Logistics Specialist

About GKN Aerospace

"Together We Rise”

A Truly Global Business
Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 38 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn.

Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!

Making a Difference
It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers. Sitting within our Defence Airframes business line at our Portsmouth manufacturing plant you’ll do just that.
Established in 1990, Portsmouth is one of our newer locations with a workforce of circa 200 employees. The site is a leading technology provider for the aerospace, marine and military markets supplying an extensive range of specialist fuel tanks and flotation systems, as well as engineering expertise and support for fixed and rotary wing aircrafts, land vehicles, missiles, UAVs, torpedoes and marine vessels. Our customer base includes Airbus, BAE Systems, Bell, Boeing, General Automics, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Sikorsky, Saab, MOD.

Job Summary

As the Logistics Coordinator you’ll join the Supply Chain Team and reporting to the Despatch Team Leader. You’ll be mainly responsible for Despatch Administration and this will include the creation and administration of shipping documents and ensuring the department has a consistent flow of materials to avoid delays in customer demand. You’ll be the interface between our customers, transport companies and GKN stakeholders and assisting with the daily despatch operations.

This will include:

• Producing export documents
• Producing shipment invoices
• Maintaining internal shipment trackers
• Booking UK & International transport via courier portals i.e. FedEx, TNT
• Send shipping documents for customer collections using an email process
• Archiving Proof of Collection and Proof of Delivery notes
• Ensuring shipment traceability is kept to a high standard
• Ordering consumables for the despatch department in the correct lead times
• Providing other duties as required by the Supply Chain operation
  

How You'll Contribute

To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential:

• Demonstrable experience working within a Logistics OR Supply Chain administration role
• Knowledge of transport procedures to ensure accurate transit times
• An understanding of documents required for exporting goods
• Intermediate level of Microsoft Office suite
• High level of organisational skills

Desirable:

• Experience working within a Despatch environment
• Knowledge of Import and Export processes
• Experience working within an manufacturing environment
• Experience of SAP or other ERP system
• Knowledge of commodity/tariff codes
• Previous experience using Excel trackers
• Use of Material Handling Equipment experience, such as FLT licence or similar
• A passion for working within the Aerospace industry
  

What We'll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

Please note the working hours for this role are 7.30am till 4.15pm Monday to Friday with every second Friday a non-working day ‘Free Friday’.

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’ last year. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

Join us and keep the world moving …

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