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Logistics Assistant
Salary c.£28-30k + Benefits
Warrington
Who Are We?
Our client is a market leading Same Day / Time Critical Courier business based in Culcheth, Warrington.
More importantly, we are one of the best in the business with over 19 years of success behind us and a brilliantly exciting future ahead.
And we are continuing to grow, hence the reach-out for new people.
Our Values
We are genuinely a Values-driven business and everything we do is linked to the Values. They represent a common-sense approach which is focused on service excellence; there is no compromise on this as far as we are concerned.
We talk about our Values because success/failure of your application could depend on you being comfortable with our Values. If you are content to simply turn up and do a job, regardless of how well it is done, we will not be the right place for you. If, however, doing a good job well is important to you, we would love to hear from you. We are a very relaxed organisation, but we never compromise on quality of service, our USP.
Logistics Assistant- The Role
We operate a beautifully simple model. One side of the process, the Co-ordinators, deal with Customers, assessing their needs and understanding their expectations. The other side, theLogistics Assistant, take those expectations and needs, assess the most appropriate type of vehicle required for the job, from small van to articulated HGV and identify the best providers who can deliver as promised.
Further, theTransport Controllermaintain a constant monitor on progress of the job, intervening in sufficient time to enact Plan B if/when it is required, to ensure the Customer is not disappointed.
Our current need is for aLogistics Assistant. This is a new role for us and is a direct result of our continued growth.
You
You will probably (but not definitely):
Have a background in a similarTransport Controllerrole or experience in a related role/industry
Have, or be able to rapidly develop, a strong understanding of logistics, vehicle types, geography, legal rules around loads, driver-hours etc
Be comfortable negotiating on rates, timings and locations with drivers
Have great attention to detail
Care about how well you do your job
You will probably NOT:
Come from a Warehouse background - sorry, but we receive numerous applications from folk coming from this sector and experience tells us that the skills are not always transferable.
Logistics Assistant- What Would You Get for This?
- Salary - We are thinking around £28-30k plus Benefits and but if you are the right person, we are happy to talk about it.
- Hours - 0800 - 1730 based on a 40 hrs week with 1 hr lunchbreak - the role come with on call duties which will be 1 week in 4 and we pay a £100 reward for this
- Benefits - All the standard stuff plus a few bits more that we can talk about.
- Development - What do you need? 80% of our colleagues are currently engaged in some form of career development programme, funded by the company and we pride ourselves on supporting the growth of our people.
- Opportunity - This is kind of up to you in this role no? We will be what you help to make us - is that enough of a promise for you?
This is not a job for just anyone and we know that many will not be up for the challenge.
If you think you might be, we would love to hear from you.
