Logistics & Postal Technology Director

Generic Accountabilities

Strategic Contribution:

• Develop and ensure effective cascading of the strategy into department business plans to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies.
• Drive the continuous achievement of quality and customer experience standards in line with the overall business strategy.

People Management:

• Manage the effective achievement of assigned objectives through the leadership of the department by setting of individual objectives, managing performance, developing, and motivating staff to maximize sectional performance.
• Lead the talent development initiatives for the assigned department, collaborating with technical/discipline experts and thereby ensure the availability of talent to fit business requirements.
• Act as a role model and drive adherence to organizational values and ethics by employees of the assigned department to foster a value driven culture within the organization.

Budgeting and Financial Performance:

• Manage the preparation and recommend the department budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget while ensuring all sectional activities are conducted in line with the approved guidelines.

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures:

• Manage the effective implementation of department policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of assigned department activities so that all relevant procedural/regulatory requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service.

Continuous Improvement:

• Lead the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction.

Customer Service Excellence:

• Manage the implementation of processes for successful client relationship management to enhance the customer journey in line with SPL’s customer experience strategy.
• Review and enhance customer experience management processes and procedures, monitor compliance to defined quality standards to ensure productivity and consistency of process performance.
• Lead and guide the team to ensure proactive engagement with clients and provide solutions to achieve optimum client satisfaction and brand loyalty for SPL.

Reporting:

• Ensure that all department reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet SPL requirements, policies, and quality standards.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• Lead automation solutions; sortation & robotics, and all other logistics technologies (Hardware-based, IoT, AI/ML) in terms of design, integration and deployment.
• Collaborate with technology vendors to integrate and deploy sortation solutions, advanced technologies and IoT devices into operational processes.
• Lead the solutioning, design and definition of the requirements and specifications for new technologies based on operations assessment.
• Research and Explore new technologies and best players in the industry in alignment with Operations technology strategy.
• Emerging Technologies: looks after advanced technologies in operations.
• Lead delivery of digital strategy for Operations.

• Information Technology Strategy
• IT Governance
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Test Execution
• IT Incident Management
• Database Understanding and Management
• Network Management
• Application Design
• Business Processes and Operations Knowledge