Position Snapshot

Nestle UK&I

Deep Sea Export Team Leader

York

Salary up to £35,000 DOE + excellent companywide benefits

This is a Monday to Friday role, 37 hours a week

Position Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Supply Chain team at York as a Deep-Sea Export Team Leader.

 
Nestlé SA is the world’s leading health, wellness and nutrition company, with over seven thousand employees in the UK and Ireland alone across the 19 sites of all our business. We are proud to produce some of Britain’s best loved brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Go Cat and Shreddies. Around 95% of UK households consume our brands and more than two billion Nestlé products are sold in the UK every year.

 
We are one of the UK and Ireland's food industry’s major exporters, exporting in excess of £260m worth of products every year to almost 100 countries around the world.

 
Our supply chain really is at the heart of our entire business, the success of Nestle relies on its ability to effectively manage our hugely complex operation. We possess one of the most sophisticated value chains from farm to fork, putting the consumer at the heart of everything we do.
 

A day in the life of...

Your role will be to lead and support a team of Deep-Sea Export Shippers and ensure the full operational execution of the deep-sea shipping export process. Ensuring compliance with all local and international legislation. You’ll be responsible for planning and supporting the development and training of the team to create a best in class, sustainable value adding function.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

•    Manage and execute a smooth and safe daily freight forwarding operation by advising and coaching team members in documentation processes for all deep-sea exports. 
•    Lead and coach team to instil a customer service mindset into everything we do.
•    Manage communication and information flow between specialist agencies, Government bodies and HMRC (SGS, Bureau Veritas, CDN, DEFRA Port Health Authorities, HMRC and their agents, Veterinary officers, French Milk Certification) to ensure Nestle UK's compliance with all Deep-Sea requirements.
•    Ensure accurate and timely export documentation provided to the deep-sea markets to allow their smooth importation at destination
•    Develop the understanding of commodity codes and their impact on export declarations within the team in order to avoid any costs which may be imposed thereby maintaining the reputation of Nestle UK with HMRC.
•    Lead the team on both transport and documentation, ensuring they are at their best and up to date with any changes to regulation/legislation, whilst also finding ways to improve team efficiency.
•    Oversee the electronic declaration process of Nestle UK's export declarations, managing any escalated issues
•    To resolve any escalated issues from the team to maintain supply of loads from all Nestle facilities
 

What will make you successful

We are looking for a driven, self motivated individual that is comfortable leading a team as well as working with stakeholders both internally and externally. The successful candidate will ideally have a background in logistics or DSP and can demonstrate knowledge of international trade practices and procedure.

•   Proven ability to lead and develop a team
•    A customer service mindset
•    Knowledge of Windows systems and preferably SAP
•    Experience of international shipping and BREXIT legislation would be beneficial

This is a great opportunity to work within a talented and dedicated team, in what will be a challenging role. In return, we will offer you all the support and guidance necessary to succeed in this role.
 

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is 16/03/2022

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers.  That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process.  Be yourself, everyone else is taken!