THE OPPORTUNITY

Main Responsibilities:

  • Loading & Unloading Various Size and Type Vehicles/Pallets
  • Picking Boxes and Pallets ready for dispatch
  • Moving pallets of Raw Material into the Print Preparation Room
  • Receipt of FGS from finishing departments
  • Using various IT systems to electronically receipt and issue both raw materials, consumables and finished goods.
  • Assist the warehouse manager in ensuring accurate stock levels are maintained.
  • Using IT equipment to print labels and pallet labels.
  • Empty bins of waste into compactor / open top bins
  • General housekeeping including tidying up of the department.
  • Tidying yard when instructed to do so.
  • Liaising with Planning manager, TOP Team, and suppliers to ensure board requirements are called off and delivered on time including calling off material from external storage locations.
  • Assisting in annual stock checks
  • Tracking Raw Material Purchase orders that are placed, ensuring all loads are booked in for delivery in time for production.
  • Producing delivery notes and picklists for FGS dispatches to UK and EU
  • Carrying out stock investigations when they arise and correcting any failings that are discovered.
  • Organizing the collection and changeovers for waste material open top and compactor bins for paper/Wood recycling.
  • Any other duties as instructed by the Warehouse Manager
  • To comply with all business management system requirements

Skills and Attributes: 

  • Minimum 3 years Warehouse Experience
  • Valid Counterbalance Forklift truck licence
  • Willing and able to work well within both a team and as an individual
  • Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and work under strict timescales
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure
  • Confident and enthusiastic with a desire to learn and develop through continuous training
  • Experience of working with Information Management Systems and associated IT hardware advantageous
  • Good communication skills
  • Experience of working within an environment which adheres to various accreditations advantageous
  • Able to show a high degree of initiative and flexibility
  • Desired experience of working within a manufacturing warehouse environment

Benefits for the Warehouse Operative include: 

  • Competitive Salary DOE
  • 25 days holiday entitlement + 8 Statutory Bank Holiday allowance
  • 20% Shift Premium Payable when on the night shift
  • 15% Shift Premium Payable between 6pm-10pm
  • Overtime available, paid at x1.5 standard hourly rate
  • Company Workplace Pension
  • Onsite Parking
  • Long Service Award
  • Death in Service
  • Salary Benefits Program including :- Car Salary Sacrifice/ Cycle to Work/ Employee Discounts
  • Recruitment Referral Program
  • Annual Health Assessments