the ideal candidate: 

• Interest in a career in supply chain
• No previous experience in supply chain required, although any exposure to logistics, freight or customs would be a bonus!
• Ability to work on own initiative to prioritise own workload
• A high level of accuracy
• Comfortable working without supervision
• Excellent organisational & problem-solving skills
• Computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft, especially Excel 
• Pro-active, identifying issues as or before they arise.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet targets and deadlines.
• An open-minded approach to the role and a flexible, can do, friendly attitude. Our business is constantly changing!

about us:  

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food. 

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few… 

D&I statement:  

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities. 

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.  

Scope of the role: 

itsu [grocery] is looking for a Logistics Assistant to join its supply chain team. They will assist the supply planning team with inbound stock movements: discussing physical movements with freight forwarders & warehouses, while ensuring stock received matches purchase orders and invoices. They will also support the processing of logistics invoices: distribution, freight & customs invoices.  

This is a great entry level Supply Chain role with a broad exposure to supply planners and our suppliers. 

• Assist with container movements, coordinating with warehouses & freight forwarders
• Check & process logistics invoices: distribution, freight & customs invoices 
• Making enquiries where there are discrepancies and following up to ensure those queries are resolved
• Assisting with accruals and prepayments at period end
• Inbound freight rate, customs and lane analysis to assist with inbound planning. 
• Outbound distribution analysis and planning. 

what we offer: 

• Competitive salary & bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from home abroad 
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch 
• Discounts at major retailers
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development

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