Senior Planner
Hybrid
Hatfield, United Kingdom
Freelance
31-03-2025
Job Specifications
Senior Planner | Hybrid | Hatfield – two days a week in Hatfield Head Office
Fixed-Term-Contract
Here at Ocado Logistics, it’s our mission to provide an outstanding customer experience for our partners, developing ground-breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate, and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world - changing the way the world shops, for good.
We are the beating heart of our UK business and comprise a network of cutting-edge warehouses and offices across the country that ensure that we optimise the experience and use our proprietary technology across the supply chain to deliver an exceptional shopping experience. At the same time, delivering bags of possibilities for our employees and a career that will ensure no two days are ever the same.
About the role
We wouldn’t be able to positively impact the way the world shops without our passionate team members - who keep our business running, our operations optimised, and our customers happy. To support this, we now have an opportunity for a Senior Planner to join the team.
As a Senior Planner, you will be responsible for using tooling provided to maintain data reporting and produce data-led actionable insights for a variety of stakeholders in the Logistics area. You will play a key role in planning and forecasting, ensuring operational efficiency and continuous improvement.
As a Senior Planner, you will:
Prepare mid-to-long-term future plans in line with forecasted demand targets and available capacities.
Monitor and track sales predictions and assess how operational constraints are affecting them.
Provide reporting and data-based decision-making support to various stakeholders in Logistics and other business areas.
Drive the improvement of selected KPIs through analysis of trends and root cause analysis.
Contribute to key cross-departmental projects, presenting results to relevant stakeholders.
Coordinate resources between various Planning functions.
Fulfil operational requests from different stakeholders.
Occasionally visit different Customer Fulfillment Centre sites across the UK.
About you – Requirements to be considered:
Excellent communication skills as the role includes daily interaction with Logistics management and other internal/external customers.
Proven experience as a Planner, ideally within a logistics function.
Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills (essential).
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (essential).
Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; preferred experience with QGIS, VBA, SQL.
Ability to work quickly and accurately while organizing workloads to meet deadlines.
Commercially savvy with a keen eye for detail.
Ability to collaborate with other departments in operationally critical activities (essential).
What we offer you:
At Ocado, we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. You’ll find a safe and collaborative atmosphere as well as an award-winning recognition programme and benefits package that includes a healthy work-life balance, extensive healthcare coverage, competitive salaries, and exclusive employee discounts.
Including:
Flexible Work: Enjoy 30 days of 'work from anywhere' policy for a balanced life.
Wellbeing Support: Access dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme for holistic well-being.
Generous Leave: Begin with 25 days, growing to 27 after 5 years, with an option to buy more.
Pension Plan: Secure your future with our pension scheme, featuring up to 7% employer contribution matching.
Private Medical Cover: Rest easy with comprehensive private medical insurance.
Family-Friendly Policies: We support your family with maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, and paternity leave.
Financial Aid: Get interest-free train tickets and join our Cycle to Work Scheme.
Shuttle Services: Convenient free shuttle buses connect you to work.
Share Schemes: Join exciting share plans to participate in our success.
Shopping Perks: Enjoy a 15% discount on Ocado.com and savings at popular retailers and restaurants.
Financial Protection: We offer Income Protection and Life Assurance for financial security.
Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, or union membership status.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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About the Company
Here at Ocado Logistics, our people, technology and customers work side by side supporting the amazing communities we serve. Thousands of orders leave our state-of-the-art Customer Fulfilment Centres every day. Can you help us ensure they all arrive safely? Whether you're planning or packing, delivering projects or driving an LGV, we're all in it together - not afraid to roll up our sleeves (robots included) and get stuck in. Know more
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