WAREHOUSING CAPACITY PLANNING ANALYST
"Great career development opportunity for highly analytical, graduate calibre, warehousing, stock planning analyst to join market leading distributor".
£Very Competitive Bonus Benefits
North West - Hybrid Working
Commutable from Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, West Yorkshire Bury, Rochdale, Bolton, Ramsbottom, Manchester, Failsworth, Salford, Oldham, Blackburn, Preston, Burnley, Wigan., Halifax, Bradford, Warrington, Keighley, Huddersfield
Our client, a wholesale distributor, is at the cutting edge of the renewable and alternative energy sector and has significant and growing market share through its unrivalled product quality and service value proposition. Its customer base includes B2C and B2B. There has never been a better time to join them and to play a key role in the expansion of its warehousing and distribution capacity, initially across the UK and then Europe.
The first stage of this is an overhaul of the facility in North West, followed by an investment in a new facility in the Bristol area. Tentative further plans exist for additional capacity in the UK. Additionally, the business is expanding its operation in Europe, namely Germany.
It now wishes to strengthen its logistics team with the appointment of a highly numerate and analytical Warehousing Capacity Planning Analyst to analyse and plan warehousing capacity across multiple sites prior to merger in to two sites North West and South West.
The Warehousing Capacity Planning Analyst, through advanced analysis techniques, will review warehousing stock and capacity and flows between the overspill and main site in the North West to assist with daily planning. The focus will be on identifying fast moving and slow moving sku's, analysing volumetrics to ensure optimal product and pallet storage and warehouse layout. This will entail the extraction of data from various systems creating data sets and scenario models to inform decision making and stock planning.
The Role:
* Analysis and interpretation of data, providing warehousing capacity and stock flow information- this information will ultimately be used in the design of new DC and specification of functionality of WMS and supply chain and logistics system.
* Collect, present, and analyse data as required to support operational & strategic projects.
* Ensure reliability, integrity and accuracy of data.
* Create statistical and financial models using appropriate software to review opportunities for costs savings and efficiencies
* Identify opportunities for improvement covering inventory, supply, and delivery points; build models for trade-off analysis, and project completion, and to provide ongoing analysis of MIS information as needed for senior management team and logistics and supply chain planning.
* The Warehousing Capacity Planning & Design Analyst will work alongside senior logistics and business leaders to identify improvement and change projects.
* Make recommendations based on findings and analysis
* Produce forecasts and estimates to aid financially sound decisions and planning
* Ensure warehousing and logistics costs are monitored, managed and under control
* Participate in regular planning and project reviews and change processses and prepare data in line with changes
* Set up and provide regular reports and data relating to specific areas of the warehousing and logistics process.
* Track logistics trends and use the information to recommend changes
* Utilise warehousing and logistics knowledge and research methods to benchmark logistics activities and to drive best practice.
* Work closely with and support operational and IT colleagues to support specification of functionality/design of new WMS and ERP systems
The Ideal Candidate:
* Degree level qualification is desirable in numerate/problem solving area.
* Current/recent experience in a warehousing capacity and stock planning, logistics solutions design, warehouse/logistics planning, logistics development role.
* Highly experienced in analysing large complex data sets, utilising them to improve warehousing and logistics operational and business performance.
* Advanced user of Excel, Access and other database tools such as Cognos/SQL. Statistical process control experience highly advantageous.
* Experience of data extraction tools essential.
* Strong problemsolving and numeracy skills.
* Able to prioritise and manage a varied workload and deadlines and used to dealing with large volumes of data; adept at techniques to manage and interpret large data sets.
* Experienced in translating analysis and trends into logistics business projects, modelling the cost and process efficiency benefits, collaborating with key operational and business stakeholders to present a business case and ROI models for the projects; managing the project pipeline and supporting operational and IT colleagues to ensure operational deployment.
* Functional/operational experience/exposure in Warehousing, Supply Chain and Logistics from within the Third Party Contract Logistics or FMCG, eCommerce or Distributor sector
* A confident personality. Credible and knowledgeable with experience of managing in a matrix management environment.
