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Must be able to build basic excel models to evaluate financial and operational impact of options * Familiar with end-to-end logistics processes and cost, capacity and productivity drivers, including Collection and Delivery, Transport and Under-the-roof activities * Experience in managing operational trials and measuring operational impact * Strong communication skills, able to focus on key messages and explain complex concepts in an understandable way * Familiarity with operational reporting metrics and dashboards Nice to have * Experience in operations research, time and motion, layout design and operational process design * Experience in building business cases for operational improvements and investment cases Personal Specification * Objective, analytical and data-driven * Self-starter, motivated and driven to make meaningful improvements * Creative, innovative, inquisitive and challenging * Collaborative, able to engage with operational staff and other stakeholders to understand challenges, develop ideas and test possible solutions * Thorough, diligent, honest and open * Structured and able to break down complex deliverables into manageable steps * Comfortable with ambiguity, able to use scenario analysis and estimates when reliable data is not available * Clear communicator, willing to challenge the status quo and equally happy to receive challenge and feedback ## Description As DX grow the business and develop new services, we aim to maximise the combined value of our Divisions and build a flexible operating model which supports interoperability to efficiently offer the best possible service to our customers while ensuring control and consistency and minimising overall cost. 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