Logistics Planner
Full job description
Listgrove
Salary: £25.78 per hour
Logistics Planner
Based in Bedfordshire
Salary: 40000 – 45000
Listgrove’s client serves the pharmaceutical sector with specialized transportation containers in a global rental business model.
These containers are owned by the company and they make them available to customers through a worldwide network of Service Centres and Network Stations. Pharmaceutical customers, or their transportation logistics providers, rent containers from these locations and return them to one of these locations or an extended network of Drop Points.
The Logistics Planner and Coordinator assists in the management of the container fleet, meeting the customers required container availability while ensuring that the container assets are effectively utilised and networking balancing costs are minimised.
This position provides an opportunity to make a substantial contribution to the distribution of life-saving medicines, impacting a global patient population.
Job Responsibilities:
Forecast and planning to assist in securing the global availability of the rental container fleet;
Collating and analysing customer and sales pipeline forecasts;
Forecasting consolidated demand and proposing network station inventory levels;
Source and utilise multi-modal transportation solutions for global fleet balancing;
Tendering balancing shipments, negotiating rates and terms;
Develop operational relationships with partner airlines, freight forwarders and couriers;
Ensuring data accuracy in the Logistics Management System
Liaising with Customer Services and Network Partners
Ensuring fleet status is accurate to asset level
Preparation of monthly transaction and KPI reports
Experience Requirements
Experience in international logistics across multiple modes of transport, land, sea, air, rail
Working knowledge of customs regulations.
Practical experience of MS Office, particularly Excel.
Currently using SAP or experience of SAP or similar MRP/ERP system
Qualifications include:
Minimum of 5 years experience in logistics planning and coordination
For EU roles, candidates must be eligible to work and live in the European Union.
Proof of eligibility will be required with your application.
Office Locations: Stratford-upon-Avon, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Göteborg,
Lyon, Milan, Shanghai, and Washington.
PLASTICS – PETROCHEMICALS – PACKAGING – CHEMICALS – ENERGY – RECYCLING
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