Stores & Logistics Operative
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
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Job summary
Fortune Brands Innovations is seeking a Stores & Logistics Operative for our Rainham, Essex site to move, store and despatch materials efficiently. You will receive parts from the machine shop, replenish assembly areas, scan and locate stock, and support production flow across multiple departments.
The role requires accuracy, organisation and strong teamwork, with training provided for systems and processes. Forklift experience is beneficial and on-site parking is available.
Qualifications
- Willing to learn new tasks, processes and systems.
- Basic IT skills with training for used systems.
- Ability to follow instructions and complete tasks accurately.
- Organised approach to handling stock, trays and paperwork.
- Strong focus on stock and delivery accuracy.
- Effective communication across departments.
Responsibilities
- Goods receipt and storage: receive parts, verify deliveries, scan and locate items, identify discrepancies, store materials correctly.
- Stock control and organisation: maintain inventory levels, consolidate stock, monitor locations, raise discrepancies, keep storage areas tidy.
- Assembly and production support: restock assembly cells, keep lines supplied, kit assembly per Team Leader plans, maintain cleanliness of areas.
- Tray and logistics coordination: prepare and scan trays, wrap for transport, print labels, update stock counts.
- Despatch and vehicle loading: assist loading using forklifts, check shipments against documents, book deliveries, communicate across departments.
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Job description
Permanent | Perrin & Rowe | Stores & Logistics | 40 Hours Per Week | Rainham, Essex
Keep materials moving. Maintain stock accuracy. Support uninterrupted production.
We are looking for a Stores & Logistics Operative to support the accurate and efficient movement of materials, components and finished goods across our Rainham manufacturing site. You will receive and store parts, replenish assembly areas, prepare trays and help ensure finished products are despatched correctly. This role sits within our Stores & Logistics team and plays an important part in maintaining stock accuracy, supporting production flow and helping different departments work effectively together.
- Receive parts from the machine shop and external sites.
- Verify deliveries against the accompanying paperwork.
- Scan and locate trays and parts in the correct storage areas.
- Identify and escape discrepancies between deliveries and documentation.
- Store materials accurately to support efficient retrieval and use.
- Maintain accurate inventory levels through timely scanning and stock movements.
- Consolidate stock to make effective use of available storage space.
- Monitor tray and part locations to support reliable stock records.
- Escalate stock discrepancies promptly to the appropriate colleague.
- Maintain high standards of organisation and housekeeping across storage areas.
- Restock assembly cells with the purchased parts and materials required.
- Remove trays and materials that are no longer needed in assembly areas.
- Kit assembly lines in line with plans provided by the Team Leader.
- Replenish materials promptly to support uninterrupted production flow.
- Maintain cleanliness across the Assembly, Stores and Mezzanine areas.
- Prepare empty four-level trays for the following day’s despatch activity.
- Scan and wrap trays securely for transport to Shaw Road or other locations.
- Print labels and activate works orders accurately and promptly.
- Coordinate tray movements within the logistics area.
- Update stock counts accurately by scanning trays at the required stage.
- Load vehicles safely and efficiently using forklifts.
- Check outgoing shipments against despatch documentation and bookings.
- Book deliveries accurately to support planned goods movements.
- Communicate clearly across departments to support accurate and timely despatch.
- A willingness to learn new tasks, processes and systems.
- Basic IT skills, with training provided for the systems used.
- The ability to follow instructions and complete tasks accurately.
- An organised approach to handling stock, trays and paperwork.
- A strong focus on stock and delivery accuracy.
- The ability to communicate effectively with colleagues across departments.
- A commitment to maintaining safe and tidy working areas.
- A flexible approach to supporting stores, logistics and production activities.
- Experience working within stores, warehousing or logistics.
- Experience supporting a manufacturing or assembly environment.
- Experience receiving, storing or despatching goods.
- Experience using stock scanning or inventory systems.
- Experience loading vehicles using forklifts.
- Stay curious and build your knowledge of stores, logistics and manufacturing processes.
- Learn how accurate scanning and stock control support production and customer delivery.
- Identify practical opportunities to improve storage, handling and material flow.
- Collaborate with Assembly, Stores and other departments to keep materials moving.
- Share clear and timely information about stock discrepancies and supply requirements.
- Support colleagues to maintain safe, clean and organised working areas.
- Escalate stock, paperwork or delivery discrepancies promptly.
- Stop and raise concerns when a loading or handling activity cannot be completed safely.
- Take responsibility for accurate stock movements, documentation and despatch checks.
At Fortune Brands Innovations, our people are at the heart of everything we build. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career growth, because when our people thrive, so do our brands.
- Health & Wellbeing Programme, including a Health Cash Plan to help with everyday healthcare costs.
- Life Assurance & Pension Plan to support you and your loved ones.
- Annual Incentive Plan bonus structure, so you share in our success.
- Employee Assistance Programme, offering confidential support when you need it.
- Eye Care Support for frequent screen users.
- 33 days holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays, including summer and Christmas shutdowns.
- Flexible Working Model, supporting flexibility where appropriate for the role.
- Career Development: Build your future here, with opportunities to grow your assembly, product quality and manufacturing capability.
- Employee Recognition Programme, celebrating the people who make a difference.
- Refer a Friend Programme, rewarding you for helping us grow our team.
- High Street Reward Scheme, with a wide range of discounts and savings.
- Cycle2Work scheme, restrictions apply.
- Free parking on site.
- You’ll be contacted by our Talent team for an initial conversation.
- You’ll be invited to our site for an engaging 1 or 2-stage interview process.
- We’ll give you full clarity on what to expect, so you can truly shine.
- If successful, we’ll confirm your start date and welcome you to your Fortune Brands journey.
- If you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
We manage our vacancies internally, preferring direct hires and referrals. When required, we engage agencies from our Preferred Supplier List. Speculative CVs from agencies not on our Preferred Supplier List will not be considered, and no introduction fee will apply.
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