Warehouse Operative

Scott Bader Co Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global manufacturer in the UK is seeking a Warehouse Operative to ensure the safe and efficient movement of goods. Responsibilities include preparing goods for packing, operating forklifts, and supporting stock management. Candidates should have logistics experience, teamwork skills, and a strong commitment to quality. The position offers competitive pay, pension contributions, private medical insurance, and additional benefits like annual leave and volunteering opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Annual leave

Volunteering day

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a logistics, warehouse, or stores environment.
• Commitment to high-quality standards and adaptability.
• Hands-on experience with deliveries and dispatch operations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare finished goods for packing and despatch.
• Support effective stock management and participate in stocktaking.
• Safely operate forklifts and complete documentation accurately.

Skills

Logistics experience

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Tools

Counterbalance forklift

VNA forklift

Job description

Overview

As our new Warehouse Operative, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and accurate movement of goods across the Scott Bader site. You’ll handle both finished products and raw materials using counterbalance and VNA forklift trucks, supporting smooth and reliable warehouse operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare finished goods for packing and despatch, ensuring accurate wrapping and timely system updates.
• Support effective stock management by taking part in regular stocktaking activities.
• Safely operate counterbalance and VNA forklift trucks in line with company policies and compliance standards.
• Complete all warehouse documentation and system transactions accurately and on time.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and Responsible Care in line with Company and legislative requirements (e.g. COSHH, HSE).

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a logistics, warehouse, or stores environment.
• A commitment to high-quality standards, with a positive attitude and flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.
• Hands‑on experience coordinating deliveries and dispatch operations.
• Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and efficiently to achieve shared goals.

What’s in it for me

• A competitive salary alongside inclusion into our company bonus scheme. Our Group Staff Bonus & Profit Performance Pay scheme reinforces the Scott Bader principle of working together for a common goal and sharing in our successes.
• Enhanced employer pension contribution whereby Scott Bader will contribute a maximum of 2x your contribution, up to a maximum of 10%.
• Private medical insurance alongside a host of further discounts and employee benefit schemes.
• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays – We also offer the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 day’s annual leave in case you need a couple of extra days.
• We offer all our employees one full day per year to complete volunteering work of your choice which is fully paid. Alongside this, if you are thinking about fundraising for your favourite charity or local community event, we will happily match the funds that you have raised up to a maximum of £1000 in any one year.
• Our Head Office sits within 44 acres of Northamptonshire countryside, nestled within the village of Wollaston. Access to free onsite car parking, electric car charging points, discounted cafeteria and even an onsite swimming pool.

Who are Scott Bader?

Scott Bader is an employee‑owned global manufacturer of advanced composites, structural adhesives and functional polymers. Established in 1921, we have a century of expertise in manufacturing high‑quality, innovative products for a variety of markets around the world. Scott Bader now employs 800 people across 7 manufacturing sites and 18 offices worldwide.

We are committed to expanding our global reach, with recent ventures including North America, India, Japan and Australia, while continuing to build on our reputation for innovation, outstanding quality and technical expertise.

Scott Bader is different to most other companies. Our business is based on the simple principle of maintaining a balance between our social purpose and business needs. In 1951 we became the first UK company to hold a Common Ownership Certificate when the Bader family handed over their shares to The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited – in simple terms, this means that Scott Bader colleagues own and are responsible for the success and overall wellbeing of the company.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our aim is to create an environment that is welcoming to all people, and ensures we treat each other and customers with respect. We appreciate different and fresh ways of thinking, encouraging innovation where colleagues feel they can express their views freely, and create a working atmosphere in which everyone is able to deliver a high‑quality service.