Print & Distribution Controller

Pearson - UK; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Secure Print & Distribution Controller, where you'll ensure the secure manufacture and dispatch of examination materials. This role is crucial in maintaining the integrity of question papers while working within tight deadlines. You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end process, collaborating with suppliers, and ensuring timely delivery. If you're detail-oriented and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity offers a chance to contribute significantly to educational assessments on a global scale.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSE's or equivalent, Grade C or 4 and above.
• Attention to detail and methodical approach are essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the secure print database.
• Process question papers and raise print orders with suppliers.
• Track consignments and assist with distribution queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork skills

Analytical skills

Methodical approach

Financial knowledge

Education

Minimum 5 GCSE's or equivalent

Job description

Print & distribution Controller Job Description

About Pearson

We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.

About the team

The Secure Team within Pearson Qualification Services handles more than 4,000 printed items per year, producing more than 9 million question papers. As a Secure Print & Distribution Controller it will be your responsibility to work with suppliers to ensure the manufacture and despatch of question papers and related examination materials is completed under secure conditions and to agreed schedules. You will take end-to-end ownership of specific despatches to ensure a joined-up workflow and successful delivery.

Key activities and responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating the secure print database
• Processing question papers when they are passed for press to ensure they are fit for printing
• Raising print orders with print suppliers
• Tracking consignments to centres and assisting centres with distribution queries
• Processing orders for on-demand tests
• SFTing electronic versions of question papers to centres on the day of the exam

Key challenges:

• The security of question papers and assessment materials must be maintained at all times through the adherence to set processes and procedures.
• The quality and accuracy of question papers and instructions given to suppliers in print orders requires excellent attention to detail.
• Working to tight deadlines and managing the end to end process to ensure question papers are despatched to centres on time and within agreed KPIs.
• Working with fluctuating volumes.
• The tight deadlines and fluctuating volumes require a flexible attitude towards achieving deadlines – at peak times of question paper activity, extra hours may be required to complete work.

Competencies

Pearson Core Competencies:

Individual:

1. Providing a customer focused service

2. Communicating with influence

3. Working with others to achieve goals

4. Delivering goals in a changing environment

5. Taking a creative and innovative approach to work

6. Maximising potential in self and others

Additional Competencies:

Essential:

• Attention to detail: Able to create and maintain consistent records relating to the progress and order details for question papers.
• Methodical approach: Ability to concentrate and focus on meeting deadlines and objectives.
• Communication skills: Ability to comprehend and provide clear instructions with suppliers, colleagues and internal customers.
• Financial knowledge: Numerate and happy to work with figures on order quantities, purchase order costs and invoices.
• Teamwork skills: Ability to work positively with other members of the team.
• Analytical skills: seek to understand the bigger picture and the impact of up and downstream activities.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 GCSE's or equivalent. Grade C or 4 and above.

Your rewards & benefits

We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families, too.

Please see our attractive UK benefits here:Pearson Jobs - Benefits