Resource Planning Assistant

Are you ready to kick-start your career?

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Resource Assistant to join our team in Avonmouth, supporting one of our new business wins! As a Resource Assistant, you will be supporting the planning manager. You will focus on both short and long-term planning of core staffing and temporary agency volumes.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £36,000.00 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Assist in creating and maintaining shift schedules and training plans for warehouse staff.
• Analyse operational data to forecast resource needs and identify trends.
• Produce management information reports to support planning decisions.
• Communicate with warehouse teams and stakeholders to align on staffing and operation charges
• Support the implementation of planning tools, systems and assist with continuous improvement related to warehouse efficiency

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Excellent attention to detail with a strong proficiency in excel and other office applications
• Experience within resource planning, ideally within a fast-paced logistics environment
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.