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International Freight Controller
Posted on Dec. 9, 2024
- Northampton, United Kingdom
- 0 - 0 USD (yearly)
- Full Time
Are you someone with experience in planning and operations? Do you have strong communication skills and can influence positively? Are you looking for a role that has scope for personal development?
If this sounds like you, then why not apply? We are looking for an International Freight Controller to join our team on a 10-month contract due to an internal secondment, it's a great time to join the business and really help make a difference!
What you’ll do
As the International Freight Controller, you will support the compliant and on-time delivery of all Internationally sourced Travis Perkins Plc products to internal customers’ final delivery facilities. Supporting group sourcing activities with the management of related logistics and supply chain services. The role offers scope for personal development and applying learnings from multiple internal and external training opportunities.
Some Accountabilities of the role -
Coordination of the Group International Freight operation, including 4PL and 3PL activities across multiple freight modes.- Day-to-day management of the international supply chain operation.
- A key representative for specific business units by providing required visibility of the operation, industry insight and influencing ways of working with an awareness of the commercial strategy.
- Provide the business end-to-end visibility of International stock movements with credible data and reporting on KPIs.
- Key stakeholder in selected International Freight Services and business change initiatives, whether supporting on macro events such as Chinese New Year or system development and project implementations
Is this you?
Due to the nature of the role you will need to have the ability to learn quickly, working within a small team that prides itself on collaboration both internally and externally. Key skills are managing and interpreting data along with strong communication skills to positively influence stakeholders and process.
It is important that you are a self starter and willing to learn to drive your own personal development, along with this an engaging style and eye for detail.
What’s in it for you?
You’ll be supported by some of the best training and development in the industry. Our impressive internal succession programme means, whatever it is you do with us, it will be easy for you to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
Competitive performance related bonus- Save-as-you-earn scheme
- Buy-as-you-earn scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Colleague discount
A bit about us
As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!
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