Warehouse Operative (Despatch)

Newly Weds Foods Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Newly Weds Foods Limited is seeking a warehouse operative to join the Despatch team. You will despatch food to written specs, follow SOPs and maintain health, safety and GMP standards.

After training, you will load lorries, wrap pallets, record product details and keep the warehouse audit-ready. The role includes rotating day/night shifts and working in cold environments.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a warehouse environment.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Computer literate in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Excel. Experience using a database in a warehouse environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Despatch goods to written specifications and follow SOPs.
• Load lorries, wrap pallets and record product details.
• Maintain an audit-ready, safe warehouse in line with GMP.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Literacy & numeracy

Outlook/Excel literacy

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Job description

About us

Newly Weds® Foods is a leading, privately owned global food ingredients business and has been innovating since 1932. The European division is a market leader in the manufacture of coatings, seasonings and functional ingredient systems.

Today, Newly Weds® Foods is a world leader in food ingredient technology. A network of R&D, manufacturing and service facilities around the globe allows us to serve our customers' needs in more than 68 countries. But despite our size and scope, we've continued to be an independent, family-owned business answerable only to the demands of our customers. That's why we continue to invest in infrastructure, human resources and capacity to keep pace with our customers' needs and expectations.

The Role

• To work as a warehouse operative as part of the Despatch team, to despatch food to written specifications meeting pre-determind quality and safety attributes.
• Following appropriate training, you will undertake these duties, correctly, safely and efficiently.
• Always ensuring these duties are completed in line with Company policies, including but not limited to, PPE, Food safety, allergen management, Health and Safety, 'clean as you go' and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure Good Manufacturing Practice, Food safety and allergen procedures are followed at all times.
• Ensure you operate 'clean as you go' and carry out any other hygiene duties as directed by your supervisor.
• To read and understand instruction (written and/or verbal), follow recipes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) accurately.
• To ensure that documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Actively work towards a zero level of complaints for your area and work to a 'Right first time' policy.
• To work to Company objectives of minimal waste, maximum efficiency, conserving energy where possible and if appropriate switching machines off when not in use.
• Loading lorries.
• Recording product details.
• Temperature checks of finished product
• Wrapping pallets.
• Accurately locating stock.
• Ensure the warehouse is kept to an audit ready standard
• To undertake training as required.
• Be able to work well within a team.
• Always work safely - consider safety of yourself and others.
• Achieve a high standard of punctuality and attendance.
• The above responsibilities and duties are not exhaustive, as required and directed by your supervisor to accept changes in responsibility or other duties suitable to knowledge or training.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Previous experience working in a warehouse environment.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Computer literate in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Excel. Experience using a database in a warehouse environment is advantageous.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Hard working
• Reliable, dependable.
• Cooperative team worker

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• In line with our core values which form the acronym of RISE these are the standards which we expect for each one:
• Respect: respect all your colleagues and understand their values and views even if you do not agree with them.
• Integrity: doing the right thing even when nobody is looking.
• Safety: always follow health & safety and food safety.
• Efficiency: completing all tasks correctly in a timely manner.
• Forklift Truck licences- Counter Balance and Reach
• Be able to operate a FLT, undertake manual handling duties and work shifts (including nights)
• Assist in carrying out stocktakes
• Work in cold environments (freezer and Chiller)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• these are shifts, rotating days/afters/nights (8 hours per shift) - the day shifts are Monday to Friday and the nights are Sunday to Thursday
• Must have a Reach truck license