Logistics Support Manager (Telecoms)

Logistics Support Manager (Telecoms)

Location

Milton Keynes, GB

Department Name

Route ServicesAbout Network Rail

Vacancy type: Permanent, 35 hours per week, Hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or part time hours.

Location: Flexible, London, Manchester or Milton Keynes 

Closing date: 4th October 2024

Interviews will take place W/C 28th October, these will be held Virtually

Band & Salary: 3B 

We’re an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions. 

We offer excellent benefits, including:

???? Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.

✨ Defined benefit pension scheme.

???? 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.

???? Up to 75% off leisure travel.

????️ Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.

???? Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.

???? Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

????️ Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.

❤ Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.

???? We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

Plus, more…. 

We are proud to be recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for the third year in a row.

Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country’s economic prosperity. Safety is our number one priority.  

We’re undertaking an ambitious change. Our vision is Putting Passengers First – becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users. As one of the UK’s leading equal opportunities employers, our values and the way we behave is important to us and we have created an environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution. We have seven employee networks that provide fantastic support, opportunities and development for applicants from all backgrounds. Click here for more information 

Brief Description

The railway has seen nearly 200 years of technology and innovation that has transformed how we provide services to passengers and freight customers. Technology is continuing to transform the railway industry. Imagine an exciting environment where Digital, Data, and Technology (DDaT) are not just buzzwords but the driving force behind every operation, every decision, and every solution. As part of the DDaT directorate, you have a unique opportunity to enable our customers and industry partner with modern and transformative technology. From the day-to-day IT operations that keeps a national railway running, to the extensive delivery programmes that our helping to reshape the railway – we are at the forefront of all of it. We operate with a talented and passionate workforce, fostering empowered individuals and teams who understand that technology is not just a tool – it’s the catalyst for progress, especially in an ever-demanding industry where change is a constant.

Get ready to embark on a journey where your skills will not just be utilised; they’ll be honed and expanded. You’re not just joining a team; you’re becoming part of a collective force helping to build and operate a railway fit for the next 200 years!

About the role (External)

Implement a national telecom stores and spares capability with efficient supply chain management and manage the provision of logistic support, resource planning and administration to meet the demands of all Telecoms maintenance, repair, project build and assurance commitments.

What will you be doing?

• Develop and drive the national telecoms Logistic Support Team to plan the resources required for all current and future work schedules, in order to effectively support project build and fault/fix activities.
• Establish an efficient national stores and spares capability, in order to support the ongoing maintenance, repair and assurance of all telecom assets.
• Plan and manage an audit cycle of all nationwide facilities used for storing telecoms equipment, in order to identify improvements and embed best practice, confirm compliance to Telecoms Materials Standard and improve safety, efficiency and stock availability.
• Review and monitor the replenishment of stock levels through analysis of accurate stores data, to forecast demand in order to deliver the required equipment/materials to the most appropriate location.
• Manage the liaison with the Network Management Centre (NMC) and other Network Rail Telecom staff to participate in break/fix activities so that parts are sent where required and all associated records are updated.
• Manage the provision of Safe Systems of Work Packs for all maintenance, repair and project activity and conduct regular safety audits, in order that all packs and associated documentation remain fit for purpose and meet current safety standards.
• Manage the national database of assets issued to the preferred maintainer and analyse the regional reports in order to co-ordinate the distribution of spares to best support maintenance activities.
• Control, develop, and maintain a data-based plan to eradicate obsolete stock which will, maintain an accurate view of national stock quantities and run rates in order to identify and reduce slow moving/redundant stock and provide impact assessments to the telecoms obsolescence review board.
• Collaborate with all relevant teams across Network Rail and provide technical advice to identify appropriate repair agents, improve turnaround of repairable items and maximise equipment availability.

How to apply (External)

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of stock control and supply chain management
• Customer focused with experience in the telecoms or railway industry
• Experience in stakeholder management
• Experience managing stores
• Experience writing and maintaining material procedures
• Experience maintaining material data at a high level of accuracy.
• Experience using best practice storage and monitoring tools and techniques (including, but not limited to Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software)
• Experience maintaining spares and material records
• Familiar with governance techniques including reporting on performance and performance review meetings

Desirable

• Experience managing a team
• Experience taking part in break fix scenarios

We are committed to a diverse workplace enriched with representation from diverse cultures, backgrounds and skills. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can thrive. We recognise that the success of the team is dependent on a multi-cultural, multi-disciplined group of individuals, aligned to deliver successful solutions.

At Network Rail, we have a number of employee networks to reflect our diverse population and help to raise issues to the wider workforce and support their membership and support our Everybody Matters strategy, led by our central Diversity & Inclusion team. We have Diversity & Inclusion Champions who take part and lead on many activities, to drive through more initiatives to support an inclusive environment for all its people and promote a professional and positive working environment. For more information on Diversity & Inclusion at Network Rail, please follow this link

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