Recycling Centre Operative

Wells & Co.; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Bestway Healthcare is seeking a Recycling Centre Operative within the Inventory Team to handle daily, weekly, and monthly stock tasks, ensuring availability and high inventory accuracy across the operation.

The role involves receiving totes, resolving stock discrepancies, processing orders, and supporting stock control activities. It offers cross-training exposure and rotating shift patterns to cover early and late hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast paced warehouse environment preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with digitized handheld picking scanner and stock accounting scanners in an asset.
• Good communication and ability to work as a team is advantageous.
• Physical ability to lift and move heavy objects as needed.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and warehouse processes.

Responsibilities

• Complete all allocated DCTs accurately and timely ensuring all subsequent KPIs are filled in.
• Police site stocks, positively challenging / reporting anything out of location.
• Carry out product recall tasks, timely and accurately to ensure required measures to control risk to patient safety are upheld.
• Support and encourage team members as required to ensure the success of the overall department performance.
• Ensure stock accuracy of inventory levels.
• Ensure all in-stocks remain available for sale.
• Facilitate the correct order of stock FEFO (First Expiry First Out).
• Timely investigation and response to customer complaints.
• Confident and accurate communication with various departments & levels.

Skills

Fast-paced warehouse

Handheld scanner

Communication skills

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Tools

Stock scanning devices

Job description

As a Recycling Centre Operative within the Inventory Team, you will be responsible for carrying out daily, weekly, and monthly core inventory tasks to ensure stock availability is maintained and inventory accuracy remains at a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Receiving and checking totes delivered to the Recycling Centre.
• Investigating and resolving stock exceptions and discrepancies.
• Picking, packing, and processing customer orders accurately and efficiently.
• Supporting stock control activities to maintain accurate inventory records.
• Conduct regular stock counts and inventory checks.
• Complete expiry date reviews and ensure stock is managed appropriately.
• Facilitate correct stock rotation using FEFO (First Expiry First Out) principles.
• Facilitate correct stock rotation of unprocessed inventory using FIFO (First In First Out) principles.
• Maintain high levels of stock accuracy and support inventory control processes.
• Adhering to health, safety, and operational standards at all times.

This role offers the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of inventory operations through cross-training and exposure to multiple areas within the Inventory Team.

Working Hours Rotating shift pattern Week 1 - 6:00- 14:30 Week 2 12:00-20:30pm (Inc 30 minute break)

Main Responsibility

• Complete all allocated DCTs accurately and timely ensuring all subsequent KPIs are filled in.
• Police site stocks, positively challenging / reporting anything out of location
• Carry out product recall tasks, timely and accurately to ensure required measures to control risk to patient safety are upheld.
• Support and encourage team members as required to ensure the success of the overall department performance.
• Ensure stock accuracy of inventory levels
• Ensure all "in-stocks" remain available for sale
• Facilitate the correct order of stock FEFO (First Expiry First Out)
• Timely investigation and response to customer complaints
• Confident and accurate communication with various departments & levels

Key knowledge and skills required

• Previous experience in fast paced warehouse environment preferred but not required
• Familiarity with digitized handheld picking scanner and stock accounting scanners in an asset
• Good communication and ability to work as a team is advantageous
• Physical ability to lift and move heavy objects as needed
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and warehouse processes

Problem solving & Change

• Addressing discrepancies between physical inventory and system records
• Resolving issues related to pick errors or damaged product
• Troubleshooting pick issues and scanner issues.
• Adapting to new technologies and software updates to warehouse Operations
• Embracing continuous improvement initiatives to streamline warehouse processes

With the purpose of improving the lives of our patients and customers, Bestway Healthcare supports communities across the United Kingdom and Ireland through an extensive network of community pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesale depots.

Our wholesale business unit operates two pharmaceutical wholesale brands, Lexon and Bestway Medhub which combined support over 5,000 independent community pharmacy contractors, processing over 100m packs of medication every year making us the 4th largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in the United Kingdom. Our wholesale business unit also operates a leading appliance wholesaler, Wardle's, a generic supplier Key Pharmaceuticals. We operate from 4 distribution centres with a fleet of vans delivering to independent pharmacies & directly to the most vulnerable patients every day.

Bestway Healthcare is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.