Logistics and Planning Consultant (LAP)

Job Introduction

Serco is a partner of choice to the European Institutions and other International Organisations. For the past 30 years, we have been providing European and International Organisations a wide range of services including ICT services in support, infrastructure, operations and development as well as managing different contact centres for the key European Institutions, agencies and organisations, in Brussels and across Europe.

What connects the ever-growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service –
To keep ahead, we have to evolve continually and enhance the way we deliver our services. Everyone in Serco has a role to play, here.

Serco provides the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

We are hiring a Logistics and Planning Consultant (LAP) in Brussels. 

If you like to work in a multi-cultural and dynamic environment, this opportunity can answer to your expectation.

We look forward meeting you!  Discover the offer below and click on ‘Apply’ if you know that your skillset and talents are a suitable match for this opportunity!

At Serco, we do not only offer a career but also the opportunity to join a community where everyone’s wellbeing matters, by living out the Serco values in all we do!

Role Responsibility

Are you looking to secure a career in a public sector environment? We would love to hear from you! 

As Logistics and Planning Consultant (LAP) you will be responsible for:

• Logistics process assistant in the orders follow-up and receipt
• Physical inventory management (stocks)
• Planning and creation of Field technician work orders

For the senior position:

• Expert in the logistics process of order follow-up and receipt
• Assisting and coordinating in physical inventory management (stocks) and stock balancing (3 main sites)
• Coordination of technicians with multiple technical backgrounds

Management

• Maintain correct defined inventory levels for EP products
• Develop basic reports on activities
• Participate in the drafting of operational procedures

For the senior position:

• Facilitate and steer work meetings with IC

Indicative roles in a project

• Planning coordinator
• Stock coordinator
• Small size work projects supervision ( < 3 man-days)

For the senior position:

• Planning coordinator and supervisor
• Stock management
• Mid-size work projects supervision ( >3 man-days)
• Ability to animate a site team

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Belgium and around the world.

Successful Candidate

Analysis and technical skills

• Capacity to organise delivery schedules
• Quality control of incoming IT material versus orders
• Good knowledge of the IT consumer market products
• Provide assistance in the elaboration of workload planning
• Analysis of user requests in the domain of RFC.
• Very good skills in all of the MS office applications
• ITIL V4 Foundation Certified (or where absent, a (TM-1 or FP-2) penalty may apply and the certification must be passed within 3 months after the start of the contract)

For the senior position:

• Provide expert assistance in the elaboration of workload planning
• Analysis of complex user requests.
• Very good skills in all of the MS office applications, including automation skills (VB, scripting, macro's, etc.)
• Capacity to plan mid and long term taking into account multiple constraints.
• ITIL V4 Foundation Certified (or where absent, a (TM-1 or FP-2) penalty may apply and the certification must be passed within 3 months after the start of the contract)
• ITIL Managing Across the Lifecycle Qualification

Experience

• Completed secondary education (EQF7 Level 4) and 3 years of relevant experience in indicative or similar roles or degree awarded for first cycle of higher education (min. 180 ECTS or equivalent / EQF Level 6) and 1 year of relevant experience in indicative or similar roles or degree awarded for the second cycle of higher education9 (min. 300 ECTS or equivalent / EQF Level 7) in logistics or similar related field

For the senior position:

• Completed secondary education (EQF Level 4) and 5 years of relevant experience in indicative or similar roles or degree awarded for first cycle of higher education (min. 180 ECTS or equivalent / EQF Level 6) and 3 years of relevant experience in indicative or similar roles or degree awarded for the second cycle of higher education (min. 300 ECTS or equivalent / EQF Level 7) in logistics or similar related field
• ITIL Managing Across the Lifecycle (1 year)
• Certified (< 3 years ago) in one leading market planning tool

Language and communication skills

• Fluent in both English/French both written and oral
• Ability to actively participate in a meeting

For the senior position:

• Good presentation skills
• Good reporting skills (formal project reporting)

Organisational skills

• Ability to develop simple projects in a project tool
• Team player
• Multitasking and result oriented
• Precise and meticulous
• Stress resilient

For the senior position:

• Ability to develop complex projects in a project tool
• Team player and capacity to coach junior LAP

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Important

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Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. 

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Package Description

Excellent Salary 

Corporate Benefits Package 

Relocation Assistance (if applicable)

And the chance to make a positive difference in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.

Further information available from the Serco Europe Recruitment Team

About the Company

Why should you join Serco ?

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.

Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.

A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression

Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work.

What we offer

• Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
• Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.
• Pension

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when managing complex public services.  

We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world, we are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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