Job Title: Warehouse Operative
Name of org. department: Goods-In, Warehouse and Dispatch Dept
Location: Maldon, Essex – Office based
Salary: £22,000 per annum (plus Production Bonus)
Job type: Full-time/Permanent
About the role:
- Working directly with the Warehouse Supervisor and alongside other production staff, Materials Manager, Engineering and Quality to ensure that materials of correct quantity, specification and quality are receipted into the company, allowing production to meet agreed works order build schedule.
- Prioritise material movements in the way that production demand is always kept as highest priority, deal proactively with potential material shortages.
- Liaise with Production to ensure that scheduled material is available on the shop-floor when required.
- Work with Purchasing to ensure prompt replacement / credit of incorrect or faulty product delivered.
- Ensure non-conforming materials are reported to Quality and Purchasing Departments.
- Ensure that the MRP/ERP system is updated on a daily basis with all transactions.
- Ensure all incoming goods are receipted and delivered to the correct locations in a timely manner and where appropriate are transferred on the ERP system.
- Assist with outgoing Finished Product trailer storage and shipment, ensuring completion of necessary paperwork and system update. Maintain full details of product loaded and serial numbers where applicable. Ensure load information advised to appropriate staff for completion of outgoing paperwork.
- Assist with any third-party collections and or returned product, ensuring appropriate paperwork and system update.
- Assist with Kanban Cards and local stock replenishment. Ensuring on a daily basis that replenishment requests are flagged to Production Controller and that Kanban replenishments are delivered to the correct location.
- Liaise with the Materials Manager and assist in the Cycle counting.
- Ensuring that production departments are up to date with issues of products/parts.
Qualifications:
- Fork Lift Licence (desirable)
- Counterbalance Licence (desirable)
Professional Competence:
- Microsoft Word, Excel, experience of MRP/ERP Business software
Personal skills:
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Good communication on all levels.
- Friendly disposition.
- Self-motivated, willing and able to learn new processes and provide support as and when required across a number of functions.
- Strong leadership skills.
Benefits:
- 20 days Holiday
- 5% Employer Pension contribution
- Unlimited training opportunities
- On-site parking
- Flexible working
- Free Employee Welfare services
- Social events
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role. Please make sure to provide a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the position and your availability to commence work.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Senior Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Team Leader, Warehouse Assistant Manager, Warehouse Coordinator, Forklift Licence, Warehouse Driver, FLT Driver, Logistics Co-ordinator, Logistics Operative, Distribution Team Leader may also be considered for this role.
