Skilled Operational Partner

John Lewis & Partners; Norwich; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

John Lewis & Partners in Norwich is seeking a Warehouse Operative to support all Partnership channels by handling stock entering and leaving the warehouse. You will unload and load stock, accurately record deliveries, move stock around the warehouse and prepare stock for deliveries, all with a strong emphasis on health and safety and heavy lifting.

You will take pride in stock presentation, deliver excellent customer service, seek ways to reduce waste and support continuous improvement in the

Qualifications

• Communication skills – including telephone, verbal and written.
• Understanding of Google Suite/Programmes.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership for stock presentation received through the supply chain to ensure products reach our customers in perfect condition.
• Consistently promote and deliver outstanding customer service.
• Looking for opportunities to reduce wastage and therefore protect our profits.
• Promoting and sharing continuous improvement opportunities within the Customer Delivery Hub.
• Demonstrating a clean, tidy and safe working environment and adhering to legal compliance.

Skills

Communication skills

Google Suite

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

About The Role

Due to working time regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply. You will be responsible for ensuring the warehouse supports all the Partnership channels by handling stock coming in and being sent out of the warehouse. Performing tasks of unloading and loading stock, accurately recording deliveries into the warehouse, moving stock around the warehouse and collecting stock for deliveries. All these tasks are to be performed in a safe manner with an awareness of individual responsibility for health and safety at all times. Please note that this role involves heavy lifting.

About The Role

Due to working time regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply. You will be responsible for ensuring the warehouse supports all the Partnership channels by handling stock coming in and being sent out of the warehouse. Performing tasks of unloading and loading stock, accurately recording deliveries into the warehouse, moving stock around the warehouse and collecting stock for deliveries. All these tasks are to be performed in a safe manner with an awareness of individual responsibility for health and safety at all times. Please note that this role involves heavy lifting.

Key Responsibilities

• Taking ownership for stock presentation received through the supply chain to ensure products reach our customers in perfect condition.
• Consistently promote and deliver outstanding customer service.
• Looking for opportunities to reduce wastage and therefore protect our profits.
• Promoting and sharing continuous improvement opportunities within the Customer Delivery Hub.
• Demonstrating a clean, tidy and safe working environment and adhering to legal compliance.

Essential skills/experience you'll need

• Communication skills – including telephone skills, verbal and written.
• Understanding of Google Suite/Programmes.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Category B manual UK driving licence (no more than 6 points).
• Previous Warehousing experience.
• Previous Customer Service experience.

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.