Logistics Operative

Electro Rent Corp; Harrow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Harrow seeks a Logistics Operative to manage outgoing orders, ensure quality and productivity, and support warehouse operations. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Excel and Outlook, be customer-oriented, and thrive in team settings. This on-site role requires effective communication and a proactive attitude towards work responsibilities. Join a company committed to innovation and excellence in service.

Qualifications

• Competent skills with Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Effective communication, both written and verbal.
• Strong customer-oriented and commercial approach.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process outgoing and incoming orders accurately and promptly.
• Maintain high levels of quality and productivity.
• Ensure work area cleanliness and organization.
• Prioritize workload and customer responses effectively.
• Communicate effectively using various methods.

Skills

Excel

Outlook

Teamwork

Pressure management

Customer orientation

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Organizational skills

Quality-oriented work

English proficiency

Job description

Overview

Company Profile: Electro Rent is a leading global provider of test and technology solutions that enable its customers to accelerate innovation and optimize investments. Electro Rent's rental, lease, sales, and asset management solutions serve industry-leading innovators in communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, education, and general electronics and have done so since 1965.

As the world's largest resource for testing and technology, we offer equipment from more than 300 brands – ensuring our customers access to equipment that fits their exact need and specifications. Electro Rent is proud to partner with the leading manufacturers who strive to deliver against the latest technologies with quality and reliability. Electro Rent Leaders Excel at Designing the Solutions that Expedite Equipment Value. When you want to move from design to delivery in less time, Electro Rent expertise is unequaled.

Business Profile

Electro Rent Europe is a leading supplier of complex components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry. With a deep understanding of test equipment life cycles and utilization, our team of test equipment specialists offer comprehensive strategies that lower the cost of test. Our team, including highly-skilled engineers, responsive customer service representatives and excellent global logistics professionals, make sure you get the right test equipment right when you need it. Electro Rent helps design an acquisition approach that helps minimize the cost of acquiring equipment, optimize its use, and maximize return after use, saving time and money at each stage.

Position Summary

The Logistics Operative will contribute to the success of Electro Rent through the quality, productivity and technical expertise provided to customers and colleagues. This role will process all outgoing orders for customers, other shipments and receive and process incoming deliveries in a timely and accurate manner according to the company policies. Cleaning, basic check and completion of incoming equipment, support other departments and fulfil other tasks or projects when assigned.

• QUALITY & PRODUCTIVITY – ensure a high level of quality and productivity
• ORDER PREPARATION – on‑time delivery of orders to a satisfactory quality and presentation level that meets the company's and customers' expectations
• HANDLING SPECIALS – ensure we deliver all customer special instructions
• EQUIPMENT – prepare equipment for the lab, maintain parts stock
• PROCESSES – maintain and update our quality, safety, and process procedures. Responsible for well documented and clear notifications to customer support

Qualifications

• Competent skills with Excel
• Competent skills with Outlook
• Ability to work within a team
• Be able to work under pressure within limited timescales
• Be customer orientated, commercial
• Have good communication skills and straight forward attitude
• Be pro‑active, take initiative, see work, take ownership, and be eager to learn
• Can work organised, accurate and clean
• Good English, written and spoken
• Precise quality‑oriented warehouse or stock related work with the appropriate planning, organization, documentation and administration responsibilities; part of a team structure

This position will be required to be onsite at our Harrow facility.

Physical Requirements

• All positions will require, to some degree, the physical abilities described below to perform the essential functions of the job
• Work the expected hours, consistently arrive at work at the agreed time and follow Company rules and guidelines regarding breaks and meal periods. This role will typically work 37.5 hours per week with additional work time as needed
• Communicate effectively, both oral and written
• Move around and through all work areas as needed, may include climbing stairs or ladders
• Lift and/or move up to 20 kilos
• Regularly sit at the assigned workstation
• Use keyboard or equivalent equipment, to access the computer
• Use hands to manipulate documents and general paperwork to view contents
• Read documents, reports, files etc.
• Communicate effectively using the telephone and email

Electro Rent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Responsibilities

• Follow, develop and maintain procedures, flowcharts, work instructions and skills/training matrix
• Ensure health & safety standards are maintained
• Ensure all outgoing and incoming shipments are processed accurately and in time, responsible for the last quality and "presentable" check before an order ships to the customer
• Always keep the work area clean and customer presentable and make sure tools and machines are maintained
• Ensuring satisfactory levels of quality and maximum levels of productivity are maintained and in balance
• Prioritise/allocate workload and customer responses, organised and in a team
• Flexibility to work additional hours in the warehouse, on‑site with customers or in one of our European Operations
• Responsible for basic incoming check, cleaning, completion and notification and documentation of damages and missing parts of incoming equipment
• Maintain stock of warehouse supplies and equipment parts