Logistics Jobs - Baghdad Iraq

<section><p class="heading jdMain">Job Description</p><p class="heading">Roles &amp; Responsibilities</p><div class="paragraph"><br>Summary<br>Warehouse Keeper ensures accurate handling, storage, and movement of parts and materials to support workshop and sales operations efficiently and reliably.<br>Tasks<br>• Deliver and supervise warehouse tasks to ensure proper storage/recording.<br>• Perform routine inventory tasks including checks on quality and availability.<br>• Transport goods efficiently within established procedures.<br>• Maintain documentation for tracking warehouse activity.<br>• Follow safety instructions to protect self and others.<br>Education<br>Vocational or Technical Diploma in a relevant field (automotive, mechanical, or related).<br>Experience<br>1 to 3 years of experience in a similar role.<br>Skill<br>• Inventory Control &amp; Stock Accuracy<br>• Warehouse Operations &amp; Housekeeping<br>• ERP / Warehouse Management Systems Usage<br>• Attention to Detail &amp; Documentation<br>• Health, Safety &amp; Environment Awareness<br>Competencies<br>• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.<br>• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.<br>• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.<br>• Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.<br>• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.<br>• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.<br>• Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.<br>• Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.<br></div></section>

<p><h4>Program logistics and property manager overview</h4> <p>The program logistics and property manager will be primarily based in Baghdad, Iraq. The logistics and property manager will manage all supply chain services, including acquisitions, receiving, stocking, inventorying, issuing, and shipment of goods, utilizing resources to accomplish operational requirements. The logistics and property manager will report to program management to manage multiple geographical sites and functions to support critical client mission activities of this contract. The logistics and property manager is specifically accountable for proactively identifying, analyzing, and correcting systemic performance concerns, and for providing structured performance briefings to the program manager and business group vice president to ensure sustained contract compliance and mission readiness.</p> <h4>Duties</h4> <ul> <li>Ensure proper material controls are in place, and operations are following established scope of work (SOW), standard operating procedures (SOP), and occupational health and safety administration (OSHA) standards.</li> <li>Establish and maintain department performance baselines and key performance indicators (KPIs) for all logistics and property functions; conduct monthly trend analysis to proactively identify and address performance degradation before it impacts the embassy mission at BEC.</li> <li>Ensure equipment and material shipments are actively tracked and provide timely updates to program management, operations, construction, and other stakeholders as required to ensure all delivery delays are monitored and adjusted for.</li> <li>Review status of projects and budgets; manage schedules and prepare status reports to brief program stakeholders of performance, compliance, and anticipated gaps.</li> <li>Proactively escalate emerging performance risks and negative trends to the project manager and business group vice president through structured weekly and monthly briefings, ensuring leadership visibility and enabling timely corrective intervention.</li> <li>Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Collect, analyze, and summarize data for report preparation and submit written reports.</li> <li>Prepare and deliver structured quarterly performance briefings to the project manager and business group vice president covering KPI status, trend analysis, corrective actions in progress, workforce performance metrics, and forecasted risks to logistics operations at BEC.</li> <li>Conduct formal root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring logistics failures or chronic performance shortfalls; develop, implement, and track written corrective action plans (CAPs) with defined milestones, responsible parties, and completion timelines; report CAP status to program management at defined intervals.</li> <li>Direct the work of a diverse employee population assigned to the program.</li> <li>Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.</li> <li>Identify chronic under-performance within the department workforce; develop and execute performance improvement plans (PIPs) with documented benchmarks, supervisory oversight, and outcome tracking to restore performance standards and prevent recurrence.</li> <li>Ensure that common supplies, materials, equipment, and services are procured from local and regional supply markets to the maximum extent practicable.</li> <li>Maintain effective, timely, and respectful communication and interaction with other employees and managers and support other organizations.</li> <li>Additional tasks and special projects as assigned.</li> </ul> <h4>Required experience</h4> <ul> <li>Minimum acceptable experience level: ten (10) years’ progressive experience, including staff management, in a high volume, multi-unit receiving/inventory or supply management environment.