Job description
Warehouse Operative - up to £24,000 per annual
Job Summary and Primary Responsibilities
Initiates, maintains, and compiles records associated with ordering, receiving, storing, issuing, and shipping materials, supplies, and equipment. Packages and prepares products and merchandise for final shipment and posts weights and shipping charges. Prepares and maintains records of merchandise shipped. Reviews customer orders, examines, stocks and distributes merchandise, products and materials in distribution center.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Compares nomenclature, stock numbers, and other listed information on packing slips to verify accuracy of purchase orders and shipping orders.
- Compiles and performs data entry tasks to maintain inventory, purchasing, shipping, and other records; uses data sources such as contracts, purchase orders, invoices, requisitions, etc.
- Ensures accurate inventory computations against physical count of stock; adjusts errors, documents discrepancies, and implements corrective action.
- Compiles and maintains manual or computerized records such as material inventory, in-process production reports, and status of material locations.
- Prepares all necessary shipping documentation and ensure that shipments are tracked to destination; may manage distribution of loan sets to and from hospitals.
- Packages materials and equipment ensuring that shipping documentation is accurate and materials are protected adequately for shipment; determines most efficient and economical routing and mode of transportation.
- Initiates and facilitates investigations into causes of misdirected shipments, damage or shortages in shipments or overcharges in freight cost.
- Assists developing processes and procedures for inventory, receiving, shipping, and administrative responsibilities to improve cost and efficiencies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills / Capabilities
- Strong proficiency with MS Office software, document management software and ability to navigating the Internet.
- Possesses interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person