WHAT TO EXPECT Every minute of every day, thousands of parts and materials from all over the world are shipped and delivered to our plants, ready to be utilised on our production lines within hours. At the same time, hundreds of customers from across the globe are handed the keys to their newly transported vehicles. A feat like this doesn’t just happen. Playing a part in this momentous undertaking are our Imports and Exports Operations (IEO) team, supporting in the movement of parts internationally to maintain our production facilities. The IEO function interacts with most areas of JLR including Product Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing and Aftermarket and controls and manages the Global sourcing of parts from right shoring markets such as China and India bringing production parts into all of our manufacturing plants and moving parts to our non-European based production centres. The Export and Shipping Analyst will be part of a small, highly skilled team of SMEs within the IEO function. Your expertise and knowledge will help ensure success across current operations and customer base checking and raising the appropriate documentation to allow our goods to travel internationally by various modes of transport. • Work with internal and external teams to coordinate data and customer documentation requirements for the timely execution of exports (and in support of customer imports). • Transact production, pre-production and non-production air freight and sea freight shipping requests. • Use the team skills matrix to identify and record own knowledge and skills gaps relating to KD and TD shipping processes and engage constructively with the training process to reach target competency levels. • Work accurately and efficiently to departmental processes, to ensure that system shipping exactly corresponds to physical shipments made each day. • Undertake periodic reviews of assigned core processes to validate accuracy or suggest required amendments. Highlight required amendments to the E&S Continuous Improvement team (for whole E&S team retraining). • Perform daily departmental records management to maintain audit compliance. • Respond appropriately and professionally to system failures and customer queries. Highlight opportunities for avoiding future failures or improving operational efficiency to the E&S Continuous Improvement team. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills you'll need to have to help you succeed here, including: • Good understanding of documentation and processes required to ship goods internationally by sea and air. • Familiarity with SAP, KD2000 or similar shipping software. • Evidence of strong teamwork skills and resilience. • Ability to work collaboratively, negotiate and engage with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance within the 3PL structure. • Ability to resolve issues in high pressure environments. • Capable of managing large data sets in Excel. A leading premium automotive business and leading to move towards electric autonomous vehicles.