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Our mission is to engineer a resilient, vertically integrated ecosystem that compounds value across food, manufacturing and technology; independent, disciplined and built to last. Join us as we build the engine that lets exceptional brands scale anywhere in the world.\nSummary of Position\nOwn sourcing, supplier management and the movement and storage of goods across the network. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the role runs the Procurement and Logistics pillars together: sourcing and supplier selection, purchasing, contracts, cost and supplier governance, alongside warehousing and stock control, transport and distribution, third-party logistics, cold chain, and import and customs. It secures the right inputs at the right cost and quality and gets them to the right place in the right condition. It carries both pillars in a single role today, and separates into dedicated Procurement and Logistics managers as volume warrants. The role owns outcomes, not task lists: it takes a brief, sets the plan, holds the schedule, and reports progress without being chased.\nRole on the Ladder\nThis role sits on the supply chain leadership ladder as follows:\nGrows from: a logistics or procurement coordinator, or a comparable role.\nGrows into: the Deputy Supply Chain Director; the role also separates into dedicated\nProcurement and Logistics managers as volume warrants.\nTrigger to advance: when combined volume and complexity justify splitting into a dedicated Logistics Manager and a dedicated Procurement Manager.\nKey Performance Areas (KPAs)\nSourcing and Supplier Management\nPurchasing, Contracts and Cost\nWarehousing, Transport and Distribution\nThird-Party Logistics and Cold Chain\nImport, Customs and Compliance\nSupplier Risk and Resilience\nTeam Leadership and Development\nDuties & Responsibilities\nSourcing and Supplier Management\nSource and select suppliers to the platform's quality, cost and reliability standards, and maintain the preferred supplier list.\nQualify new suppliers, including for diversification of critical categories such as beef and sauce.\nRun supplier governance and performance through a scorecard and regular review.\nPurchasing, Contracts and Cost\nRun purchasing and ordering to keep the business supplied without excess.\nNegotiate contracts that secure cost, quality, capacity and continuity, and manage renewals and incoterms.\nManage cost and price across categories, using scale and structured negotiation to secure favorable terms.\nWork with Finance and Operations to hold budget adherence and payment terms compliance across the supplier base.\nWarehousing, Transport and Distribution\nRun warehousing and stock control, keeping inventory accurate and goods stored to the right conditions.\nPlan and run transport and distribution to meet service levels at the right cost, including last-mile and restaurant distribution as agreed with Operations.\nOptimize routing, loads and delivery schedules across markets.\nEstablish and maintain par levels across the warehouse network and the restaurant\nlocations, so supply is never interrupted.\nSet and enforce health, safety and environmental standards across warehousing and transport.\nThird-Party Logistics and Cold Chain\nManage the third-party logistics and carrier network, holding providers to service, cost and compliance standards.\nMaintain the cold chain end to end, monitoring temperature and condition with corrective action for excursions.\nImport, Customs and Compliance\nManage import, export and customs clearance, keeping goods moving across borders in compliance with trade requirements.\nManage duties, incoterms and clearance timelines to protect cost and availability.\nSupplier Risk and Resilience\nBuild resilience into critical categories through dual sourcing, backup capacity and continuity plans.\nManage supplier risk, including quality, compliance, halal certification and continuity.\nTeam Leadership and Development\nLead and develop the team, the Logistics Officer today, and the logistics and procurement\ncoordinators as the pillar grows.\nBuild capability and a pipeline to support the platform's growth and prepare the pillars for separation into dedicated roles.\nFoster a culture of value, accuracy and continuous improvement.\nOwn the outcome, not the task list. Set the plan, hold the schedule, escalate early when something will not land, and report progress without being asked.\nUndertake any other responsibilities assigned by management\nKey Performance Indicators (KPIs)\nSourcing and Suppliers\nSupplier performance rating across quality and delivery.\nSuppliers qualified for critical-category diversification.\nPurchasing, Contracts and Cost\nPurchase order accuracy and on-time ordering.\nContracts under management and renewal coverage.\nCost savings and cost avoidance.\nBudget adherence and payment terms compliance.\nWarehousing and Distribution\nInventory accuracy.\nOn-time, in-full delivery.\nTransport and logistics cost against target.\nWarehouse space utilisation and efficiency.\nCold Chain, Import and Customs\nTemperature compliance and excursions.\nCustoms clearance time and compliance audit pass rate.\nRisk and Resilience\nCritical categories dual-sourced or with continuity cover.\nTeam\nEmployee satisfaction and retention.\nTraining and development programmes implemented.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in supply chain, procurement, logistics, business or a related field.\nMinimum of five years in procurement, logistics or supply chain operations, with time spent\nleading a team.\nExperience across both procurement and logistics, ideally in food and beverage or a temperature-controlled, multi-site environment.\nTrack record of sourcing and supplier management, and of running warehousing, transport\nand international logistics.\nKnowledge of contracts, customs, import and export and trade compliance.\nExperience building supplier resilience for critical categories; halal awareness an advantage.\nCore Competencies\nOwnership and Self-direction: Takes a brief and runs it to a conclusion without needing it broken into steps. Escalates early when something will not land, rather than going quiet.\nBreadth: Runs procurement and logistics together without dropping either.\nCommercial Acumen: Secures cost, quality and continuity from suppliers.\nOperational Delivery: Keeps goods moving to the right place, cost and condition.\nNegotiation and Influence: Builds strong supplier and provider terms.\nLeadership: Develops the team and prepares the pillars to separate.\nAnalytical Ability: Uses data to manage cost, supplier and logistics performance.\nResilience: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and adapts quickly to new challenges.\nTechnical Skills\nProcurement and ERP purchasing systems, for example SAP, Microsoft Dynamics or Oracle SCM.\nWarehouse management systems and transport management systems.\nCustoms, import and export and trade compliance tools.\nAdvanced Excel, plus analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7120,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Arab Emirates","iso":"AE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Logistics","Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-15T01:56:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T22:47:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19114,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3912397},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3912397"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/mind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmind-free-consulting-procurement-and-logistics-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4327282}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"mindfreeconsulting.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4327282},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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