Logistics Specialist - Buyer Vendor Support

The TJX Companies, Inc.; Watford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the off-price retail sector is seeking a Logistics Specialist for their Watford office. The role involves partnering with buying teams and vendors to enhance the supply chain efficiency while maximizing profitability. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate a dynamic retail environment. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Support UK Buying office on buying deals for efficient goods flow.
• Partner with vendors to ensure compliance with TJX requirements.
• Drive improvement in vendor behavior and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Communication

Initiative

Job description

TJX Europe

At TJX Europe, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritises your development. Whether you’re working in our Distribution Centers, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores—TK Maxx & Homesense, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX team—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Logistics Specialist to join our Buyer Vendor Support (BVS) team at our Watford Head Office to act as a strategic business partner to our buying teams, our 3rd party logistics providers and extensive vendor community to ensure the efficient flow of goods through our Supply chain.

The Logistics Specialist will play a pivotal role in maximising profitability by identifying risks and actively seeking opportunities to enhance the flow of goods whilst adhering to customer protection requirements and safeguarding the company's reputation.

The right person will work to understand the Buyers strategies and potential challenges faced, whilst partnering to help develop appropriate solutions to support in maximising their commercial opportunities, managing logistical cost implications while staying true to our off-price buying fundamentals.

Key Responsibilities:

Buying Partnerships

• Support the UK Buying office on buying deals, advising to ensure logistical objectives are met to efficiently flow goods into the supply chain.
• Proactively partner, educate advise and consult the buying teams on best practices amid a changing, fast paced, off-price environment suggesting creative alternatives to conventional approaches
• Act as the conduit of communication between Logistics and the first point of contact for all Buying & Buying Operations Support activities, managing stakeholder expectations but being realistic and timely with solutions.

Vendor Excellence

• Partner with our vendors and buying teams. Effectively onboard vendors to ensure they are compliant and understand TJX Europe’s requirements
• Represent TJX & Logistics on vendor visits
• Proactively drive improvement in vendor behaviour by partnering with various teams across the function; this will include being involved in cost mitigation activities and initiatives

Logistics Engagement & Partnership

• Partner the wider logistics teams and freight forwarders using strong communication and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and convince others working to remedy supply chain issues for quick fixes and long-term solutions
• Prioritise shipments and key deals by understanding your business areas and utilizing reporting tools provided by the business to help maintain and grow customer relationships
• Partner with other BVS logistics teams to ensure process alignment on best practices and expectations

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, communicates with clarity, influences internally and externally and engages multiple stakeholder relationships and keeps them updated
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity as well as in a flexible and changing retail landscape
• A critical thinker with the ability to interpret data, solve complex problems and deliver simple solutions, uses judgement to prioritise activities.
• Able to build and maintain impactful relationships across diverse teams, geographies and levels as well as influence to get results
• A self-starter; ability to take initiative and work independently, taking a high degree of personal responsibility for results.
• Resilient and patient in coaching cross-functionally

As proud as we are of our past success, it’s our future that excites us most. We strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and a competitive salary and benefits package. Share our determination to think bolder and bigger, and be part of our future. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.

Address:

73 Clarendon Road

Location:

EUR Home Office Watford GB