Warehouse Operative

Bensons for Beds; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the bed retail sector is seeking Warehouse Operatives for immediate starts in Greater London. Successful candidates will be responsible for unloading, storing, and loading stock, primarily heavy items like mattresses and bed frames. The role requires teamwork, self-motivation, and adherence to safety standards. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including employee discounts and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Employee discount scheme

Medicash for Health services

Pension scheme

Discounted Gym membership

Cycle to Work scheme

Annual leave buy & sell scheme

Enhanced maternity and adoption leave

Learning and development programmes

Career progression opportunities

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous manual handling experience preferred.
• Ability to lift and manoeuvre heavy products.

Responsibilities

• Receiving, storing, and loading customer orders.
• Ensuring correct stock picking and minimizing errors.
• Maintaining Health and Safety procedures.

Skills

Manual Handling

Teamwork

Self-Motivation

Tools

Warehouse Management Systems

PPT Licence

Job description

Job Description

Warehouse Operative - (location) - £25,136 p.a. + benefits. Our warehouse operatives are responsible for unloading and storing stock received from our manufacturing site, along with loading wagons ready for home delivery. The products are mostly mattresses, bed frames and bedroom furniture (heavy items) so please consider this when applying.The Role

We are hiring Warehouse Operatives for immediate starts who will be responsible for ensuring that all daily warehouse tasks are completed under the supervision of the Warehouse Team Leader.

Working Hours: Rotational Shifts 07:00 -15:30 and 13:30 - 22:00

Your role will involve:

• Receiving, storing and loading of customer specific orders and stock, into the delivery units ready for delivery.
• Ensuring the right stock is picked from the correct location and goes to the right bay, minimising errors
• Doing stock counts, safety checks, processing returned goods as required
• Using manual and mechanical operations to move incoming stock from suppliers
• Ensuring all handling, Health and Safety procedures and operating standards are maintained in line with company policies.
• Being part of a great customer service delivery operation so that we remain a leading provider of logistics services.

Full job description available on request

The Skills

• Previous manual handling experience and experience of working within a warehousing environment preferred
• Previous experience of Warehouse Management Systems would be beneficial
• Ability to lift and manoeuvre heavy customer products
• Understands the importance of their role in Home delivery and its contribution to the wider customer experience
• Understands the importance of an effective warehousing operation to the wider customer experience
• Self-Motivated, disciplined & Positively contributes to the team, creating a ‘Great place to work’
• Desire to deliver on our promises to our customers.
• PPT Licence preferred

The Benefits

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plusall these extra benefits:

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• *Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• *Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

(*qualifying periods and terms apply)

About Bensons for Beds

We're Bensons for Beds! We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing and manufacturing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of being the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence.

If you're looking for a great Warehouse role, we would love to have a chat....