Warehouse Operative

Finsbury Food Group; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a Warehouse Operative to join the Lees Warehouse Team in Scotland. You will help ensure smooth daily operations, loading/unloading, stock handling, and order picking to support fast-moving confectionery production.

Ideal candidates will have warehouse experience, be comfortable with handheld scanners and stock control, and maintain high health and safety standards in a busy environment. Full training available; forklift license desirable.

Qualifications

• Previous warehouse or logistics experience.
• Comfortable with handheld scanners and stock control.
• Confident with numbers and warehouse systems.
• Health & safety conscious and diligent.

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading vehicles efficiently and safely.
• Physically handling and scanning stock/materials using handheld scanners.
• Putting stock away and updating relevant system.
• Picking stock for work orders and processing goods from pick lists.
• Completing accurate paperwork to match goods picked and delivered.
• Maintaining accurate stock levels and traceability.
• Ensuring proper stock rotation and upholding GMP standards.
• Prioritising and promoting Health & Safety compliance at all times.

Skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Health & safety conscious

Flexible

Adaptable

Reliable

Good communication

Forklift license

Tools

Infor M3

Job description

Shift: 06:45-15:15 Monday to Thursday, 08:00-15:30 Friday

Hourly Rate: £13.95

We have an opportunity for a Warehouse Operative to join our Warehouse Team at Lees, part of the Finsbury Food Group.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the food service channel. Lees, a household Scottish brand, has been crafting iconic confectionery and meringues since 1931. Our snowballs, teacakes, and meringues are more than just sweets -they'reedible nostalgia, woven into the fabric of Scottish culture.

This is what you'll actually do!

In this role,you’rebe at the heart of our warehouse operation, helping to ensure everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Loading and unloading vehicles efficiently and safely
• Physically handling and scanning stock/materials using handheld scanners
• Putting stock away and updating relevant system
• Picking stock for work orders and processing goods from pick lists
• Completingaccuratepaperwork to match goods picked and delivered
• Maintainingaccuratestock levels and traceability
• Ensuring proper stock rotation and upholding GMP standards
• Prioritising andpromoting Health & Safety compliance at all times

Ideally this is you!

• Valid Forklift Truck and PPT licence is desired butnot essential as training can be provided
• Previousexperience in a warehouse orlogisticsenvironment
• Confident working with numbers and systems such as Infor M3
• Reliable, flexible, anda strong teamplayer
• High attention to detail - accuracy with stock and paperwork is key
• Health & Safety conscious, with a commitment to safe working practices
• Willingness to adapt to different tasks and support across the team
• Keeping your work area clean, tidy, and safeat all times.

What's in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral - T&Cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength.