Role Summary
Lead day-to-day logistics execution for utility-scale solar projects across Europe countries but not limited to. Plan, manage, and control door-to-door multimodal shipments (road, ocean, air) for domestic and international moves—keeping flows aligned to project schedules, budgets, and compliance requirements. Coordinate last-mile activities and deliveries to project sites, manage 3PLs and customs brokers, and keep internal and external stakeholders proactively informed—delivering on-time, identifying cost deviations, and compliant movements from suppliers to job sites, while monitoring cost and service performance and taking corrective actions fast.
Key Responsibilities:
Supply chain coordination
- Plan, execute, and oversee all logistics activities from suppliers to project sites, ensuring materials align with project schedules and priorities.
- Control door-to-door flows with a focus on last-mile, including transloading at 3PLs’ warehouses, tautliner road transport, container drayage, and slot arrangements at project sites.
Transportation management
- Arrange and optimize road/ocean/air shipments to meet delivery deadlines
- Coordinate last-mile deliveries to project sites ensuring compliance among all stakeholders involved
- Track deliveries end-to-end and take timely corrective actions on any deviations.
Vendor management
- Lead day-to-day performance of freight forwarders and customs brokers; ensuring the compliance of SLAs and drive corrective actions.
Compliance & safety
- Ensure adherence to Incoterms 2020, EU transport regulations and procedures, and site HSE requirements.
- Be well-versed in shipping documents; validate B/L, invoices, packing lists, COO/EUR.1, certificates, and coordinate customs clearances.
Communication & reporting
- Maintain clear, timely updates with internal stakeholders (Project Managers, Delivery Managers, etc) and external stakeholders (3PLs, brokers, customers).
- Maintain daily/weekly reports with current project status and escalations.
Business Systems
- Keep TMS fully up to date; maintain data accuracy across project execution and history.
- Use TMS/Anaplan and other visibility tools and advanced Excel
Problem-solving & continuous improvement
- Proactively identify and resolve logistical challenges.
- Drive improvement opportunities across the supply chain; comply with and improve SOPs/Work Instructions.
- Produce project close-outs and lessons-learned reports and others related.
Cost & management
- Monitor budget vs. actuals and highlight deviations.
- Own vendor and lane KPIs; implement corrective actions and share learnings across teams.
