Crop Protection Storekeeper

JR United Kingdom; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company is seeking a Crop Protection Storekeeper for their Topcliffe site, focusing on safety and compliance in a high-paced environment. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and a proactive approach to management and operations. The role comes with several benefits, opportunities for career development, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus options for additional days

Dedicated learning & development support

Employee Assistance Program

Enhanced family leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme

Pension plan with employer contributions

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free eye test vouchers

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Proven experience of working in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.

Responsibilities

• Running the store and site to COMAH, BASIS, and Frontier policies.
• Conducting daily and quarterly stock audits.
• Assisting in the investigation and resolution of stock discrepancies.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Job description

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We are looking for a Crop Protection Storekeeper to join the Frontier team, based at Topcliffe, on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will be running a lower tier COMAH crop protection store, ensuring a customer first approach is always maintained and that all Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental standards are upheld.

The Benefits

• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Womens network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Use of initiative to manage time and workload
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally
• A flexible approach to working hours specifically in peak periods
• Proven experience of working in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work towards deadlines
• Ability to communicate with impact at every level
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Your Role

As a Crop Protection Storekeeper your role will involve:

• Running the store and site to COMAH, BASIS and Frontier policies and procedures
• Managing goods in unloading, booking in and correct storage of all incoming products
• Organising order collation picking, wrapping and loading of orders on to vehicles
• Conducting daily and quarterly stock audits
• Assisting in the investigation and resolution of stock discrepancies in an efficient manner
• Ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately to assist in COMAH compliance
• Safe operation of company forklift trucks
• Assisting the Site Management to deliver all company policies and procedures in relation to Health and Safety
• Ensuring that the Company Health and Safety objectives for your area of responsibility are met
• Assisting the Site Management to deliver company target on annual Health and Safety audit
• Ensuring high levels of housekeeping are always maintained, including the safe disposal of waste spillage
• Reporting deficiencies in safe systems of work, procedures, controls, work practices etc to the Line Manager including undesired circumstance and near miss reporting
• Any other duties as reasonably requested by management

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.

We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer First and Expertise or ICE. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.