Logistics Controller Templecombe, England
Job description
Job Description
Logistics Controller
Location: Templecombe
Are you a proactive individual that has passion for Logistics? Do you have experience in Warehousing and Inventory Practice? Are you looking for a challenging role that could be a great stepping stone in your career? Then this position could be for you.
Our Opportunity:
Thales is a leading global organisation focused on enabling civil and military customers to effectively perform complex tasks in critical environments.
The services we provide to customers are dependent directly and indirectly on exchange of goods and documents, both within Thales and with its customers or service partners. Logistics plays an important role in supporting manufacturing, enabling support functions and Thales’ service delivery.
Thales UK is looking for an innovative, enthusiastic and professional to assist with co-ordinating all logistical resources in a timely and efficient manner in support of its Belfast product delivery ensuring compliance with all security and legislative constraints.
Primary Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will support the delivery cycle to meet customer expectations, liaise and interface with the 4PL provider and support the Customer Asset Store processes. A passion for customer delivery will be important along with a key motivation for compliance.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
Ensure the 4PL solution is executing business priorities.
Be the point of escalation to and drive collaborative improvement with the 4PL provider.
Manage process compliance and improvements within the logistics delivery cycle.
Support Stock Reconciliation activities with the 4PL provider.
Support the efforts in controlling and managing Customer Assets.
Develop and provide information and management reports as required.
Support the Logistics Manager as and when required in the execution of their duties.
About You:
Essential
Knowledge of Logistics, Warehousing and Inventory practices.
Experience in management and use of large ERP Systems (ideally Oracle).
Able to prioritise tasks and understand when to escalate issues.
Manage complex priorities, able to deliver key goals and objectives.
Effective communicator and confident in dealing with all levels of management.
Eligible to obtain SC security clearance.
Ability to work alone or within a team environment.
Desirable:
Detailed knowledge and experience of the Oracle ERP system, particularly the Manufacturing and/or Inventory Management areas of the system.
Experience in continuous improvement, problem solving and change management in an Industrial environment.
Awareness of ITAR/EAR Trade Compliance.
Candidate must be eligible to obtain Full SC clearance without restrictions
If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Company Story
The future is full of excitement and change; each new change and technology will create situations no one has had to deal with before or even anticipated and it will happen at an even faster pace than today.
Our 3 priorities throughout the crisis remain constant:
To continue to protect all our employees’ health and financial wellbeing.
To safeguard the business and continue to deliver for our customers as best we can.
And, to ensure that Thales is best placed to recover quickly.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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