Senior Logistics Specialist

AtkinsRéalis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Senior Logistics Specialist to manage project logistics activities in the UK. This role involves optimizing costs, enhancing service quality, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in logistics, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to lead in a multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistic companies or freight forwarders.
• Proficient in handling logistic negotiations for large orders (> 1 MUSD).
• Strong technical knowledge in logistics practices.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and leads logistics improvement projects.
• Ensures optimization of warehousing and shipping operations.
• Manages logistics service providers for efficiency.

Skills

Analytical leadership

Solution-oriented working style

Strong communication skills

Collaborative skill

Education

Education in logistic management

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Role: Senior Logistics Specialist

Location: UK

We are seeking an experienced Senior Logistic Specialist for our supply chain management team in the UK during a pivotal period of growth. In this role, you will be responsible for complete project logistic activities, implementing comprehensive logistic strategies that optimize costs, enhance freight forwarders quality, and improve reliability. Additionally, in your role you will report to the Head of Supply Chain, keeping constant update on project procurement plan, project procurement status report, vendor management and relevant risk assessments. Your role will be crucial through the project execution, ensuring effective management of supplier-related risks and opportunities.

What will you do?

• Planning – Identifies, implements and leads opportunities/logistics improvement projects to streamline flow across the entire supply chain. Sets up and manages integration of transport and logistics suppliers and customers within the supply chain
• Operations – Ensures optimization of warehousing, loading and shipping operations whilst ensuring all local operations are performed to respective quality standards and in full compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and a safe workplace
• Service Providers – Identifies, selects and manages logistics service providers to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in relation to quality, cost and service standards
• Costs – Monitors, reports and optimizes total logistics costs within area of responsibility
• Process Excellence – Collaborates with project team to identify new suppliers and ensures vendors prequalification as per company standards
• Documentation – Documents general and special conditions for use on all project purchase documents, project procurement procedures, and project procurement plans and ensures compliance
• Compliance – Governs Linxon Global SCM standards on health and safety, sustainability, business ethics, environmental regulations and Level of Authority. Implements and maintains the related Global SCM instructions and procedures.
  
  

Experience Requirement

• Experience in Logistic companies / Freight Forwarders.
• Experience in logistic negotiations for large orders (> 1 MUSD)
• Experienced in handling logistic negotiations and proficient in timely finalizing Main orders for the Substation Main Equipment transportation.
• Possess strong technical knowledge in logistic practices, proposing optimized technical solutions in view of the cost saving strategy.
• As part of a Global company, extensive international experience and knowledge of various utilities, standards and specifications.
• Analytical leadership with an independent and solution-oriented working style, as well as strong communicative and collaborative skill.
• Previous experience in a multicultural environment and high degree of inter-cultural sensitivity help you lead and motivate team by influence.
• Extensive experience in commercial negotiations.
• Supporting the effective utilization of the Supply chain resources based in the Global Engineering & Technology Services (GETS) office in India.
  
  

Competencies/ Skills Required

• Preferred: Education in logistic management.
  
  

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.

To know more about the Linxon please click on the link below.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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