Logistics Governance & Insights Manager

Location / Base of Work:

West Durrington, West Sussex

Employment type:

Permanent

Closing date:

14 Jan 2022

Description:

Why Water?
Without water, life as we know it would be impossible. Every day, we rely on it for drinking, washing and cleaning. It helps create the energy we need for heat and light. It’s also essential to the products we enjoy and the natural world we depend upon. Yet the South East faces a future of more people and less water. Our population is growing fast, and climate change is bringing greater risk of both drought and flooding.
In the water industry, your work will help to address these challenges and give people access to sustainable, high-quality water and wastewater services for decades to come. The South East is also home to over 700 miles of coastline, two National Parks, four Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and some of the world’s rarest chalk streams. As well as working within these breath-taking environments, your activities will help preserve them for generations to come.

Why Southern Water?
Each day, over four million people across Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight count on us for their essential water or wastewater services. Our work is vital, because we’re providing water for life.
Do you want to make a difference? At Southern Water, your work will help to enhance health and wellbeing, protect and improve the environment and sustain the economy. You’ll also play an important role in helping us deliver a resilient water future for the South East.
Are you a natural collaborator with a strong moral compass and high standards? If so, you’ll fit right in. Everything we do is underpinned by three values: succeeding together, doing the right thing and always improving. Do you want to bring your authentic self to work every day? We do too. That’s why we’re building an inclusive culture and are proud to offer equal opportunities regardless of age, cultural background, disability, gender, marital status, nationality, political belief, race, religion or sexual orientation. We believe the unique perspectives and experiences each of us brings make us stronger.

About the Role:
Job Title: Logistics Governance & Insights Manager
Location: Durrington/Flexible working
Perm/FTC : Permanent
Hours: 38 Hours a week
Salary: Up to £50,588 per year depending on skills and experience

Role Overview:
An opportunity has become available to join the new Logistics team at Southern Water. The role of a Logistics Governance and Insights manager is to be responsible for governance, reporting & compliance across logistics, including tachograph & process adherence. Provide logistics insights to develop improvement activities as part of operational excellence. Responsible for data management across inventory and operations (e.g. new product introduction). Initial training will be carried out on site at Durrington, and, thereafter, work locations can be flexible. The role comes with a comprehensive benefits package including eligibility for a company bonus.

Accountabilities
• Lead and manage the Logistics Governance & Insights team (4 reports)
• Business performance reporting to executive-level leadership and business case creation for opportunities to improve cost, service and sustainability
• Ensure that system data is accurate and data management activities are meeting SLAs
• Support the delivery of specific projects / programmes of work focussed on the industry disciplines of supply chain and network management
• Collaborate with finance in budgeting and performance tracking
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement and wellbeing throughout operational teams that integrates with wider Southern Water operational excellence values
• Ensure safe working logistical practices, meeting required legislative and company policies
Person Specification
The right candidate will have a proven background in leading or managing a team with excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills. If you are somebody who thrives on delivering results and thinking outside the box, with the goal to continuously improve processes, this could be the role for you. Maybe you have experience in supply chain management or project management and you have a strong analytical mindset? If you feel that you are the right person for this position, we would love to hear from you.

Skills and competencies
• Process mapping and design
• Commercial acumen
• Highly numerate, with a high level of proficiency in Excel and data analysis
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Able to work at pace, in a changing environment


Qualifications & Experience

• Supply chain or Project Management background, with proven experience
• Water industry or Infrastructure programmes knowledge would be advantageous
• Logistics/Supply Chain (e.g. CILT, CIPS) or Project management(e.g. PRINCE2, APMP, Lean Six Sigma) qualifications would be advantageous
Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered

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