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Logistics Solutions Engineer

Employer
Hermes - Operations
Location
Rugby, Warwickshire
Salary
£38500 - £43000/annum Circa £40,000 + Bonus & Benefits
Closing date
30 Dec 2020

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Job Sector
Warehouse & Distribution
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We have an exciting opportunity for a Logistics Solutions Engineer to join us at our Rugby Hub team.

Why Join our Central Planning Team?

As a business, Hermes is driven by our four values of; Do the right thing, Dare to be different, Strive for more and Be customer obsessed. It’s because of these values that we are the UK’s leading consumer delivery service handling over 380 million parcels per year and still growing and our Central Planning team help to drive that growth.

What You’ll Do:

In this role you’ll create, build and model solutions for the onboarding of new or existing customers to gain growth by work closely with potential clients and commercial teams to capture requirements to ensure a smooth onboarding. You’ll really be the ‘go to’ subject matter expert in the processes of Hermes to suggest workable solutions for our clients and once agreed you’ll be implementing those plans via working projects groups.

You'll cost all solutions to ensure all are profitable and sign each solution off. The solutions may require modelling to ensure that are a long standing, or part of the solution may require a model/working sheet for it to be implanted. You will need to be able to create models using Excel/VBA.

You'll be the face of Hermes, representing us to the customer and will need to work closely with the planning team to ensure all go lives are communicated and in business as usual plans.

You’ll also be:

Managing bay END allocations by chairing weekly calls, highlighting any capacity issues, and escalating any potential issues to client solution manager/head of planning
Designing, managing and implementing any models to take into account any strategic variations in capacity – Additional hub processing sites, additional capacity through hub efficiency or capacity released through Direct to Depot clients
Managing daily request for Business Account Send ND capacity, and monitoring available capacity and assign within approved capacity constraints
Assessing the impacts on depots when extending END windows, or direct injection to depots, using approved processing models so that any potential impacts to depots and couriers can be assesses. Any potential issues to be escalated to client solutions managers /
Supporting the introduction of new products, onboarding of new clients through site visits, process implementation, training and communicationEssential skills and experience required:

A decent amount of experience in an Operational management role within the logistics or home delivery industry where you’ve dealt with Value Stream and/or Process Mapping
A really analytical mindset, you’ll be able to generate solutions based on known and predicted problems.
Great Microsoft Excel skills using advanced formulae
Strong stakeholder engagement skills including both internal and external to the company, you’ll be able to influence and make the complex, simple to all audiences.Desirable skills and experience required:

Advanced Microsoft Excels skills such as VBA and/or Macros would be a bonus but not critical
Any Lean or Project Management qualifications e.g. Six Sigma, PRINCE2, PMP or CAPMWhat we can offer you:

We can offer you a competitive salary, bonus, 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 3% contribution into your pension, life assurance and income protection. On top of this, we offer a great range of flexible benefits that aim to provide something for everyone, so whether you want shopping vouchers, insurance or healthcare we’ve got you covered.

This role offers fantastic opportunities for you to climb the career ladder into managerial roles within both the function and wider business. At Hermes, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, we thrive on it and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Apply Today!

If you are ready to develop your career in an empowering, growing yet supportive business then why not join us? Clicking apply is the first step to ‘Being the Me in Hermes

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