory role.
• Solid knowledge of logistics and warehouse operations, inventory management, operational planning, and performance management.
• Commitment to safety/EHS, quality, and cost efficiency.
• Leaf or tobacco experience is advantageous, not required; comparable FMCG, agriculture, manufacturing, or operational experience may be considered.
• IWS, Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or structured problem-solving exposure is advantageous; SAP or similar ERP experience is preferred, not mandatory.
• Proven people leadership and stakeholder-management ability, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and effective English communication.

Application information

• The posting gives an application deadline of November 19, 2026.
• If selected, candidates may expect a phone screening, assessment tests, interviews, and an offer process within 1–3 weeks after the posting closes.