Administrative Assistant

Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post

United Kingdom · coventry, uk

Posted on May 1, 2026

Position: Administrative Assistant
Location: Coventry
Shift patterns: Any 5 from 7. Rotational Shifts - 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)

We are looking for a proactive and organised Administrative Assistant to join our team at a busy multi-user site in Coventry. This is a key support role, providing efficient administrative and coordination support to multiple stakeholders within a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be adaptable, confident in managing competing priorities, and committed to delivering a high standard of service to colleagues and visitors alike.

✅A TYPICAL DAY MAY INVOLVE

  • Carry out administration tasks within a team environment to achieve key site targets / KPI's / objectives
  • General Administration duties, and ensuring systems are running as expected
  • Working collaboratively with management on site to resolve issues and deliver strong results
  • Working directly with the agency provider to support with resource planning
  • Operate IT/WMS systems as required
  • Maintaining and sharing data and the data influx for site
  • Updating documents for the operation, including signing off new work instructions

✅THIS ROLE WOULD SUIT PEOPLE WHO

  • Previous Administrative experience within a Warehousing/Operational experience
  • Blueyonder Warehouse Management Systems experience is desirable
  • IT literate, with Microsoft office packages. Essential advance experience with Excel- formulas - Pivot tables- conditional formatting
  • Excellent communication skills. Confident and able to communicate to key stakeholders
  • Data driven and able to extract and prepare data
  • Able to work individually and within a team

✅WHY JOIN US?

  • Free on-site parking
  • 25 days annual leave
  • We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
  • 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 the 11th May. 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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