Logistics & Stock Lead

In Sainsbury’s Tech we build the technology which powers the UK’s number 1 multi-channel, multi-brand retailer.

As a Logistics & Stock Lead, your key responsibilities would include:

• Managing hardware purchases on behalf of Installation Services.
• Working with the Stock and Logistics co-ordinator, ensuring hardware is in stock for all programmes and schemes
• Working with the PMO team on planning opex and capex spend.
• Supporting the Installation Services Managers in supplying hardware and devices for Installs and Deployments.
• Providing the Planning and Logistics Manager with up to date period reports for both Stock purchases and Financial reporting, working with the Portfolio team

• Raise Hardware for respective deployments and Installs.
• Manage stock orders to PD limits on behalf of Installation Services
• Work with Portfolio team in all aspects of finance, reporting back to the Planning and Logistics Manager.
• Responsible for the support of building, maintaining and controlling of both Capex and Opex budgets for Installation Services in conjunction with the Portfolio team.
• Manage any queries from Tech procurement, Tech Finance and central finance departments to a satisfactory closure.
• Proactively run period reports to ensure all data and deliverable in line with the Portfolio and Planning and Logistics Manager requirements
• Engage third parties for outstanding billing raise order and monitor and track all orders
• Liaise with third party providers for goods and services.
• Ensure the receipt of goods and services is confirmed in a timely way.
• Responsible for the maintenance of all hard and electronic copies of requests for orders, order cancellations and order receipting are filed logically for a minimum of 2 years.
• Proactively checks engineering timesheets to ensure we are in line with the working time guidelines.
• Flexible approach to undertaking additional and ad hoc tasks regularly and efficiently as required
• Manage the updating of fiancé trackers and MI data for and with the PMO
• Continually drives improvements in reporting fiancé updates
• Drives cost efficiencies within budgets in line with divisional and department need with suppliers.

• Hardware and services ordered in a timely way to ensure available when required for investment programme work.
• Accurate finance reports are collated and distributed for stakeholder engagement both internal and external to Tech in line with the PMO.
• Cancelled orders are managed to ensure no excess services or stock are delivered.
• Delivery of PD budgets spend in line with divisional requests.
• Effective working relationships in place with all internal and external customers.

• Good commercial and financial awareness
• Excellent organisation, analytical and record keeping skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively.
• Experience if managing third party relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal written and verbal communication skills at all levels
• Proficient in Microsoft office product in particular Microsoft excel
• A desire to continuously improve systems and processes
• Ability to analyse data and interpret opportunities for improvement and driving commercial efficiencies.
• Understands the importance of giving good customer service and strives for continued improvement.
• With direction, takes responsibility for resolving issues and ensures its aligned with team objectives.
• Reflects constructively on own work, looks for ways to improve efficiency and understands the impacts of decisions.
• Communicate effectively with anyone in any environment, e.g able to translate complex/ technical issues to meet the audiences competency level.

• Comfortable working under pressure
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Able to make informed decisions for the team taking full responsibility for the decisions made.
• Works collaboratively and using own initiative to set objectives and achieve goals.
• Coaches others to stay focused on the most critical task using all resources efficiently and effectively, make decisions based in the weeks ahead, to constructively reflect on past mistakes and put the lessons learnt into practice.
• Acknowledges success and areas of development throughout the team.
• Remains visible to customers as the face if Sainsburys Tech to listen to their concerns and share these with others.

• Installation team members
• PD approval levels.
• Third party stock holding warehouse
• Third party service providers.
• Tech finance and procurement teams
• Business finance departments.
• Portfolio team.

• Instructs third parties as required
• Owns resolution of escalated issues.
• Managing of orders for kit as per Installations and deployments they are working on