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Inbound Destination Operations Manager
Location: Dublin or Reading
Reporting to: Inbound Operations Manager
Our Inboundteams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the bestspecialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.
You will be managing freight operations from a defined origin region to all destination markets.
What You’ll Get
The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first.
Some of our benefits are:
What You’ll Do:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team Can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.
Apply to be part of our future and we’ll help you develop yours.
If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.
Job ID: 112628BR
Location: Dublin or Reading
Reporting to: Inbound Operations Manager
Our Inboundteams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the bestspecialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.
You will be managing freight operations from a defined origin region to all destination markets.
What You’ll Get
The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first.
Some of our benefits are:
- 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
- Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
- Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices
What You’ll Do:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
- Manage the performance of the inbound supply chain freight operation from a defined regional area to all destination markets across Europe and US.
- Managing multiple service providers across all modes of transportation aka freight including ocean, air, rail and road (3PL and 4PL)
- Delivering operational change across all relevant service providers as Primark rolls out its new direct freight procurement model with multiple contracted partners.
- Managing performance and operational relationships at key account manager level across UK, Europe and Asia
- Delivering business intelligence and consistent, timely and effective management information to the business aimed at driving efficiency and cost saving
- Finding and delivering any continuous improvement initiatives and opportunities.
- Own and maintain standard operating procedures across all modes of operation.
- To design and transform performance KPI’s enabling to drive Primark service providers performance
- Own and monitor the agreed KPIs both internal and external ensuring we maintain the highest level of OTIF performance
- Lead all operational reviews with all relevant service providers which could be weekly/monthly/quarterly
- Manage your part of the overall operating budget, (sea, air, road & rail) through controlling the efficient spend of standard costs and managing all exceptional costs such as demurrage, detention and storage.
- Working seamlessly with the destinations operations manager when shipments are available for delivery to final destination depot
What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
- Experience working in a retail or FMCG focused head office environment highly desirable
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)
- Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
- Ability to review and design new process that will deliver beneficial change
- Strong operational experience within a Global freight operationsenvironment with a minimum 3 - 5 years in a relevant field
- Excellent and up to date knowledge of global shipping networks and lead-times
- Excellent knowledge of international transportation processes eg: shipping line booking process, airfreight pricing models and all associated documentation
- A proven track record in improving performance within previous operations that you have managed
- Excellent planning skills and be able to think months ahead of time.
- Experience of large multi-site / network operations
Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team Can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.
Apply to be part of our future and we’ll help you develop yours.
If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.
Job ID: 112628BR
