Warehouse Assistant

STARK Building Materials UK; Minster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

STARK Building Materials UK is seeking a passionate Warehouse Operative in Openshaw, Manchester. This role involves customer interaction, stock management, and ensuring health and safety in a friendly and collaborative work environment. If you have a background in warehousing and forklift operations, apply today!

Benefits

Competitive Basic Salary in line with UK Living Wage

Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) with Legal & General

Life Assurance from day one

WorkPerks discounts platform

Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App

Employee Discount

Refer a Friend scheme

Qualifications

• Previous Counter Balance Forklift experience required.
• Previous Warehousing/Forklift experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers and prepare orders.
• Load/unload vehicles using Forklift Truck.
• Maintain stock levels and carry out regular stock counts.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Strong organisational skills

Health and safety focus

Job description

Are you based in the Openshaw, Manchester area?

Do you have a passion for working with people?

Do you Warehousing or Yard experience?

Do you have Counter Balance Forklift experience?

Minster is a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for a Warehouse Operative, who is as passionate about great service as we are.

Hours - Monday to Friday 7am-5pm

Minster, 11 Whitworth Street, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 2NJ

Key Responsibilities

• Welcome customers to the branch and take an active interest in their projects
• Get to know our product lines so you can offer advice and help to customers, making the most of all customer interactions in line with our Jewson Values
• Help to prepare customer orders, load and unload customer and supplier vehicles using a Forklift Truck to minimise manual handling (training will be provided)
• Check incoming deliveries and report missing or damaged products
• Maintain stock levels in both the shop and yard areas, carrying out regular stock counts
• Keep the branch looking clean and tidy, to make a great first impression on our customers
• Make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Basic Salary in line with UK Living Wage
• Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General
• Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
• WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
• Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Discount
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks
• New Reward and Recognition programme
  
  

Required Skills And Experience

• Previous Warehousing/Forklift experience preferred
• Previous Counter Balance Forklift experience required
• Building Material's movements desirable
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work accordingly
• Strong communication skills
• Confident working both indoors and outdoors
• A health and safety focus
• Comfortable in a role involving extensive manual handling of bulky items
  
  

About Us

At Minster, we're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!