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to achieve high standards of customer service while representing the company to customers.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience establishing, implementing, and managing formal performance improvement programs that address department deficiencies, restore contract compliance, and sustain corrected performance over time.</li> <li>Experience with supply chain management (SCM) systems particularly in relation to accurate inventory management.</li> <li>Experience developing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and driving the adoption of logistics processes as prescribed in the operations plan.</li> <li>Experience working independently with various functions and disciplines of supply chain and operations.</li> <li>Experience with business intelligence and data analysis, and research using the MS Office suite of programs.</li> </ul> <h4>Knowledge, skills, and abilities</h4> <ul> <li>Knowledge of all principles and processes involved in operating and supporting supply chain functions at a large-scale overseas facility.</li> <li>Knowledge of the FAR and industry leading practices regarding government property. Ability to clearly and concisely articulate services/requirements in writing.</li> <li>Successful management of multiple sites in geographically dispersed locations operating in an environment of constant change.</li> <li>Experience in effectively dealing with international and headquarters staff, and sensitivity to other cultures.</li> <li>Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and administrative details in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.</li> <li>Ability to develop, monitor, and present department performance metrics using data-driven methods; demonstrated experience conducting trend analysis and presenting findings with actionable recommendations to senior program leadership (PM and VP level).</li> <li>Knowledge of corrective action plan (CAP) development, implementation, and tracking methodologies applicable to government property and logistics programs operating under FAR-based contracts in high-security, overseas environments.</li> </ul> <h4>Education</h4> <ul> <li>A high school diploma or GED.</li> <li>An undergraduate degree is preferred but can be replaced with additional years of business administration, operations, supply chain management, government property administration, or a similar discipline preferred.</li> </ul> <h4>Licenses and certifications</h4> <ul> <li>Valid drivers’ license from home of record.</li> <li>NPMA certification or ability to obtain within one year – CPPA (Certified Professional Property Administrator).</li> </ul> <h4>Desired qualifications</h4> <ul> <li>Previous out of home country experience and previous work experience in harsh environmental conditions are a plus.</li> <li>Experience working with Amentum.</li> <li>Experience working with MAXIMO and/or AMRO systems.</li> </ul> <h4>Security and other requirements</h4> <ul> <li>Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret US government clearance. Note: US citizenship is required to obtain a secret clearance.</li> <li>Expert professional, oral and written English communication skills to present, facilitate, and disseminate information.</li> <li>Successfully complete and pass the medical and dental examinations as required for deployment to Iraq. Must maintain physical and dental requirements for duration of deployment.</li> </ul> <h4>Other responsibilities</h4> <ul> <li><strong>Safety:</strong> Enforce a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. Each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.</li> <li><strong>Quality:</strong> Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. Each employee must conform to the quality policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable quality system documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand their quality management and customer satisfaction responsibilities.</li> <li><strong>Procedure compliance:</strong> Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to the job.</li> </ul> <h4>Working and living conditions</h4> <p>This position is in an austere environment with harsh and dangerous conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may regularly be exposed to extreme and austere desert-like environment. Temperatures can reach 120-130 degrees Fahrenheit (50-55 degrees Celsius) during the summer months. Employees must be willing and able to perform regular job requirements in this austere, extreme environment, as well as willing and able to deploy to Iraq for extended periods.</p> <p>Work schedules are a minimum of six days per week and ten hours per day, while some jobs have higher daily and weekly minimums. Employees must be willing and able to perform physical activities including, but not limited to, heavy lifting and moving of items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum; climbing in and out of equipment; crawling; and working outdoors. This includes being able to lift and carry 40 pounds of personal protective equipment for extended periods of time and being capable of running and ‘duck & cover’ during emergencies without putting oneself or others at risk.</p></p><p></p>