Warehouse Partner

John Lewis plc; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 37,195,000 - 41,328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening premium £2.75/hr

Night premium £3.75/hr

Job summary

John Lewis plc is recruiting a Warehouse Partner at Magna Park Distribution Centre, Milton Keynes. You will load/unload deliveries, organise stock, pick and pack orders for delivery, and keep the area clean and safe while supporting a flexible team across shifts.

The role offers varied hours across seven days with an Evening premium (£2.75) and a Night premium (£3.75) per hour, starting pay £13.05 rising after 90 days. This is a temporary contract within the John Lewis Partnership.

Qualifications

• Previous warehouse experience welcomed but not essential; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading deliveries from lorries.
• Organising stock and replenishment to ensure safe storage.
• Picking and packing customer orders for delivery (John Lewis only).
• Maintaining general housekeeping and safe working environment.
• Supporting the warehouse team by flexibly covering areas as needed.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Warehouse Partner working in one of our distribution centres, you'll have the important role of making sure our stock is in the right place at the right time for our customers. Whether it's for shop deliveries or direct to customer orders, you'll handle the goods that pass through our warehouses efficiently and accurately. Working with a friendly and welcoming team, your respectful and hard-working nature will make all the difference to the sites efficiency and ultimately the service we provide to our customers.

In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 18:00 - 22:00 will attract an Evening Premium at a rate of £2.75 per hour, and any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract a Night Premium at a rate of £3.75 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

During a typical day, you'll be responsible for:

• Helping to load and unload our lorries the day's deliveries.
• Organising stock, ensuring that our goods and products are safely stored and replenished and that a safe working environment is adhered to at all times.
• Picking and packing the orders for our customers and prepare these for delivery (John Lewis only).
• Maintaining and taking pride in general housekeeping tasks to keep the operation running smoothly.
• Supporting the whole warehouse team by being flexible, working in the areas of the site that need it most when required.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Previous experience of working in a warehouse is welcomed but not essential. We'll train you in all you need to know so that you can perform at your best, everyday.

Closing Date: September 12, 2026

Pay: £13.05 (£13.30 After 90 days)

Contract Type: Temporary

Hours of Work: Varied hours of full time work across seven days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends.

Job Level: Partnership Level 10

Where You'll Be Working: Magna Park Distribution Centre (John Lewis & Partners), Fen Street, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 8EW

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it. Important points to note: It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles. We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants. We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. At the John Lewis Partnership we’re not just employees; we’re co-owners, and that’s why we’re called Partners. Being a Partner means not only do we all collectively share the responsibilities of being the UK’s largest employee-owned business, but we also share in its rewards and successes. It’s this ownership model that makes the Partnership a very unique place to work.