Business Support Specialist

**Business Support Assistant**

Do you have experience within an Operational Support role for within a logistics, supply chain or warehouse environment?

Are you passionate about the detail and working with data?

Could you be a key player in our Operational team supporting us to open and embed our new site as well as continue to help us shape the performance of the site as we continue to grow?

**About you**

You will share our passion for the fast-paced environment of Warehousing and have experience in supporting the operation within an administrative capacity. As our Business Support Specialist you will provides administrative support to the operation, including day-to-day tasks, procurement of consumables, and management of data related to operational activities. The role may also involve supporting agency partnerships for temporary staffing—particularly in coordinating process audits and ensuring adherence to service level agreements.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Welcomes internal and external visitors, provides telephone reception, ensures the interface between the head office and the site.
- Support the team to maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation on operational procedures, SOPs and training trackers.
- Schedule and minute operational meetings
- Participates in the reporting of warehouse performance indicators (staff, invoicing, budget, etc.), prepares reports, identifies discrepancies, and proposes areas for improvement.
- Support reporting activities which may include daily headcount tracking, productivity dashboards, absence data, and shift summaries
- Maintains site data and figures to support the Site General Manager in the budget construction and forecast control.
- Management of the allocation of Purchase Order Numbers for site invoices
- Take ownership of purchase order requests and follow up on goods receipt confirmation for warehouse consumables and services.
- Where appropriate supports the monitoring of Quality, Security, Safety and Environment commitments on the site and ensures the organization of the workplace in accordance with Good Quality Practices and 5S.
- Provides administrative support in relation to site audit procedures, including preparation and review.
- Help manage site compliance documentation, such as audit prep materials, inspection reports, or health & safety records. - Support site and local engagement activities

**Skills & Experience Required**:

- **Extensive experience in administrative and operational support**, ideally within a logistics, supply chain, or warehouse environment, with a proven track record of driving process improvements and operational efficiency.
- **Strong analytical and reporting capabilities,**with the ability to interpret complex data sets, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
- **Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, and optimizing standard operating procedures (SOPs)**and training documentation to support continuous improvement and compliance.
- **Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite,**particularly Excel (pivot tables, dashboards, data modeling), PowerPoint (executive-level presentations), and SharePoint or Teams for collaboration and document management.
- **Proven ability to manage procurement processes,**including vendor coordination, purchase order lifecycle management, and budget tracking.
- **Experience supporting audits and compliance initiatives**, including internal and external inspections, with a strong understanding of quality, safety, and regulatory standards (e.g., 5S, GxP, ISO).
- **Strong stakeholder management and communication skills**, with the ability to liaise effectively across departments, including operations, HR, finance, and external staffing agencies.

**About Us**:
ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group with a presence in 18 countries, representing more than 8.0 million square meters of warehousing facilities in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, with 38,000 employees. With a client portfolio balanced between retail, industry, detail picking, healthcare and e-commerce sectors, ID Logistics is characterised by offers involving a high level of technology.

We have been growing for more than 20 years, with an ethos of everyone being united and where innovation is constant. We have a demanding job to do, and we must move fast while being rigorous and precise.

We launched our UK business in June 2023, our first unit growing and relocating to accommodate the significant business growth. We are now getting ready to launch our 2nd site in Leeds. This really is an exciting time to join the UK team, to support creating its solid foundations for a promising future.

Operational excellence is one of the founding values of ID Logistics and each employee contributes to it: all your ideas, we will listen to them, and all your past experiences will enrich us.

**This is a full-time on-site position based from Leeds typically working 8:30am