Senior Resource Planner

GXO; Northampton; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking a Planning First Line Manager in Northampton. This full-time role involves overseeing contracts, managing staffing requirements, and leading resource planning efforts. Ideal candidates will have experience in logistics, proficiency in Excel and WMS, and a strong analytical background. The position offers a competitive salary of £33,000 per annum and a comprehensive benefits package including 33 days annual leave and various discounts.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Flexible dental insurance

Company sponsored pension scheme

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Cashback cards

Saving scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in a resource planning role, ideally in logistics.
• Ability to manage workloads and prioritize tasks.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and WMS systems.
• Analytical background with Power BI experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staffing schedule is communicated across contracts.
• Hold meetings with operations teams for budget adherence.
• Monitor, track, and report on capability impacting issues.
• Distribute reports to key stakeholders by deadlines.

Skills

Resource planning experience

Logistics background

Excel proficiency

WMS systems knowledge

Analytical background

Power BI experience

Job description

Are you currently within a resource planning role, looking for your next challenge? Do you want to feel proud to work for a trusted brand and be valued for who you are?

We’re recruiting for a Planning First Line Manager for our key customer, in Northampton. This role will Oversee the full lifecycle of site contracts, from translating forecasts into staffing requirements to ensuring workforce alignment with operational demand.

This is a full-time, permanent role working hours of Monday – Friday 8am – 4:30pm

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of £33,000 per annum and 33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays. Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Ensure the staffing schedule is communicated across the different contracts on site.
• Hold meetings with the Operation teams to ensure adherence to the budget & highlight areas of concern.
• Monitor, track & report on capability impacting issues.
• Distribute reporting to key stakeholders internal & external by set deadlines.

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience of working within a resource planning role, ideally within a logstics background
• Ability to manage workloads & prioritise where required
• Excellent knowledge of excel as well as WMS systems
• Analytical background, with experience of power BI

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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