* Experience of warehousing and logistics cost and operational modelling will be critical to success.
* A confident personality, comfortable with liaising at both operational and senior executive level within a multinational matrix environment.
* Strong commercial acumen and excellent attention to detail.
* Experience of WMS and ERP systems
Business Development Manager - 3PL Logistics & Warehousing
"New role within long established 3PL, entering a period of growth and expansion in its specialised and unique palletised freight national network, and warehousing operation."
£Very Competitive DOE Bonus/Commission Executive Car Benefits
National Field Based Role - Company HQ in South West. Proximity to M5/M6, M1, M40, M3, M4 ideal
Are you a dynamic and ambitious sales professional looking to make your mark in a fast-growing logistics and warehousing business? Our client is a family-owned 3PL company based in the South West has several profitable and expanding elements including a specialised Pallet Network, Full-Service Warehousing across a number of locations and a new e-fulfilment unit.
The Pallet Network business has a proven track record in next day to any UK address delivering out-of-gauge, damage-sensitive pallet freight, kerbside to domestic and commercial addresses. The Warehousing is currently expanding and the business will be investing in new capacity to support projected demand.
With a growing portfolio of customers in the fast-growing renewables / solar / energy storage sector, plus building products, rail, automotive, and e-commerce sectors, as a result of retirement, they are now seeking a talented and motivated Business Development Manager to join their team to lead the next phase of growth and expansion.
About the Role
Reporting to the recently appointed Managing Director, as the Business Development Manager, you will be pivotal in driving the business forward. You will be part of the Leadership Team as the business targets significant growth of the back of a firm financial and operational position. With a focus on new business development and account management, you will be responsible for expanding the customer base and maintaining strong relationships with existing clients. Using your expertise in sales and networking, you will engage in direct sales activities and generate leads in their current sectors and new markets. Our client is seeking an individual with both strong strategic capabilities, a tactical winning sales focus. A working knowledge of implementing successful marketing campaigns would be a big bonus. As part of the strategy for national salesm new business development and account management, you will act as "player coach", initially as an individual contributor who, as the business expands builds and manages a team of sales and business development executives as part of our client's ambitious growth plans.
Our client has built their reputation on providing tailored solutions. So, in this role, you and your future team can flex your commercial muscles to develop and sell new offerings, particularly in specialist pallet freight, storage, e-fulfilment, and reverse/return logistics. With depots strategically located in the South West, West Midlands, East Anglia, and Yorkshire, and partners in Scotland, Ireland, South East, this national role would suit someone located centrally but with close proximity to major motorway networks ensuring easy access to customers throughout the UK.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements:
If you are a results-oriented professional looking to join a dynamic and forward-thinking company, we want to hear from you. Email your CV, quoting reference LX 1729738 or call us on 01905 381 320.
CONTRACT LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS DESIGN DIRECTOR - JAPAN
"Experience of logistics solutions design for the Japanese market and building regulatory environment. Fluency in Japanese highly advantageous"
JPY Excellent Bonus Benefits & Relocation Assistance
Japan - Full Relocation Assistance Available
Our client is a global multinational. A true market leader, they have a strong culture of safety, customer focus, quality and reliability.
Highly successful and long-established with industrial expertise across a number of verticals, our client has a global network of operations and integrated state-of-the-art information technology across warehousing and transport.
As result of dynamic growth our client is seeking a very innovative, degree educated, Director of Solutions Design from the global 3PL/contract logistics sector. You will lead a solutions design team across transport, warehousing and value-added solutions working with clients across the Japanese cluster. Experience of robotic process automation warehousing solutions design would be advantageous.
You will support the Country Leadership Team to develop and deploy commercial strategies. You lead, coach, and develop the Japanese solutions design team. You will also programme manage solutions design projects and resources.
