What you will be doing
as a Logistics Planner
Your role will form part of the LMC (Logistics Management Centre), which is the in-house centre of excellence for the complex and diverse logistics functions within the company. You will be working within a unique cross-functional team, which balances operational demand and strategic thinking, so you will be able to influence decisions at different levels up to senior management and help shape what we do every day and in the future.
This is a great opportunity for the right person to progress within the business and especially at a time when they are growing and expanding the LMC.
1. Facilitating work progress and completion according to required time frames, ensuring service is delivered in a consistent and compliant manner that is cost-effective, maximises productivity and is in accordance with Thames and external contractual requirements.
2. All work sent to contractors must be fully compliant with all traffic management legislation to avoid fixed penalty notices and reduce permit costs.
3. Deliver the highest levels of customer service, enhancing customer experience in line with the customer experience statement – Trust, Easy, Care model.
4. Support operational events and pollution incidents as required.
5. Responsible for the allocation of equipment and services to the wholesale operations to enable remedial intervention to help prevent events or as an enabler to allow for proactive work to be completed.
6. Will be required to assess and investigate issues to ensure the right equipment is issued on time and to specification.
Location – Your base would be Kemble Court, Reading.
What you should bring to the role
7. An understanding of Work Management Processes and Systems is preferred.
8. Fully competent at using the appropriate Company IT systems and Office software.
9. Experience of working under pressure in fast-paced environments, meeting demanding targets.
10. Passionate about providing excellent customer service and can engage with internal and external stakeholders.
11. Being organised and understanding work management processes and systems is preferred.
12. Excellent attention to detail and have strong IT skills in Microsoft Office and, ideally, SAP.
What’s in it for you?
13. £33,280 per annum
14. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
15. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
16. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
17. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.