PLANNING AND LOGISTIC CONTROLLER

We believe in providing meaningful work and achieving a real work/life balance. Our Supply Chain team is the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories to our millions of customers every day. We leverage insight and data to anticipate customer needs, ensuring they get what they want, when they need it. You'll be part of a team that is data-driven and judgement-focused, always the first to identify and address any issues or ambiguities. A culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and continuous improvement drives us to deliver market-leading product availability and operational excellence, and fuels our innovation. Our Supply Chain team calls for people who champion change, are customer-obsessed, data-driven, and excel at collaborating and communicating effectively - because those people can go a very long way.
Joining our team as an Imports Controller provides you with an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic and fast-paced environment, handling one of the largest transport operations in the UK. You will be supported by comprehensive training, guidance, and career development opportunities, allowing you to thrive in your role and make a tangible impact. We prioritise work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, empowering our colleagues to excel both professionally and personally.
Additionally, you will play a vital role in supporting the Operations Manager by providing necessary analysis and reports to facilitate the planning of BWS, GNFR (Goods not for re-sale) and food stock flow with internal stakeholders and external service providers. Building strong and effective relationships with various internal stakeholders, such as Logistics planning, Grocery Supply chain analyst team, 3rd Party stakeholders & commercial team, will be crucial in this role. Given the fast-paced and dynamic nature of our operations, your positive and problem-solving approach, as well as your ability to influence senior management both internally and externally, will be essential to thrive and excel in this role.
You are a highly experienced and commercially aware supply chain and logistics professional with a strong understanding of trading, global sourcing, and FMCG supply chain operations. With your strong analytical and problem-solving skills, you excel in forecasting group-wide import container arrivals and managing container storage requirements to optimise stock flow and reduce costs. Your exceptional communication skills and ability to build effective relationships allow you to collaborate with internal stakeholders, external service providers, and third-party partners to ensure smooth operations and maximise performance. With the drive for personal development and improvement, you contribute to the continuous enhancement of processes while maintaining a positive and flexible approach to work-life balance.
Able to demonstrate commercial awareness
Experience of opening shipping documentation
Understanding of Trading, Global Sourcing, Secondary and Supply Chain Operations gained in an FMCG environment
We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.