Specialist, Supply - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Whirlpool

Whirlpool
Whirlpool
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Peterborough, United Kingdom

1 month ago

Tom O´Connor

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The team you will be a part of:

  • The Supply and Logistics team is responsible for keeping the appropriate levels of materials and/or stock supplies with the aim to maximize inventory control and company sales. Organizes deliveries to meet given deadlines and customer expectations. Supervises and tracks the flow of materials and products from suppliers throughout the organization.

This role in summary:


As a Junior Planner to join our experienced Planning Team, you play a vital role that ensures that our Home Delivery operation runs at optimum efficiency.


The main scope of the role is to work within the Home Delivery Planning team to create Satellite delivery routes, whilst ensuring efficient and cost-effective results and also meet customer expectations.


Your responsibilities will include:


  • Monitor workload progression across the week and manage resource levels accordingly.
  • Use Paragon Software to plan costeffective delivery routes for the Satellite depots.
  • Liaise with depot supervisors/management to incorporate depot requirements into routes.
  • Liaise with customer support teams, home and trade, considering customer delivery requirements that affect the finished routes.
  • Monitor delivery routes using a satellite tracking feed, with a view to ensure accurate delivery arrival times are available for customers.

Measure of Success:


  • Achieve key planning KPIs (e.g. Drops per driver day and cost per drop).
  • Demonstrate indepth understanding of the entire planning process within depots you work with, from setting work limits to the actual completion of the routes out on to the road.
  • Proactively use this information to recommend and implement adjustments to the planning/routing process, consequently improving the KPIs achieved.

Minimum requirements:


  • To achieve this role, you should be selfmotivated and dedicated to completing tasks as you will assume the planning responsibility for a selection of depots and will focus on their route performance.
  • You will be equally adept at working alone or as part of a team, managing planning for other depots in the absence of a team member.
  • You will have a flexible approach to working time and hours of work, as it is essential that all tasks are completed each day.
  • Skilled in problem solving.
  • An effective communicator with strong negotiation skills.
  • Work proactively.
  • A strong work ethic with a flexible attitude to tasks.

What we offer:

At Whirlpool we will offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package.

As of day one you will have a great variety of responsibilities, while being part of an amazing international, innovative and dynamic organization.

Within the organization there are opportunities to develop and grow, depending on your ambitions; **you own your career
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