Logistics Coordinator

Job #: R-00162588
Location: Bristol, GB
Category: Supply Chain
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the time
Shift: Day
Remote Type: Hybrid Remote
Clearance: UK - SC
External Referral Program: Ineligible
Sector: Commercial & International

**Description**

**Logistics Coordinator**:
**Programme Name**: LCST

**Location**: Bristol, UK

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**_Role Overview:_**

As a **Logistics Coordinator,** you will be the pivotal point of contact for the logistics team, ensuring seamless coordination across the supply chain.

You will work closely with stakeholders to facilitate smooth operations, provide critical briefs on team activities, and leverage data analysis to optimize performance and support customer decisions.

Your role will also involve planning, coordinating, and supervising key stakeholder engagement meetings, leading initiatives to enhance logístical processes, and identifying potential risks to develop robust mitigation strategies.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Stakeholder Coordination:

- Act as the primary liaison between the logistics team and various stakeholders
- Ensure smooth communication and coordination across the supply chain

Communication and Briefing:

- Provide regular updates and briefs on team activities to stakeholders
- Maintain clear and effective communication channels

Data Analysis and Decision Making:

- Utilise data analysis to make informed decisions and optimise supply chain performance
- Track trends and provide insights to inform customer decisions

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Plan, coordinate, and supervise key stakeholder engagement meetings
- Foster strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and collaboration

Process Improvement:

- Lead initiatives to continuously improve supply chain processes
- Incorporate the latest industry practices and technologies to enhance efficiency

Risk Management:

- Identify potential risks within the supply chain
- Develop and implement strategies to mitigate risks and ensure resilience

**Other Expectations**:
Project and Process Management:

- Work independently to achieve day-to-day objectives with significant impact on operational results or project deliverables
- Be responsible for entire projects or processes within a professional area.
- Coach and review the work of lower-level professionals

Complexity:

- Address problems that are unclear and may require understanding of a broader set of issues
- Develop solutions to problems and issues that require thorough analyses and understanding of domain knowledge

Communication:

- Communicate with internal and client project team members
- Influence team members regarding solution design, process, and/or approaches

Leadership and Talent Management:

- Demonstrate full understanding of concepts, principles, and industry practices within the logistics discipline
- Exhibit deep understanding of industry practices and standards

**Education and Experience**:

- Experience of working within a MOD environment and a complex matrix management structure

**Skills**:

- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in data analysis and decision-making
- Ability to lead and influence teams
- Experience in process improvement and risk management

**Clearance Requirements**:

- BPSS pre-screening to start
- Sc Clearance for the role

**Leidos UK Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...**

**What we do for you**:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
- Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

**Commitment to Diversity**:
**Who We Are**:
The **Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme** for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one versio