Manufacturing Logistics Services Analyst

As a trusted partner to the UK Ministry of Defence, our client is seeking a Manufacturing Logistics Services Analyst to support a major, group wide Digital Transformation programme. This role sits at the heart of the IMPACT initiative, modernising how manufacturing and logistics services operate across the organisation. The programme focuses on upgrading SAP ERP from ECC6 to S/4HANA, driving process alignment, standardisation, and improved ways of working across the group.

Key Responsibilities:
I supported the UK Manufacturing IMPACT core team during preparation for an S/4HANA ERP implementation, working closely with the Logistics Services SME to ensure logistics processes, data, and warehouse readiness were aligned for migration.

• Supported the Logistics Services SME across all preparation activities for the S/4HANA ERP upgrade
• Documented current state (AS IS) manufacturing logistics processes and contributed to future state (TO BE) process design
• Completed gap analysis between existing processes and S/4HANA requirements
• Led master data cleansing activities, including correcting incomplete records, removing duplicates, and validating storage locations and bins
• Resolved transactional data issues, aligning system stock with physical inventory and closing obsolete or incorrect records
• Supported data mapping and transformation activities, including migration mapping documentation and identification of new mandatory S/4HANA fields
• Assisted in defining data migration inclusion and exclusion rules for logistics services objects
• Supported warehouse organisational structure definitions and physical labelling and identification activities
• Coordinated and tracked progress of stock inventory checks across North and South locations
• Supported testing preparation and execution, ensuring test scripts and data readiness, and contributed to risk, issue, and dependency identification

What do you need?:
I worked within a manufacturing and logistics environment, supporting ERP transformation activities through strong analytical capability, process documentation, and data management, with exposure to SAP based systems including S/4HANA.

• Gained hands-on experience in manufacturing logistics, supply chain, and operational environments
• Supported large-scale system transformation and ERP implementation initiatives
• Worked with ERP systems, with exposure to SAP and S/4HANA environments
• Applied strong analytical and problem-solving skills to data, process, and system challenges
• Documented end to end business and logistics processes to support system readiness
• Supported logistics-related functions including inventory management, warehousing, and production supply
• Contributed to data migration, data cleansing, and data governance activities
• Supported SAP S/4HANA logistics areas, with exposure to modules such as EWM and TM
• Assisted in managing data quality and migration requirements for ERP upgrades

What happens now?
If your application meets the initial selection criteria, a member of our talent acquisition team will contact you via email to arrange a structured screening call. This conversation will explore your experience, technical background, and suitability for the role in more detail.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.

More about the role:
For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.

This role is based at our client's headquarters in Stevenage, a key location for missile operations. The site offers excellent transportation links, an onsite gym, and a coffee shop.

This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility, one of the North West's leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years. The facility offers showers and bike racks and is near the motorway, with a petrol station outside. Amenities like an onsite canteen.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.