Supply Chain & Logistics Summer Placement 2025

Functional area: Supply Chain/Logistics

Country: UK - United Kingdom

City: Burgess Hill

Company name: Edwards Ltd

Date of posting: Nov 4, 2024

Our solutions are a key part of most industries - electronics, medical research, renewable energy, food production, infrastructure and many more. Working with us means working with the latest technologies and groundbreaking, sustainable innovations.
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Empowering people and enabling solutions for a more sustainable future
If you share our goal for achieving operational excellence in our supply chain and our commitment to shaping a sustainable future, then our Supply Chain & Logistics Summer Placement could be for you!

Our mission is to make our global supply chains meet our customer expectations, with sustainable solutions, at optimal cost. We enable our business area with logistics processes, skills, technology and data insights. Day to day we are providing effective logistics operations across the globe.

We are offering two different pathways for this role, either with a business and supply chain focus, or with a data and AI/ML focus applied to the supply chain environment.

If you have a business mindset and enjoy working with people at different levels on real projects with real responsibility, we’d love to hear from you!

What is the Supply Chain & Logistics Summer Placement?
The Vacuum Technique Business Area (VTBA) Logistics team covers three main areas of the supply chain - Warehouse Operations, Transport/Freight management and Global Supply Chain Planning. The Logistics group operates as a centrally managed enabling function to our six Divisions within VTBA. The Divisions are managed as separate businesses, but they all share the same physical logistics, warehouses and transport. There are currently five main Distribution Centres (DCs) operated by the Logistics group in North America, Belgium, China, Korea and Japan. All DCs are designed to operate similar best practice operating processes and systems.

We take pride in ensuring our business operating processes and procedures support our global mission. During this placement you will work with members of the global logistics organisation in one or more of the following:

• Support the development of new training material to support our new advanced supply chain planning system.
• Support the development of our operational and performance monitoring reports.
• Support the improvement of our inventory and forecasting processes.

Location
You will be based at our Vacuum Technique Business headquarters in Burgess Hill, Sussex, a short journey from the vibrant and diverse seaside city of Brighton and Hove.

To succeed, you will need

• To be in your penultimate year of your undergraduate degree studying a relevant subject.
• To demonstrate a passion for working in a global supply chain and logistics environment to developing business acumen.
• Professional communication skills with the ability to work with internal and external clients and stakeholders globally.

• To be organised, with a process driven mindset and methodical way of working.
• The ability to work independently and proactively.
• Drive and desire for continuous professional development.

We will also consider applications from Masters Degree students, however, please note that this is an entry level early careers role and not suitable for those with significant experience of working in Supply Chain or Logistics.

In return, we offer you
An annual salary of £24,000 pro rata, on a fixed term contract of 12 weeks. This is a development opportunity where you will have access to online learning modules and on the job technical and business training. Our Early Careers Community provides you with a network of peers in a similar stage of their careers and on-site we offer various health and wellbeing initiatives along with continuous support and coaching.

Selection process
The closing date for this role is midnight, Sunday, 8th December 2024. However, if we receive a high volume of applications we may close for applications sooner. If you’re successful in progressing to the next stage, you’ll be asked to complete an online one-way video interview. The final stage of the process will be an in-person selection day to be held in January in Burgess Hill.

Diverse by nature and inclusive by choice
Bright ideas come from all of us. The more unique perspectives we embrace, the more innovative we are. Together we build a culture where difference is valued and we share a deep sense of purpose and belonging.