RDC Co-Ordinator

Pay Rate: £30,519.01

Grade: O

Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)

Shift patterns: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:00 (Flexibility required as 06:00 - 17:00

Location: Dartford , DA1 5FD

Ready to take the next step in your logistics career?

At DHL Supply Chain, we're looking for a proactive and highly organised RDC Coordinator to support the smooth running of our warehouse and transport operation. Working closely with the First Line Managers (FLMs) and Site Manager, you'll play a key role in driving operational efficiency, maintaining compliance, and ensuring excellent service delivery for our customers. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced coordinator who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys balancing administration, operational planning, and team support.

✅ What You'll Be Doing

As an RDC Coordinator, your responsibilities will include:
  • Supporting the Shift Manager and FLMs in delivering a safe, efficient, and compliant operation
  • Managing the day-to-day administration of both warehouse and transport activities
  • Coordinating operational tasks to ensure targets, KPIs, and customer expectations are met
  • Supporting the accurate and timely fulfilment of customer orders
  • Booking and monitoring supplier delivery slots and maintaining delivery schedules
  • Ensuring company procedures, policies, and compliance standards are consistently followed
  • Producing and maintaining operational reports and performance data
  • Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and service levels
  • Building positive working relationships across operational teams and key stakeholders

✅ What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

Essential

  • Previous experience in an Administration or Coordinator role
  • Advanced IT skills, particularly within Microsoft Excel
  • Experience using Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
  • Strong analytical and numerical abilities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively
Desirable
  • Inventory management experience
  • Experience within a warehouse, logistics, or distribution environment
✅WHY JOIN US?
  • Free parking
  • Non contractual Yearly Bonus payment
  • 25 days annual leave + 8 BH
  • Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
  • Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
  • Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
  • Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
  • Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more
✅WHO WE ARE We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

✅BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.

As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 6th July . Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date.

To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.

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