Enable job alerts via email!

Logistics Operator

AkzoNobel

Wales

On-site

GBP 24,000 - 30,000

Full time

3 days ago
Be an early applicant

Job summary

A leading coatings company based in Deeside is seeking a Logistics Operative to ensure smooth site logistics operations. Responsibilities include storage, handling, and dispatch of materials while adhering to safety and customer service standards. Ideal candidates have GCSEs, a valid Forklift Truck license, and experience in logistics. Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and flexible working options offered.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Income protection and life assurance
Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centres
Flexible benefits including Gymflex
Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

  • Demonstrable understanding of logistics operations.
  • Knowledge of HSE&S regulations, including Carriage of Dangerous Goods.
  • Comfortable handling hazardous substances.

Responsibilities

  • Store goods safely in both warehouse and compound areas.
  • Pick customer orders accurately from pick lists.
  • Load and unload delivery vehicles.

Skills

Understanding of logistics operations
Effective communication skills
Strong customer focus
Detail-oriented
Numerate and capable of presenting data

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

Tools

Forklift Truck

Job description

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

Logistics Operative
Deeside
£competitive salary plus shift allowance and benefits


We encourage you to apply if you have relevant experience and expertise for this role, even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed in the job description.


At AkzoNobel, we’ve been pioneering a world of possibilities to bring surfaces to life for well over 200 years. As experts in making coatings, there’s a good chance you’re never more than a few meters away from one of our products. Our world-class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and committed to becoming the global industry leader in sustainable paints and coatings.

Job Purpose
As a Logistics Operative, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and safe operation of site logistics—overseeing the storage, handling, and dispatch of materials in accordance with our standards for customer service, health and safety, environmental compliance, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
• Store goods safely in both warehouse and compound areas
• Pick customer orders accurately from pick lists
• Load and unload delivery vehicles
• Assisting Production in varied tasks EG Decanting products.
• Stock rotating
• 5s

• Prioritise workload to ensure delivery deadlines and KPIs are met
• Deliver and support best practice standards
• Assist with stock checks and cycle counting activities
• Ensure correct segregation of waste streams
• Manage parcel deliveries to and from office areas
• Support in developing and reviewing SOPs and risk assessments
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised working environment, including audits, stock segregation, and rotation
• Manage returnable IBCs
• Participate in daily tier meetings and contribute to housekeeping and 5S practices
• Support Production with tasks such as decanting and loading


Job Requirements
• GCSEs including Maths and English
• Valid Forklift Truck license
• Demonstrable understanding of logistics operations
• Knowledge of HSE&S regulations, including Carriage of Dangerous Goods
• Comfortable handling hazardous substances
• Numerate and capable of working with and presenting data
• Effective communication skills across operational teams
• Strong customer focus and team collaboration
• Experience with paints or chemicals is advantageous
• Familiarity with AkzoNobel’s company values and behaviours

What Sets You Apart
• Proactive and committed to maintaining a safe, efficient, and well-organised workplace
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality and service
• Eager to contribute to continuous improvement and high performance

What We Offer at AkzoNobel
We offer excellent personal development opportunities and roles with depth, breadth, and real impact. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Income protection and life assurance
• Staff discount at Dulux Decorator Centres
• Company pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Product discounts
• Flexible benefits including Gymflex, dental cover, retail cards, and more

We support a healthy work-life balance and promote mental wellbeing. Flexible working options may be considered for this role.


Join a company that’s been inventing the future for over two centuries—apply now and help shape what’s next.

#LI-LB1

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID:48196

Get your free, confidential resume review.
or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.