Logistics Operator

Verdant Specialty Solutions LLC; Halifax; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Verdant Specialty Solutions LLC seeks a diligent Warehouse Operative to support bulk and packed materials receipt, warehousing, and despatch. You will work as part of a team to ensure safe, timely and correct handling of goods and be flexible to meet daily business needs.

Your duties include receiving, labelling, storing, picking, loading, and paperwork, plus operating the site weighbridge and forklifts in line with procedures. A proactive approach to safety and accuracy is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team and adapt to changing business needs.
• Experience using warehouse equipment and safety procedures.
• Familiarity with SAP or similar warehouse management systems.

Responsibilities

• Receive finished goods from production areas and move to warehouse, daily.
• Label and store all FG correctly; record location on SAP in a timely manner.
• Ensure all products are picked according to picking lists and report deviations.
• Prepare finished product for despatch, including relabelling or re-palletising as required.
• Load and despatch packed product per procedures; complete loading paperwork.

Skills

Forklift operation

Teamwork

Flexibility

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To provide the site with an efficient bulk and packed materials receipt, warehousing and despatch service. Working as part of a team to ensure the safe, timely and correct receipt and despatch of packed and bulk raw materials and products. Ability to be flexible within the working day to facilitate the specific business requirements.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Finished Goods

• Collect completed Finished Goods from production areas and move to warehouse, daily.
• Ensure all FG received into the warehouse are correctly labelled and stored in the warehouse, the location to be recorded on SAP in a timely manner.
• To ensure all product is picked in accordance with the information on the picking lists, any deviation from the picking list must be reported to the Warehouse Manager.
• To ensure all packed orders are ready within specified time limits and to customer specifications. Correct labelling, banding and preparation of orders as required.
• Preparation of finished product in line with customer requirements, which may include relabelling, re-palletising of product to meet customer requirements.
• Loading and despatching of packed product in accordance with company and regulatory procedures.
• Ensuring all loading paperwork is completed correctly and distributed according to the company requirements.
• Operation of the site weighbridge.
• Loading of Finished Goods Tankers in accordance with the company loading procedures.
• Sampling of bulk storage tanks during loading/packing operations as required.

Raw Materials

• Receipt of packed raw materials, packaging and purchase for re-sale goods on to site. The unloading, checking against delivery notes and correct storage of such materials.
• Ensure correct segregation of incompatible materials.
• Receipt and unloading into storage of bulk raw materials in accordance with site quality and safety systems.
• Ensure production is supplied with required raw materials in a time manner, and that empty packages, waste and scrap material are removed daily to the correct storage areas.
• Return of raw materials from plant areas and relocation into raw material storage areas and/or racking is carried out daily.
• All movements of raw materials and waste are fully documented daily and supplied to the Warehouse Manager / Raw Materials Controller

General Duties

• To ensure that fork lift trucks are regularly inspected and details of any repairs are reported to the Warehouse Manager.
• Use of counterbalance fort lift truck and Shunter as required to meet the demands of the job.
• Carry out stock taking as required
• As and when requested provide samples of product from finished goods and/or parts locations.
• To ensure all storage areas and the site surrounds are maintained in a clean and tidy condition.
• Daily completion of all required paperwork with regards to receiving, despatching, relocating of product.
• To liaise with management and outside agencies to ensure all work is carried out safely, efficiently and on time.
• Any other reasonable request.

DECISION MAKING

• Check that all packed and bulk raw materials are correct before unloading, if in doubt line management must be consulted.
• Check that product and packs are correctly labelled.
• Check that packed and bulk products are correct before loading and despatch.
• Check special instructions on orders prior to making up.