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REQ ID: 128921
JOB TITLE: Inbound Freight Supervisor
SALARY: £46,000 - £56,000
POSTING START DATE: 02/06/2025
POSTING END DATE: 16/06/2025
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.
What To Expect
The role will involve working closely with our chosen lead logistics provider on the day-to-day operation including collaborating on and supporting the delivery of a number of tactical improvements and step change projects that transforms and improves the current ways of working.
The successful candidate will oversee and manage parts of the UK Operation, promoting Customer Love, and working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels within the business.
* Reviewing metrics and ensuring the right metrics are in place (financial/operational/planning/utilisiation)
* Ensure all lead logistics providers deliver the agreed contractual technical specifications and meet scorecard KPI targets
* Supporting budget achievement through efficiency challenge
* Tracking area specific performance versus budget
* Operational delivery of the Inbound Freight solution to our customers
* Proactive approach to ensuring a high quality freight operation (internally and externally)
* Interface with Linefeed providers
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:
* Experience of using metrics to drive performance in a fast paced logistics/freight environment
* Experience of managing service providers to a service level agreement
* Understanding of Supply Chain Operations working processes
* Can work to tight deadlines and under pressure
* Ability to communicate and influence to a Senior level
* Stakeholder management - able to build strong relationships at all levels
* Data analysis, problem solving, and issue resolution skills, Root cause analysis
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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