Job description
As a Warehouse Operative you will utilise available planning systems to identify demand and translate this into achievable production and material plans, along with schedules that optimally balance customer service and operational cost efficiency.
You will manage material risks within the department and liaise with purchasing to achieve customer service and stock targets. You will measure, minimise, and publish expected obsolete/over stocks and champion ongoing communication with the materials/purchasing teams to ensure accurate exchange of information.
Other duties include proposing and implementing continuous improvements in the department.
Working Days/Hours: Monday to Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm after 3 months, the shift pattern will also include 1 week working 10am - 6pm every 8 weeks.
Forklift licence essential
Key Areas, Roles & Responsibilities:
- Facilitation of material flow and Co-ordinate warehouse picking.
- Maximise all waste streams and ensure maximum revenue is always recovered.
- Manage and supply Kanban levels to the desired level to minimise downtime.
- Manage all goods in activities informing people of materials and ensuring any paperwork is passed onto the relevant areas.
- Administer all customer and supplier returns effectively.
- Housekeeping Standards – Manage the 5S housekeeping for the materials department.
- Ensure the outside yard is well organised kept tidy.
- Work with all key stakeholders to drive the OTIF measure.
- Establish SOP documentation for all Material Processes.
- Identify & drive continuous improvement projects to support the business.
- The implementation and maintenance of accurate perpetual stock counting and control
Job Purpose:
To drive improvement opportunities and promote continuous improvement across site, while working with all key stakeholders and to develop and implement a strategy for material flow both inwards & outwards ensuring continuous improvement in costs and quality.
Person Specification:
- Proactive positive attitude with a desire to want to improve and do things better.
- Good interpersonal skill to be able to influence and communicate across all levels of the business.
- Good attention to detail whilst working in an organised manner, prioritising own workload effectively.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Driving License would be an advantage
- FLT licence essential.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £10.82 per hour
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Licence/Certification:
- Fork Lift Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Liam Role