National Distribution / Transport Systems Lead
National Distribution / Transport Systems Lead
Remote role with extensive travel
c£60,000 - £75,000 depending on skills and experience + car allowance and benefits
As part of its continued growth journey, this award-winning, sustainability-focused national logistics business is searching for a talented Distribution Systems Specialist to join their team.
In this key position, you'll play a pivotal role in:
- Programme managing new hardware & software implementations across new depots and customers, ensuring successful completion and ongoing hyper care support.
- Optimizing existing systems to ensure efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and best-in-class service.
- Partnering with operations and suppliers to identify and implement process improvements.
- Championing user training and knowledge sharing to ensure successful system adoption.
- Overseeing supplier relationships and ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Maintaining business continuity by collaborating on disaster recovery plans.
- Managing continuous improvement initiatives from concept to delivery, working with internal stakeholders to deliver.
- Interacting and aligning with internal IT department to ensure strategic goals are achieved and systems perform in line with business expectations.
You'll thrive if you have:
- Experience deploying and managing transport management systems (TMS) and other distribution systems.
- Extensive knowledge of the marketplace for transport and distribution systems.
- A passion for continuous improvement and a proven track record of delivering successful logistics initiatives.
- Strong project management skills and experience and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building abilities.
- In-depth knowledge of the logistics industry and its regulatory landscape. Experience gained in an operational environment would be an advantage.
MVP Recruitment Solutions has been placing Supply Chain, Logistics and Distribution professionals for 40 years. For more information on what we do, or to view our current portfolio of vacancies, please visit our website.
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We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Required skills
- Project Management
- System Implementations
- Transport Systems
Reference: 52545848
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