Warehouse Operative

Years.com; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dog food company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Warehouse Operative to manage operations in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will ensure stock availability for production and lead a team while maintaining communication and organization. A hands-on attitude and experience in warehouse management are required. Competitive benefits include health care, learning budgets, and team events.

Benefits

Extensive health care coverage

Annual learning budget

Quarterly subsidized team events

Casual dress

Birthday off

Sell back unused holiday

Qualifications

• Experience managing warehouse operations in a fast-paced environment.
• Confident using warehouse systems and tools including goods in/out.
• Valid counterbalance and reach truck licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production has the right stock at the right time.
• Oversee goods-in processes and daily warehouse operations.
• Lead and motivate the warehouse team, setting daily tasks.

Skills

Warehouse operations management

Stock rotation understanding

Excellent communication skills

Time management skills

Proactive attitude

Organized mindset

Tools

Warehouse systems and tools

Job description

Join Our Pack ️

From a bold idea to revolutionising dog food, Years has grown into a fast-scaling business dedicated to helping dogs live longer, healthier lives.

In just 3 years, we’ve built a great start up business, serving thousands of happy customers, all while striving to achieve our mission.

Our goal? To give dog owners abetter, fresher, and healthierway to feed their pets. We providehuman cut, personalised mealsdesigned to support each dog’s unique needs, delivered straight to their door - no preservatives, no compromises, just real nutrition.

You can find our customers across the UK, with future ambitions to scale internationally and continue transforming how people care for their dogs.

Your Mission

As a Warehouse Operative at Years.com, you’ll play a hands-on, essential role in keeping our production flow running smoothly and safely. You’ll be part of the Operations team, responsible for handling and moving core ingredients, supporting daily production needs, and ensuring our freezers and storage spaces are clean, organised, and compliant.

This role sits at the heart of our physical operation - making sure the right products are in the right place at the right time. From preparing meat for tempering, picking fresh veg, unloading deliveries, and supporting the production floor, your day-to-day will be active and varied. You’ll work closely with the wider Ops team including Production, Pack and Fulfilment to make sure every meal we produce is delivered with care and precision.

This is a highly hands-on role that’s all about execution, reliability, and teamwork. You’ll take pride in keeping things moving behind the scenes while living our clean-as-you-go mindset and maintaining strong communication with the people around you.

Key Responsibilities

• Make sure production has the right stock at the right time to hit line speed
• Oversee goods-in processes and day-to-day warehouse operations
• Ensure correct handling, rotation and storage of stock across all zones
• Manage meat tempering with full end-to-end tracking
• Work closely with the Stock Controller on stock call-offs
• Lead and motivate the warehouse team, setting clear daily tasks and priorities
• Collaborate with Production, PPP and Engineering to reduce downtime
• Monitor third-party deliveries (inbound and outbound) for efficiency
• Continuously seek improvements in warehouse layout, systems and processes
• Provide relevant data and insight to support reporting and performance reviews
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Experience managing warehouse operations in a fast-paced environment
• Strong understanding of stock rotation, traceability and inventory flow
• Comfortable working across chilled, frozen, and ambient storage areas
• Confident using warehouse systems and tools (goods in/out, tempering logs)
• Valid counterbalance and reach truck licence is required
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• A hands-on, proactive attitude — you spot and fix problems before they escalate
• A calm, organised mindset — especially when things get busy
  
  

What’s In It For You? Years Benefits

• Extensive health care cover including full cancer coverage and a choice of hospitals or consultants (AXA top package)
• Annual £250.00 Learning & Development budget for courses, books or other self-learn activities
• Annual £100.00 Wellbeing budget
• Monthly recognition through our Yappa of The Month programme
• 1 Volunteer day per year - dog themed or not: it’s your choice!
• Subsidised employee groups - from five a side to padel there’s loads to get involved in or the chance to start up your own group
• Quarterly subsidised team events from Axe throwing, crazy golf to cocktail making
• Exclusive discounts on Years and Years treats for yourself and friends/family
• Lunch & Learn programme - from dog first aid to financial savviness we’ve got sessions planned to cover all kinds of topics
• Casual dress
• Your birthday off or different day if it falls on a non-working day
• Ability to sell any unused holiday back to Years at the end of the Holiday Year (maximum 1 working week)