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Distribution Administrator

🏢 Adidas • 📍 Manchester, England • 🕒 Today

Salary Range

£21,000 - £25,271

£1,750 - £2,106 / mo

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Location Base

Manchester, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

To ensure all orders [customer and special handling/3rd Party] are booked in where required and dispatched in accordance with customers specifications agreed parameters whilst adhering to the adidas (UK) Limited transport policy.

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to Distribution Team Leaders and Manager where applicable.
Understand all aspects of booking in deliveries with customers in line with the adidas group transport and distribution policy.
Understand account requirements for delivery.
Ensure all aspects of delivery records are kept up to date to include business software including Manhattan and SAP and Microsoft Office based tracking reporting.
Work closely with Transport to ensure the most efficient transport solution is in place to achieve delivery in a cost-effective way.
Investigate all delivery failures, report back on findings and raise claims where applicable.
Adhere to all departmental SLA’s and targets.
Ensure any deliveries that fall out of the required trade month are reported to the team leaders.
Provide POD’s where required for internal customers upon request.
Co-ordinate collections where required.
Respond to delivery queries and discrepancies for both internal and external customers.
Ensure all weekly KPI reports are kept up to date.

Key Relationships:

Warehouse
Transport
3rd Party vas/embellishers/Transport Providers
Customer Service Team
VAS
Returns
Credit control
Inbound
Footlocker and Benelux teams
Ops Support
Purchase Order Management
Customers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Informing, Planning
Timely decision making
Functional/Technical skills
Integrity and Trust
Customer focus
Peer relationships and support
Time management

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

Good PC Skills and intermediate level of Microsoft Office suite in particular Excel.
Knowledge of SAP, Manhattan, IC and Assist would be an advantage
Good communication skills
Ability to work on own initiative

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

JOB TITLE:

Distribution Administrator

BRAND:

adidas

LOCATION:

Manchester

TEAM:

Supply Chain Management

STATE:

MAN

COUNTRY/REGION:

CONTRACT TYPE: