Supply Chain Officer

Supply Chain Officer London, England

Lidl
Full Time London, England 31900 - 40700 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

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Summary

£31,900 up to £40,700* per annum - This isn't the same old same old. This is something new everyday.

Our growing Supply Chain department are looking for a confident and motivated Controller to join the busy and fast-paced Logistics Administration Team based at our Head office within the Supply Chain Department. You will bring a proactive and creative approach to solving problems by following our international procedures. This role offers a high level of responsibility and the opportunity to be involved in and influence the coordination of the logistics process.

The successful candidate will liaise with Lidl Head Quarters in Germany, various Head Office Departments as well as stakeholders in our Regional Supply Chain teams. This is an exciting opportunity to join an area paramount to ensuring the successful delivery of stock to our regional distribution centres and lastly to our stores.

We have moved to a fully flexible model of mobile working for appropriate Head Office and Regional roles, empowering our teams to choose how and where they work best. We feel it is important that, where possible, we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible and trust our teams to determine the right environments that work most effectively for them. Please note that your primary place of work will be at our office in Surbiton, with frequent travel across Great Britain required.

What you'll do

  • Liaising with internal Head Office colleagues, international logistics departments and regional Supply Chain teams
  • Preparing, consolidating and checking national orders prior to sending them to our International team
  • Dealing with delivery issues with regards to stock imported to the UK
  • Updating and maintaining reports, logs and spreadsheets
  • First point of contact between UK & Germany for international logistic related questions (ad-hoc requests)
  • Troubleshooting and resolving logistics issues
  • Providing support to our Account department and Buying related to invoice enquiries
  • Pro-active actions to improve regional availability of products and write offs
  • Attending weekly meetings with sub teams in the Supply Chain Head Office to discuss availability of products and report on outstanding International loads
  • Building a good relationship with national hauliers whilst dealing with their ad-hoc queries

What you'll need

  • Excellent English language both written and spoken is essential
  • Significant administration experience with exemplary organisational skills, able to multi -task and manage their own work, with the ability to prioritise conflicting deadlines is essential
  • Pro-active with a confident, ‘can do’ attitude
  • Used to working to schedules and deadlines with the ability to accommodate last minute requests with ease and efficiency
  • Highly focused with an eye for detail
  • Intermediate level of MS Excel
  • Previous experience in a logistics or stock controlling related role is desirable
  • Degree education is desirable
  • German language would be advantageous but not essential

What you'll receive

This isn't getting by. This is getting what you deserve. Working at Lidl is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We're proud to offer a competitive salary starting from £31,900 up to £40,700* (depending on experience) with 30 days’ holiday per year (pro rata). Save for your future with our pension scheme, or save today with 10% in-store discount, plus extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.

  • includes 10% non-contractual London weighting allowance.

Please note your employment is conditional upon the Company's receipt of satisfactory references and if requested by the Company, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Supply Chain Officer
Lidl

lidlcareers.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
Ignazio Paterno
$5 to $10 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Grocery Stores
1973
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