Operations Support Operative

Unipart; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including bank holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Unipart is recruiting an Operations Support Operative for our Doncaster site at Trax Park. You will help maintain stock integrity, collaborate with Operations teams and support daily warehouse activities to keep goods moving accurately.

You will investigate returns, shortages, non-conforming receipts and ensure processes align with stock control procedures. The role requires attention to detail, good IT skills and a proactive, team-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced warehouse and distribution environment with high accuracy and diligence.
• Self-motivated and organised, able to meet deadlines with good communication skills.
• Ability to interrogate data and make meaningful decisions.
• Ability to plan and prioritise activities and work to timelines.
• Team player who can adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong understanding of WMS systems.
• Confident IT skills including Microsoft and Google applications.
• MHE licence or willingness to be trained.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and analyse product returns, including processing of internal returns and stock transfer orders.
• Assist in the investigation of customer reported shortages.
• Investigate and process non-conforming receipts.
• Collaborate with the Operations teams to maintain stock integrity.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Attention to detail

Data analysis

IT skills

WMS knowledge

MHE licence willingness

Tools

WMS software

MHE usage

Forklift handling

Job description

Operations Support Operative

Location: Trax Park, Doncaster

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week, 10.00-18.00 Monday to Friday

Salary: £27,024 plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme

About the Role

We're looking for an Operations Support Operative to join our team in Doncaster. You'll play a key part in maintaining stock integrity, working closely with the wider Operations teams to ensure a joined-up approach.

As part of your key responsibilities, you'll:

• Investigate and analyse product returns, including the processing of internal returns and stock transfer orders
• Assist in the investigation of customer reported shortages
• Investigate and process non-conforming receipts
• Work closely with the Operations teams to ensure a joined-up approach to maintaining stock integrity

About You

• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced warehouse and distribution environment, with the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and diligence
• Self-motivated and organised, able to meet deadlines, with good communication skills
• The ability to interrogate data and make meaningful decisions
• A track record of working to agreed timelines, with the ability to plan and prioritise activities
• A team player who is able to flex and react to ever-changing situations
• A good understanding of WMS systems
• Confident IT skills, including the use of Microsoft and Google applications
• An MHE licence, or a willingness to be trained in the use of MHE
• A good standard of education is desirable but not essential

About Unipart

We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers' supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it's your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you 'you' - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.

You may have experience in the following:

• Warehouse operative
• Returns operative
• Returns processing
• Stock control
• Inventory control
• Stock integrity
• Goods in
• Distribution operative
• Logistics operative
• Operations support
• WMS
• MHE
• Forklift
• Data analysis