Pay, benefits and more:
You’ll be paid a salary of up to £40,000 - £45,000 per annum depending upon experience. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. You’ll have access to private healthcare, a dental plan, a workplace pension, our GXO University which provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. Plus, many other perks, such as a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme and our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!
What you’ll do on a typical day:
* Through deployment and team management support in the overall planning of the operational volumes, to ensure the required resources are on site, by area, by day
* Analysing and preparing data to support the operational departments with mid to long term forecasts to maximise efficiency
* Provide regular, timely updates for our customer and communicate with the operational team
* Promote a culture of continuous improvement but being involved in CI initiatives / projects and developing support structures through CI workshops, to ensure that organisational forecasting and planning continues to improve
* Lead, coach and develop the team; responsible for all people processes during the lifecycle of an employee, including T&A management, recruitment & selection, appraisal, and talent
What you need to succeed at GXO:
* Experience in demand, capacity, and resource planning, preferably in third party logistics or a similar environment
* Be analytical with a high level of IT capability, including building and developing spreadsheets and databases to manipulate data
* C onfident communication skills as you’ll be liaising with multiple functions across the business, such as operations, finance and HR, senior management and the customer
* You’ll need to work well on your own initiative, taking responsibility for processes and your workload, as well as that of your team