We are seeking individuals with experience of various types of transport, warehousing and storage including robotic process automation, automatic storage and retrieval systems. Experience of transport and warehousing/distribution centre design solutions for the Japanese market and building structure regulatory environment will be critical to success. Fluency in Japanese would be highly advantageous but not essential.
The Role:
* Managing a team of Warehousing/Transport & Valued Added Logistics Solutions Design Managers and Analysts, you will support the country Business Development and Implementation teams in developing innovative, cost effective and profitable warehousing and supply chain solutions for new and existing multinational and regional clients.
* Through strategic consulting assignments, you will work at operational strategic and Board level to identify business issues focused on process improvement and cost effectiveness; propose value adding and innovative solutions and subsequently manage the delivery of projects.
* This will entail analysis of existing inhouse and customer operations and the subsequent design of proposals, managing resource and cross functional teams during implementation, planning and solutions delivery. In addition, you will develop the supply chain solutions design strategy and manage the departmental budget.
* As Director of Logistics Solutions Design your role will be broad - leading solutions design projects as a Subject Matter Expert across transport, robotic process automation specialist, material handling, automated warehousing design, supply chain and logistics systems, strategy, commercial, key account management, management accountant, facilitator, leader, mentor, coach and project manager.
* You will possess extensive expertise in transport and warehousing solutions design, planning, projects, consultancy, value chain engineering and productivity improvement. You will be highly proficient in liaising, presenting and working at Board level both internally and externally with key strategic multinational client accounts.
* You will direct and manage your team in multiple implementation and re-engineering projects enabling cost and service improvements whilst at the same time managing teams involved in new operational start-ups.
The Ideal Applicant:
* The ideal applicant will be educated to degree/Masters degree level in Engineering, Business or similar and will possess a substantial and demonstrative track record of successful project delivery gained within a global multinational third party contract logistics solutions design/projects environment.
* We are inviting applications from either highly accomplished and experienced professionals seeking to consolidate and apply their solutions design leadership and coaching experience in a new and challenging growth environment or alternatively someone with at least 8-10 years fast track operational and strategic solutions design experience who wishes to step into country logistics solutions design leadership role heading up and developing an accomplished team of solutions design specialists.
* Experience of transport and warehousing solutions design, supply chain optimisation, automated robotic process and warehouse design tools as well as formal project management capabilities will be a prerequisite. Experience of managing multi-disciplined teams is essential.
* It is imperative that you will be possess a portfolio of successful projects completed across, for example, retail and FMCG, industrial, technology or pharmaceutical verticals.
* Third Party Solutions design experience as a Senior Manager, General Manager, Head of, Senior Consultant/Partner or Project Director may have been supplemented with experience in one of the following environments: inhouse global multinational logistics fulfilment facilities design team; materials handling solutions design provider; or automation solutions/automated robotic process design consultancy.
* Most importantly you will also have a demonstrable track record of success in coaching and developing a team of Solutions Design Analysts and Managers, ensuring a consistent, best in class approach.
* Previous international/multi country solutions design and solutions design and implementation project team leadership would be extremely advantageous, as would, cultural experience and understanding of living and working in Japan would be highly advantageous.
To apply without delay, please email your CV, quoting reference LX 1152315,
Business Development Research Associate
East Midlands
£30-36000 + Bonus (Uncapped)
Are you a dynamic individual with a passion for business development and a keen interest in finance? Our client, a leading name in commercial asset finance brokerage and lending, is looking for an ambitious Business Development Research Associate to enhance the success of the vendor business development and account management team to achieve growth targets. This is your chance to become part of an innovative company that values hard work, talent, and the drive to succeed.
The Company:
Our client has established a stellar reputation in the finance industry. They provide tailor-made finance solutions to businesses across various sectors. They pride themselves on exceptional customer service, expertise, and the ability to help companies achieve their goals.
The Role:
As Business Development Research Associate, your role is at the heart of the Vendor Business Development team. You will:
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Why Join Our Client?
Ready to take the next step in your career with a company as ambitious as you are? Apply now by sending your CV quoting reference LX 1799984