Overview
Warehouse & Logistics Executive – 12 month FTC (Slough, Berkshire, GB, SL1 1DT)
We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
​Supply​
Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
About the role
We are seeking a Warehouse & Logistics Executive – 12 month FTC to oversee and optimize our warehouse operations and logistics processes while managing our 3PL partner. This role is crucial to ensuring the efficient movement of goods, maintaining inventory accuracy, and improving supply chain performance.
Your responsibilities
- Warehouse Operations: Monitor and enhance efficiency in storage, inventory management, and material handling.
- 3PL Management: Act as the main point of contact with the 3PL provider, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
- Inventory Control: Maintain optimal stock levels, conduct audits, and implement corrective actions for discrepancies.
- Logistics Coordination: Oversee inbound and outbound shipments, resolve transport delays, and optimize logistics costs.
- Process Improvement: Identify areas for operational efficiency and suggest improvements.
- Compliance & Safety: Ensure compliance with regulations, health & safety standards, and best practices.
- Reporting & Data Analysis: Track KPIs, generate reports, and provide insights to leadership.
The experience we're looking for
- Graduate calibre, with supply chain or production planning experience within an FMCG
- Data driven
- SAP experience preferred
- Exceptional ability to manage workload and identify priority tasks to meet tight deadlines
- Strong influencing / communication expertise
- Ability to build good relationships and challenge constructively and confidently
- Ability to consolidate large volumes of complex information, interpret & construct straightforward plans.
- Naturally inquisitive and interested in the brands.
- Confident and capable of operating at all levels and able to resolve conflict situations
- Competent with PC tools and information systems with advanced knowledge of Excel
- Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement.
- Able to apply appropriate problem-solving techniques to evaluate and resolve operational issues.
The skills for success
Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
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