Export Warehouse Operative

Walker's Shortbread; Elgin; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker's Shortbread is seeking an Export Warehouse Operative for their Elgin team. This permanent role involves receiving and storing goods, operating forklifts, and preparing customer orders while emphasizing teamwork and attention to detail. Enjoy various perks like employee discounts and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

25% employee discount

Auto-enrolment into pension scheme after 3 months

Life Assurance

Generous holiday allowance

Subsidised employee canteen services

Healthcare benefits, including eligibility for Bupa

Long Service Awards

Family/Maternity/Paternity leave

Qualifications

• Good level of physical fitness is essential.
• Must be a team player with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Receive and store finished goods according to company guidelines.
• Drive forklifts and handle pallets safely.
• Prepare customer orders accurately and ensure stock rotation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Numeracy

Positive work ethic

Job description

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Export Warehouse Operative to join our Elgin team.

Your main focus will be receiving and storing all of our finished goods in line with our Company guidelines. This is a permanent role, working 38 hours a week (8am - 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8am - 2.30pm Friday or 6am - 2.30pm Monday to Thursday and 6am - 12.30pm Friday).

You will also be:

- Driving forklifts (following training), including carrying out daily forklift safety checks and reporting defects when needed

- Handling pallets and individual cases of products with care

- Racking and de-racking pallets of products using our Warehouse Management System (WMS)

- Preparing customer orders accurately, taking time and care to build products in a safe and stable manner and ensuring any special customer requirements are met

- Ensuring stock is correctly rotated

- Loading and unloading trailers and containers

- Carrying out stock checks

- Completing paperwork accurately and efficiently

- Ensuring good housekeeping and health and safety at all times, maintaining safe working practises and carrying out cleaning tasks when needed

- Carrying out any other tasks as required

The type of person we are looking for:

- Is a team player, able to work well individually and with colleagues to reach a shared goal

- Has high levels of attention to detail

- Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

- Is highly numerate

- Shows a positive work ethic

You will be on your feet for the majority of your shift so a good level of physical fitness is essential.

Why Join Us:

Bake your career at Walker’s and become a part of “Scotland at its Finest”. We value our team and reward hard work and dedication with:

• 25% employee discount when purchasing our product from our own shops
• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme after 3 months
• Life Assurance
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with length of service
• Subsidised employee canteen services
• Healthcare and Well-being benefits, including eligibility for Bupa
• Long Service Awards
• Family/Maternity/Paternity leave

About Us

Our people have always been at the heart of everything we do, and without them, we couldn't be Scotland at it's finest. Proving good, reliable employment to our local community has been at the core of Walker's values sine the very beginning. We are committed to Equal Opportunities for all, proudly a Disability Confident and Young Person's Guarantee employer. We can't wait to have you as part of our team.