Despatch Operative

Monday-Friday 10.00am - 6.00pm (£11.50ph)

Reporting to Warehouse Supervisor 　

Before applying, please ensure you:

• have experience using a PPT electric pallet truck (License)(essential)
• DRIVING LICENSE due to rural area.

Summary

Receives, stores, and distributes raw materials and finished products within the business. Drives petrol, diesel or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment, or material by performing the following duties.

Work Environment

The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibrations. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The environment worked in mainly is chilled constantly.

Physical Demands

This is a physical demanding role, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms however, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties and responsibilities

Include the following: other duties may be assigned; the details below are not exhaustive.

• Reads and prepares the goods for customers and hauliers collection.
• Pick and Check customer orders as required to out load.
• Receiving of product from production then sending to the designated areas of storage or for out loading vehicle collections.
• Stock check daily/monthly and rotation of shelf-life products.
• Input Returns of packaging materials daily of each customer or product from inbound deliveries.
• Outload packaging materials information correctly checked and signed off when distributed to customers daily.
• Physically fit to work in a fast-moving chilled warehouse environment.
• Prepares despatch documentation, also maintains, and files inventory records of old and new despatch reports daily.
• Loading of vehicles/ hauliers in the yard or warehouse despatch areas around the business.
• Clean as you go policy - ensure yard is always clean.
• contribute and engage in continuous improvement initiatives relevant to JD tasks / duties.
• Ensure inbound /outbound stock is recorded correctly as well as sent to the correct locations given.
• Stock check and restocking.
• Must be Pro-active, use initiative and have good communication skills
• Any ADHOC duties required by the Supervisor or Manager.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Education and/or experience

• 2 years previous experience in a chilled warehouse environment

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, desirable but not essential.

Language and Computer Skills

Ability to read and understand fluent English.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.　

Company Benefits

• Company events
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme