Logistics Manager - MAP Services

ScottishPower; Blantyre; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK seeks a Logistics Manager to oversee the logistics network for smart metering assets. The role entails managing operations, ensuring cost-effectiveness, and leading a team. Ideal candidates will have extensive logistics experience and proven leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary with additional benefits like healthcare options and a pension scheme.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Healthcare benefits

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business, technical, or numerate disciplines.
• Proven leadership in logistics or industrial environments.
• Expertise in meter refurbishment and stock control.

Responsibilities

• Lead the logistics network for metering assets and services.
• Manage stock levels, delivery schedules, and transport efficiency.
• Oversee procurement and supplier management.

Skills

Leadership in logistics

Contract management

Communication skills

Logistics operational experience

Negotiation skills

Job description

Location Blantyre, Warrington or Rhostyllen / Hybrid

Salary £61,600 - £77,000 + car allowance, 20% bonus and family health care

Attention: Please note this advert closes the day before any automated date shown - please refer to the closing date in the body of the advert.

Closing Date Thu 20th November

Interviews are anticipated w/c 1st December

Help us create a better future, quicker.

ScottishPower deploys c. 400k meters per annum to meet its mandatory obligation for Smart Metering, through the deployment of metering assets using a 3rd Party Meter Asset Provider (MAP), and a Meter Operator Contract network. The Smart Programme is responsible for a plan of over £300m of funded investment in smart meter infrastructure over the next 5 years.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll lead and develop a highly efficient GB-wide logistics network for metering assets, devices, and supply chain services, including reverse logistics – retrieving, triaging, and disposing of faulty equipment from the field. Whilst developing cost‑reduction strategies for prematurely removed meters, focusing on Early Termination Charges and broken units. With accountability for the quality, efficiency, and cost‑effectiveness of logistics and operations across the smart meter supply chain, including stock levels, delivery schedules, transport costs, and system performance.

You’ll have full responsibility for planning, managing, and controlling all logistics and operational systems within the smart meter supply chain across Great Britain. This includes oversight of stock levels, delivery schedules, transport efficiency, and cost control. You’ll lead all aspects of procurement, contract and supplier management, resource performance, compliance with metering standards, and documentation – ensuring seamless, cost-effective operations across a complex national network.

The role will involve travelling to oversee stock audits and controls to ensure that the company policies, health, safety and welfare procedures in relation to the general upkeep of all store premises are being implemented and adopted. Furthermore, you will liaise with the Technical team to determine test schedules for new technology releases and sampling of faulty meters to identify common trends within the metering infrastructure.

What you’ll bring

You should have extensive experience in business, technical, or numerate disciplines and a strong track record in contract and operational management, with a strong focus on delivering first-class customer service. The job requires proven leadership in logistics or industrial environments, with expertise in meter refurbishment and stock control. Furthermore, you will need to motivate, coach and develop your team’s experience and skillset in utilities sector logistics and materials management. With highly developed influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to obtain buy in from all levels of the organisation using excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

Benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.