Supply Chain Operations Assistant

Supply Chain Operations Assistant

Contract: 6 Months Fixed-Term Contract

Working Hours: Monday to Saturday with a day off during the week.

Nottingham Support Office

Recruitment Partner: Olivia Wilson

About the role

Our Global Transport and Customs function are looking for someone to join our working on the customs operation for trailers moving from the UK to our stores in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

Key responsibilities

• Global Transport and Customs is a centre of excellence for all things customs and international transport. We serve several of our business units including Boots Boots Ireland No7 Beauty Company and International Retail.

• This role is based in our ROI Team and has a dual function being the UK exporter and Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland importer.

• The role will be a pivotal part of making sure our customer offer is available to all our customers in both Northern and Southern Ireland

• Complete customs declarations through our in-house platforms

• Work closely with our haulier to ensure declaration references are provided on time for ferry sailings

What youll need to have

• Our friendly and open team will provide all training you need to be successful in the role but to give you a big head start you will need:

• You must be passionate about supply chain or customs

• Experience of working with others as a team to ensure non-negotiable deadlines are met

• Clear and concise communication skills as you will need to engage with our external partners and agencies like Revenue or HMRC

• Great attention to detail getting a customs declaration accurate is a key performance indicator

• Experience of working in Excel

• You must be able to move around among a variety of tasks and priorities depending on what needs to ship first

It would be great if you also have

• Knowledge of international transport

• Experience in processing customs declaration

• Excel skills including pivot tables and look ups

• Experience of working cross functionally engaging with multiple business stakeholders
  

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday discounted gym membership life assurance activity passes and much more.

• Access to free 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at Exclusions may apply eligible roles only. Please note any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots with you we change for the better.

Whats next

Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.