Come and join us as an Import Team Leader at our Head Office in Cheadle.
wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long-term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
About the Role
As an Import Team Leader you will play a key strategic role within our Distribution function. You will be overseeing and coordinating import operations to ensure stock availability at UK port locations in alignment with customer demand and service expectations.
Alongside this you will be leading a small team of Import Controllers, who will help you to execute our import strategy, maintain optimal inventory levels, and drive supply chain efficiency.
The team manage end-to-end import activities, from order placement and coordination with 3PL partners, to port stock management. Their work ensures timely, accurate, and cost-effective delivery of goods.
Duties are varied and also include:
* Oversee stock replenishment and manage inventory integrity at port locations
* Act as the primary point of contact for import operations
* Coordinate product collections, customs clearance, shipping, and delivery through SAP and associated systems.
* Monitor and control import-related costs, ensuring supplier invoices are validated and processed in line with contractual terms.
* Maintain high standards of stock quality and availability
* Build and sustain productive relationships with international wienerberger sites and external supply chain partners.
* Responsible for import logistics across all UK port locations.
* Accountable for ensuring delivery performance
* Key contributor to the company’s continuous improvement initiatives and change management efforts
Hours: 9am to 5pm. Mon to Fri
About You
You will be an experienced import or logistics professional who has either managed a small team, or has the right skills/behaviours to step up into a leadership position (e.g. coaching, addressing performance, motivating, supporting)
You will also have:
* Strong knowledge of multi-modal shipping operations (coaster, ferry, flat)
* Proven expertise in SAP and Microsoft Office applications
* Excellent communication (both written and verbal)
* Strong problem-solving skills
* Experience building relationships with a range of stakeholders.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently
* Agile approach, can adapt to changing priorities and make decisions under pressure.
* Understanding of customs compliance and international trade procedures.
About our Benefits
* Salary - competitive
* Annual company bonus up to 6%
* Pension scheme
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays & holiday flexibility (buy 4 extra days and sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
* Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes)
* Health & wellbeing benefits which include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
* Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
* Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
* Life assurance (2x annual salary)
* Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme
About Wienerberger Ltd
Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.
So what are you waiting for? Come and join wienerberger as an Import Team Leader and start growing your career with us today!
The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.
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