Despatch & Logistics Operator

Puratos; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank Holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Training days in 2026

Job summary

Puratos Fourayes in the United Kingdom is seeking a Despatch Operative to join our warehouse team. You will handle receiving, storing, and distributing raw materials and finished products, operating forklifts and pump trucks to move goods, and ensuring accurate stock records.

The role offers a permanent full-time position with core hours 10:00–18:00, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. 25 days leave + Bank Holidays, plus training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience of checking in and dispatching goods in a busy environment.
• A good work ethic with excellent time keeping.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced setting, balancing the demands of multiple stakeholders.
• Effective written and verbal communication and basic mathematics.
• Flexibility and multi-tasking.
• Physically fit to work in fast-moving warehouse environments.
• Current counterbalance forklift truck license would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare goods for customer and haulier collections.
• Pick and check customer orders for out loading.
• Receive products from production and send to designated storage areas or out loading vehicles.
• Conduct daily/monthly stock checks and rotate shelf-life products.
• Input returns of packaging materials from inbound deliveries.
• Ensure accurate and signed-off distribution of packaging materials to customers.
• Maintain and file inventory records of despatch reports daily.
• Load vehicles/hauliers in the yard or warehouse despatch areas.
• Keep the warehouse, dispatch area and yard tidy with the Clean as You Go policy.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Record inbound/outbound stock correctly and send to the correct locations.
• Restock products in various chilled cold stores daily.
• Perform any ad hoc duties required by the Supervisor or Manager.

Skills

Dispatching goods

Time management

Communication

Multi-tasking

Physical endurance

Forklift license

Job description

Puratos Fourayes in the United Kingdom is seeking a Despatch Operative to join our warehouse team. You will handle receiving, storing, and distributing raw materials and finished products, operating forklifts and pump trucks to move goods, and ensuring accurate stock records.

The role offers a permanent full-time position with core hours 10:00–18:00, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. 25 days leave + Bank Holidays, plus training and development opportunities.