Distribution Centre Operative

ScS Upholstery plc; Coventry; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading upholstery company in Coventry is seeking a Distribution Centre Operative to join their dynamic team. Your role involves managing stock in a fast-paced environment, loading/unloading furniture, and ensuring customer orders are delivered in showroom condition. Ideal candidates are team players with good communication skills and a focus on customer satisfaction. The position offers a competitive salary, holiday benefits, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

33 days holidays including bank holidays

Employee benefits platform with discounts

Colleague discount

Career progression opportunities

Enhanced leave options

Employee Assistance Programme

24/7 Virtual GP access

Pension scheme

Life assurance benefits

Qualifications

• Must be a team player with a commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Experience in similar roles is a plus but willingness to learn is critical.
• Good physical fitness is necessary for manual tasks.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload furniture from delivery vehicles.
• Process orders in the in-house systems.
• Prepare outbound orders for delivery.
• Handle and store furniture and carpets in the warehouse.
• Conduct quality inspections of goods.
• Maintain cleanliness of the distribution centre.
• Adhere to health and safety regulations.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to follow processes and procedures

Strives for high customer satisfaction

Physically fit for manual handling

Hard working

Team player

Experience in a warehouse environment

Job description

Distribution Centre Operative

Department: Distribution

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Coventry Distribution Centre

Compensation: £25,396 / year

Description

Love working as part of a team?

We think you’d love it at ScS. Come and join the ScS team as a Distribution Centre Operative.

What’s the opportunity?

As part of the distribution team, you’ll work with a great bunch of people with one simple aim…to get our customer’s orders to them by managing the stock in and out of the warehouse and making sure it’ll be in showroom condition when it’s placed in our customer’s homes.

What does the role involve?

• Work with the delivery teams to load and unload furniture onto our modern fleet of vehicles
• Processing orders on our in-house systems
• Prepare outbound orders for delivery to customer’s homes
• Assist with the moving, handling and storage of furniture and carpets within the warehouse
• Undertake quality inspections when needed, identifying any issues and working with the right teams to make sure the goods are delivered to customers homes in the best condition
• Working in the distribution centre to make sure it’s clean and tidy
• Ensure that health and safety regulations are followed at all times

Who are we looking for?

If you’re all about working as part of a team, helping and supporting to make sure our customers receive their product in perfect condition then you could be brilliant for the role.

Distribution Centre Operative experience can sometimes help, but personality and the ability to learn new skills is more important.

We’re looking for someone with the following qualities:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow process and procedures
• Strives to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction
• Physically fit and able to undertake manual handling as this role involves heavy lifting
• Hard working
• Team player
• Experience in a warehouse environment (desirable)

What’s in it for you?

• Basic salary of £25,369
• 33 days holidays including bank holidays
• Employee benefits platform – access to 100s of high street discounts and more – holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more!
• Colleague Discount
• Career progression
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme – to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics
• Virtual GP – Access to a GP service 24/7
• Salary finance scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Death in Service
• Life assurance