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Logistics Controller (Travel Required)

Job Title: Logistics Controller (Travel Required)
Contract Type: Contract
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Industry:
Salary: Competitive Salary (FTC)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 12 Month FTC
REF: TI-PP-Logistics_1583747322
Contact Name: Tom Irvine
Contact Email: Tom.Irvine@projectpeople.com
Job Published: about 4 years ago

Job Description

Project People are currently partnered with a leading telecoms business in the search for a Logistics Controller. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic team, with daily challenge to your work and opportunity to fully utilise your coordination skills at the forefront of mobile network services

The Role

  • Manage the stock holding, working with the programmes to ensure forecasts are received in a timely manner and to ultimately reduce excess stock holding
  • Manage all stock within quarantine system and ensure that stock is investigated for re-use and re-deployment
  • Work with the SWCs to maintain stock levels, including stock in field.
  • Collaborative working with Design to ensure recent products are being deployed.
  • Vendor management to ensure vendors are delivering to time and expectations, managing any exceptions
  • Managing warehouse stock levels including testing, DOA's and audits.
  • Support deployment team with upcoming rollout programme which is extremely fast paced project
  • Responsible for supplying regular updates to the Logistics Manager

Required Experience:

  • Experience of delivering projects and Asset Management services to agreed time, cost and quality targets.
  • Experience of processes and capabilities required to manage warehousing and distribution solutions using suppliers and 3rd parties
  • Experience of the methodologies, processes and capabilities required to deliver warehousing and distribution solutions using suppliers, 3rd parties and retained teams.
  • Experience of working as part of a broader deployment function
  • Strong experience of motivating and managing outsource Suppliers to agreed time, cost and quality targets.
  • Strong experience of providing key information to both shareholders and suppliers, with strong knowledge of commercially sensitive situations.
  • Awareness of managing the natural tensions between customers, commercial and technical requirements.
  • Ability and experience of working in a fast-paced environment and providing support as and when required

To find out more about this exciting opportunity please contact tom.irvine@projectpeople.com or apply now!

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