Senior Warehouse Operator

ADM; Whetsted; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in nutrition is seeking a Senior Warehouse Operator in Whetsted to oversee warehouse operations, ensuring quality and compliance with safety standards. This role provides guidance to the team and supports inventory management, storage, and dispatch activities. Ideal candidates will possess forklift truck experience, strong IT skills, and a commitment to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Forklift truck experience specifically with Reach Truck is essential.
• Strong IT skills required for handling inventory systems.
• Experience with stock control and maintaining inventory accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee receiving, storage, and dispatching of goods.
• Maintain inventory accuracy to at least 98%.
• Train and support warehouse staff to meet operational standards.

Skills

Forklift Truck experience – Reach Truck

Information Technology literacy (IT)

Stock control experience

Literacy and numeracy skills

Excellent communication skills

High attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Self-motivated

Job description

Job Description

Your Responsibilities

The Senior Warehouse Operator plays a key role in the efficient running of warehouse operations, ensuring all goods are received, stored, and dispatched in a timely manner while also in compliance with company procedures and FSSC 22000 food safety standards. This role provides guidance to warehouse staff, ensuring that all activities uphold safety, quality, and traceability requirements. This role also provides support to the warehouse supervisor.

• Assisting with unloading of vehicles, receiving in goods and inspecting them to company set standards.
• Ensure all materials and finished products are correctly labelled, stored, and rotated according to FIFO and FEFO principles.
• Schedule based Picking of both Customer and Production orders from the warehouse ready for packing / processing.
• Packing Customer orders ready for shipping to an exceptional standard.
• Daily Inventory counting and location checks.
• Preserves safe and clean work environment by ensuring hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained in all storage and loading areas (5S principles).
• Complying to company procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Enforcing inventory controls to assist a minimum of 98% Stock accuracy.
• Using a PC and a handheld scanner to input data in order to maintain inventory levels.
• Communicating with other departments within the business.
• Support Cycle Counts and reconciliation.
• KPIs maintenance
• Provide guidance, training, and support to warehouse operatives to ensure tasks are completed to standard.
• Oversee daily warehouse activities including goods-in, storage, stock control, and dispatching when the warehouse supervisor is absent from the area.
• Any other duties as required by your manager or company director.

Your Profile

• Forklift Truck experience – Reach Truck specifically
• Information Technology literacy (IT)
• Stock control experience
• Literacy and numeracy skills
• Enthusiastic and hardworking individual with a focus on providing the best possible service.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with others both internally and externally.
• High attention to detail in producing a quality output and able to maintain this when under pressure.
• Presentable, with excellent communication skills.
• Works well under pressure – flexible and able to prioritise on variety of tasks.
• Can work on one’s own initiative – self-motivated.
• Desire to find solutions to problems.
• Energised and upbeat.

#IncludingYou

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

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About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at