Warehouse SME

Warehouse SME

Are you able to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives within warehouse operations to enhance efficiency and performance? Are you experienced in collaborating with 3PL partners to optimise logistics processes and resolve capacity-related challenges? Are you comfortable providing strategic guidance and support to senior leadership in addressing warehouse-related risks and ensuring smooth operational flow?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as our next Warehouse SME (Subject Matter Expert) here at Hinkley Point C!

The Opportunity

The Warehouse SME plays a critical role in driving operational excellence by embedding warehousing expertise across EDF’s operations in collaboration with its 3PL partner. This position will lead the charge in identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities, working closely with the 3PL CI lead to deliver tangible results.

Beyond improvement initiatives, the Warehouse SME will serve as a key advisor, offering strategic guidance to address warehouse-related risks and challenges, such as capacity optimisation and storage solutions. By proactively unblocking these obstacles, the SME ensures seamless operations. Ultimately, this role empowers EDF Energy to make well-informed decisions that support the efficient and timely execution of its work scope.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a salary range of £60,000 - £70,000 and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you will be doing

The role focuses on delivering expertise and actionable insights to enhance warehouse operations, working closely with 3PL partners to define and implement optimisation initiatives. By collaborating with the Logistics Analyst, the role ensures performance is continuously monitored and improvement opportunities are identified. Partnering with the 3PL CI Lead, the position drives initiatives to streamline processes, while supporting Logistics Capacity Leads in addressing capacity constraints. Additionally, it fosters close collaboration with 3PL counterparts to refine and execute these initiatives, ensuring alignment across teams. A key aspect of the role is working with the Construction team to integrate warehouse processes seamlessly with Final Mile operations, driving efficiency and cohesion across the supply chain. Additional responsibilities include:

• Oversee the day-to-day execution of logistics services, ensuring alignment with performance standards set by Logistics leadership.
• Contribute to the development of leadership KPIs, enabling clear communication and alignment of performance objectives.
• Provide strategic guidance on maintaining metrics and analysing data to evaluate performance and recommend enhancements.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks to logistics operations, such as capacity challenges, to ensure smooth workflows.
• Collaborate with the 3PL Partner to define continuous improvement initiatives and support the Senior Logistics Operations Manager in developing actionable CI plans.
• Conduct detailed reviews of logistics processes and recommend updates to enhance efficiency.
• Offer expert guidance to address and resolve warehouse-related risks and issues, including capacity optimisation initiatives like storage solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement by proactively adopting best practices and integrating lessons learned into operations.
• Foster collaboration with Programme teams and industry partners, ensuring a consistent and transparent approach.
• Uphold the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate information, safeguarding it against unauthorised access, modification, or destruction.

Who you are

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for you have a delivery-focused mindset with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams. With a strong grasp of logistics management, engineering, procurement, and construction methods in a UK context, you also bring expertise in logistics risk analysis. Your analytical and numerical skills support informed decision-making, and you excel at building relationships both internally and externally. You ensure the timely delivery of accurate logistics reports to guide strategic decisions and are adept at understanding how changes or decisions impact project delivery. Additional requirements for this role include:

• Extensive expertise in warehouse and logistics operations, offering valuable insights into operational needs.
• Deep knowledge and experience in logistics functions, including inventory management, supply chain planning, and transport management.
• Process-oriented with a strong understanding of leading practices for warehouse operations.
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Skilled at communicating complex issues and unique insights clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical senior audiences.
• Excellent organisational and time management capabilities.
• Collaborative team player, adept at working across organisational boundaries to achieve shared success.

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for you to hold a degree or equivalent industry experience, along with expertise in Warehouse and Logistics Operations solutions, such as WMS (Warehouse Management Systems). Your ability to manage the implementation and successful delivery of complex projects using these tools will be critical. You should have a proven track record of supporting teams to maximise their performance and experience working in large, integrated teams throughout the full project lifecycle. Your proficiency with risk management tools like ARM and your skill in presenting complex information to senior executives and stakeholders will set you up for success in this role.

Applications for this role close: Sunday 8th December

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