Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Role Overview

To set up, control and manage the effective utilisation of labour throughout JD's Distribution Centre Derby to ensure service & costs are efficient throughout the year.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Set up a framework to continuously review & improve the management of labour across sites
• Ensure adequate trained, labour resource pools are available at all times
• Create models to enable short term and long term planning and quick 'what if scenarios'
• Manipulate sales and volume plans from across various parts of the business and transpose these into useful information for the DC Mgmt Team
• Ensure Internal Mgmt fully understand both the resource requirements & capabilities
• Manage the relationship with any external agency / labour providers and ensure any potential capability risks are managed accordingly
• Ensure resource plans are aligned to DC system capability and any future expansion plans
• Regularly monitor actual data and understand / incorporate changes into the labour plan
• Ensure peak trading season labour build is managed in a controlled manner whilst ensuring any over staffing is minimised where possible in the build up
• Devise and manage external labour providers KPI's and ensure value for money at all times
• Produce Management information for both internal and external parties in line with business / project requirements
• To provide full support where necessary for any DC projects requiring stock, resource of planning information, through analysis of data etc.
• Setup reporting and monitoring of colleague performance, liaising with operational management
• To undertake any other reasonable duties in line with the needs of the business

Values/Behaviours

• Integrity - Consistently demonstrates integrity and high standards of work; Acts professionally with an honest and fair approach
• Teamwork - Communicates effectively at all levels; Responds to internal / external customer needs in a timely and effective manner; Works collaboratively, showing respect to colleagues at all times
• Entrepreneurial approach - Is bold and passionate about the organisation, its products, services and its people; Experiments, takes risks and makes it happen; If there's a better way, find it
• Accountability - Is responsible for their actions; Takes ownership of decisions and outcomes

Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed:

• Ability to work under own initiative
• Resilient and tenacious
• Excellent modelling skills and the ability to effectively communicate the plan
• Ability to analyse and interpret statistical information.
• Ability to prioritise work efficiently to set up and achieve measurable targets and work within set budgets.
• Commercial experience of distribution centre processes and work flow or a similar environment
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) and influence the operational teams.
• Ability to problem-solve
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work to deadlines and to work under pressure
• Excellent computer literacy including Word, Power point and advanced Excel skills e.g. modelling etc.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking
• Holiday Allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• up to 50% Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation, depending on level of role
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Health plans – Depending on level of role
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.