Logistics Supervisor

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a Logistics Supervisor to manage the logistics team and ensure effective supply services. The ideal candidate will supervise staff, manage stock, and have excellent stakeholder engagement skills. This role requires flexibility and the ability to handle complex challenges in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
• Experience of successfully engaging stakeholders.
• Experience in stock management and store areas.
• Understanding of local, regional and national procurement agendas.
• Experience in successful performance management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Logistics assistants and support the delivery of Logistics activities.
• Provide an efficient, safe and secure goods supply service.
• Develop flexibility and skills to fulfill responsibilities.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Stock management

Performance management

Microsoft Office applications

Creative and innovative

Inter-personal skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work flexibly

Education

Good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English

Job description

Overview

The role of the Logistics Supervisor is to supervise all relevant Logistics assistants and support the delivery of Logistics activities across the Trust site; providing an efficient safe and secure goods supply service whilst ensuring agreed service levels are maintained.

The post holder will be a member of the Logistics team and will be required to adopt a flexible attitude and to develop skills to enable them to fulfil the responsibilities set out below.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Logistics assistants and support the delivery of Logistics activities across the Trust site.
• Provide an efficient, safe and secure goods supply service while maintaining agreed service levels.
• Develop flexibility and skills to fulfill evolving responsibilities within the Logistics team.

About us

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for Investors in People. We invest in people and wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and dedicated staff delivering clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.

Details

Date posted: 19 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 160-7332224-B

Job locations: Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.

Knowledge & Experience

• Essential: Experience of successfully engaging stakeholders
• Essential: Experience in stock management and store areas
• Essential: Understanding of local, regional and national procurement agendas and how this links into operational procurement activity
• Essential: Experience in successful performance management and reporting on outcomes
• Essential: Demonstrable IT including Microsoft Office applications used to create reports and to assist in data analysis

• Desirable: Experience of successful collaborative working
• Desirable: Understanding of the Green agenda and how procurement can support this

Skills & Attributes

• Essential: Creative, innovative, self-starter able to motivate self and others to complete agreed objectives
• Essential: Excellent inter-personal skills
• Essential: Reliable, punctual, willing to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role
• Essential: Ability to communicate effectively at all levels with excellent inter-personal skills
• Essential: Ability to react to situations promptly in order to solve complex issues with inventory and stock availability
• Essential: Excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workload to address conflicting demands
• Essential: Ability to work flexibly across multiple Trust sites as part of HPL

Disclosure and Sponsorship

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found in the Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE