Logistics Assistant (undergraduate placement starting July 2023) - Burton on Trent, UK

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Pirelli is an international group with a global brand presence, and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high performance tyres. Pirelli Tyres Ltd is the company responsible for all of the Pirelli Tyre related operations in the UK. For more information please visit www.pirelli.co.uk

A 12-month placement is available within the Logistics Department working within a small, dynamic, professional and enterprising team.

Main duties include:
Provide administrative support on the entire UK Logistics operations, accurately raising purchase orders to enable payment of warehousing, distribution and transportation invoices through SAP

Providing support in monitoring costs and Logistics projects, aimed at proposing cost efficiency

Preparation and maintenance of the Logistics Key Performance Indicators (KPI) dashboard and statistics (On Time Delivery, On Time Loading/Unloading, Export saturation, No. of Discrepancies, …)

Liaise with our Marketing & Commercial Dept. to monitor customers’ distribution service level over the entire UK territory, and managing the premium channel availability statistics

Liaise with our Quality dept. to monitor non-conformances from all delivery destinations and warehouses

Liaise with our Italian HQ, together with international transport suppliers, to assist the invoicing process, CMRs and Logistics KPIs

Provide direction, guidance and full support to 3rd parties to ensure clarity of requirements in order to achieve the deliverables

Provide support to ensure stocks are aligned between Pirelli system and the 3PL.

Assisting in the audit of the Finished Goods Warehouses twice yearly in Burton and Carlisle

Liaise with our Finance dept. in order to monitor & ensure accuracy of accounting of purchase orders and to assist with month end accruals.

Assist with projects & problem solving within the operational team and provide ad-hoc assistance when required

Our requirements:
Studying for a business related degree
Good organisational, analytical, team working and entrepreneurial skills.
Ability to work independently using initiative in a fast-paced pressurised and target driven, environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and Power Point essential
A full clean driving licence is desirable

Benefits include:
33 days holiday per year (inclusive of bank hols)

Pension scheme with linked life insurance

Employee discount scheme

Employee assistance programme

Discounted tyre vouchers