Operations Excellence Administrator Oldbury, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Job description
DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of over £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer
Our Executive Support manager is looking for a hardworking and diligent OpEx Coordinator to support the Operation Excellence team. This opportunity will be offered on a hybrid basis between home working and office based and due to this we can be flexible as to where this role is based.
As our OpEx Coordinator your primary responsibility will be to ensure that OPEX administrative processes are maintained to a standard of excellence and operated in line with company policy.
This role will cover the our Network of Depots and our Central departments and support senior managers on The OPEX support team including external providers.
Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility
- To act on behalf of all OpEx teams to collect all data and information required for the DMAIC process.
- Provide support in interpreting reports, data and trends
- Providing administration support to the Project training team
- Providing main point of contact for all Project candidates
- Planning and execution of Annual Awards as well as evening dinner, including sourcing venue, co-ordinating invites and agenda for the day and ensuring smooth running of event
- Creating Keynote Presentations as and when required for meetings
- Ensuring any day-to-day/ weekly/Monthly reporting for the OPEX team is dealt with in a timely and effective manner
- Accurately recording any purchase orders, processing and coding of invoices for external resource
- Liaising with our credit and billing department to resolve any queries
- Maintaining personnel and training records as they refer to OPEX training
- Full diary management of Project training and meeting dates
- Accurately keeping track of and booking meeting rooms, hotels and lunches as required
- Any secretarial duties, including typing confidential documents and letters
- Carry out such other duties as may reasonably be requested by the management team
To be considered for this role you must have previous administration experience ideally gained within a dynamic fast paced organisation whilst operating with integrity, confidentiality and discretion.
Working in an environment where working efficiently under pressure and at pace will be key to your success. Outstanding organisational and planning skills are essential in this role. In addition, we’ll also expect you to have:
- First rate communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise your workload
- Working in a timely and professional manner
- Strong IT skills -knowledge of G Suite /Keynote would be advantageous
- Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Hard Work and Accountability.
Additional Information
About our benefits
In return we can offer you a salary of circa £29,000 plus we recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Free onsite car parking for all employees
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- Free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.
