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REQ ID: 129628
JOB TITLE: Operations Supervisor
SALARY: £37,600 - £45,000
POSTING START DATE: 28/07/2025
POSTING END DATE: 18/07/2025
LOCATION: Solihull
Working in Manufacturing at JLR, you'll be the hands-on expert who brings innovation to life. You'll collaborate with a team of expert technicians and problem-solvers and use cutting-edge tools, facilities, and processes engineered together to build era-defining vehicles that people across the world know and love. Your expertise will directly impact the shaping of modern luxury. Together, let’s create the exceptional.
The logistics operations supervisor is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the end-to-end logistics and supply chain processes for Solihull plant. This includes managing transportation, warehousing, inventory, and distribution to ensure timely, cost-effective, and compliant delivery of material. This also includes leading our LLP, maintenance and consumbales operation, WIP support teams and scrap and reclaim functions.
WHAT TO EXPECT
You'll assist in the supervision of the team to provide the logistical operations for all material planning, flow and logistics to deliver stores requirements to the Solihull plant.
• Help to oversee the shipping and delivery of material in addition to the parts reclaimation process and also through our maintenance and consumables operations
• Process investigation with problem solving
• Environmental robustness within the operation
• Maintaining the data integrity for the parts
• Plant liaison for scrap and substance issues
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested
• The critical operational KPI’s that the individual will need to focus on and drive on a daily basis are
- Zero harm
- Audit compliance – eg. SWC, 5s, SHARP, SBI, UTAC/Company quality
- Volume Losses
- Misfits
- Inbound and outbound material processing timeframes
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Ideally, you'll have experience of working within Automative Logistics as well as this you'll:
• Previous experience leading a team
• Experience with dangerous goods and understanding of legal requirements
• Good analytical skills and statistical ability
• Experience or knowledge of process improvement
• Understanding of material substance management – eg. Dangerous goods training
• Delivering programme plans on time ensuring flawless launches and operations.
• Ensuring robust compliance to audit standards and operational processes
• Delivery of area scorecard metrics
This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:
• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong
learning
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks
• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies
We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.
Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.
JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.
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