Warehouse Operative

DHL Global Forwarding; Dublin; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

DHL Global Forwarding is seeking a Warehouse Operative based in Dublin. You will handle loading/offloading, labeling manifests, and daily warehouse duties. The role requires a forklift competency and ability to follow health and safety protocols and PPE rules.

Responsibilities include maintaining stock, completing documentation, and coordinating with yard staff to optimize trailer capacity. Prior experience in cross-docking and a Leaving Certificate are preferred.

Qualifications

• Leaving certificate is required.
• Fluent Counterbalance Forklift skills are necessary.
• External Counterbalance Forklift license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Takes part in daily cleaning functions and signs off check sheet.
• Maintains proactive communication with peers and superiors and informs of discrepancies or problems.
• Label Import / Export freight as required.
• Load & Offload domestic and international vehicles, mark manifests and notify discrepancies and damages.
• Complete warehouse-related documentation for operations.
• Ensure good housekeeping; bins are emptied daily.
• Coordinate loading of Road export vehicles for Saturdays and complete weekly inventories.
• Order, stock control and maintenance of warehouse supplies/equipment.
• Monitor day-to-day health & safety in the warehouse and highlight areas of concern.
• Facilitate customer & quality audits.
• In conjunction with Yardman, manage trailer capacity and lane control.
• Ensure all import/export manifests and trailer check sheets are printed for each load.
• Ensure papers and manifests are sent to operations team ASAP.
• Adhere to PPE policy and all safety guidelines.

Skills

Forklift operation

Education

Leaving certificate

External Counterbalance Forklift license

Job description

Role Title: Warehouse Operative

Business Unit: DHL Global Forwarding

Location: Cedar Dr, Dublin

Scope of Role

• Warehouse handler
• Forklift Operator

Reports to: National Handling and Transport Manager

Dotted Reporting line: Warehouse Team Lead

Direct Line Reports: N/A

Days & Hours of Work: Monday – Thursday 2.00pm-9.00pm Friday 2,00pm-2.00am Rest Days Saturday and Sunday

Role Profiler: National Handling and Transport Manager

Accountabilities

Key activities

Key Accountabilities

• Takes part in all cleaning functions daily and signs off check sheet
• Maintains pro-active communication/relationship with peers/superiors and especially informs superior immediately of discrepancies, problems or non-performance or non observance
• Label Import / Export freight as required.
• Load & Offload domestic and international vehicles, mark manifests and notify discrepancies and damages
• Complete any warehouse related documentations for operations
• Ensures good housekeeping, bins to be emptied daily.
• Co-ordinates loading of Road export vehicles for Saturdays, and completes final weekly inventories.
• Ordering, stock control and maintenance of warehouse supplies/ equipment.
• Monitors day to day H&S in the warehouse and highlight areas of concern.
• Facilitates customer & quality audits.
• Controls DGF bonded warehouse
• Works closely with the Yardman to manage trailer capacity and lane control.
• Ensure all import/ export manifests and trailer check sheets are printed off for each load.
• When trailers are loaded/ offloaded make sure that both manifest sheets are marked with any discrepancies and signed by the person that offloaded the trailer.
• Ensure all papers and manifests are sent to the operations team ASAP.
• Ensure that all health and safety guidelines and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure compliance with PPE policy.
• Ensure operational compliance to all revenue and international trade legislative requirements, and all requirements under Data Protection Legislation in addition to all DGF IE policies and procedures (H&S, Quality, Environmental, HR, etc), and work in a manner that supports the Company environment programme
• Participate in the implementation of operational processes and perform work to the standards of Good Distribution practice (GDP) for Life Science business, as required.

Competencies

Relationships With Others

• Communicates in an open and honest manner.
• Treats others with respect, develops trust and values diversity.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to diversity, i.e., culture, gender, age, religion, race disability.
• Develops effective relationships with employees, peers, and managers.
• Confidence in dealing with all levels in the business over the telephone and also on a face-to-face basis.
• Ability to remain calm when dealing with difficult people.
• Good listening skills and ability to respond in a clear, respectful manner.

Teamwork

• Commitment to fulfilling their role in a team.
• Supportive approach to other team members.
• Shares information, knowledge, ideas, and experience freely with others.
• Commits to team decisions and contributes to building a team spirit.
• Works collaboratively with others to achieve team or business objectives.
• Establishes acceptable levels of quality and quantity of work; reviews, recognises and supports achievement
• Encourages and motivates team members and work colleagues

Customer Orientation

• Basis decisions on how his/her actions impact on customers and DHL.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with customers, suppliers, and other departments.
• Focuses on the needs of customer and seeks to meet and exceed expectations.
• Quickly and practically solves problems, seeking advice where necessary.
• Appreciates what customers want and continuously strives to meet customer expectations.

Problem Solving

• Identifies issues, problems, and opportunities.
• Deep dives to identify root causes of issues
• Applies formal problem-solving techniques
• Evaluates risk
• Gathers information and analyses cause and effect.
• Quickly and practically solves problems.
• Establishes effective work processes and measures.
• Documents and communicates awareness of the problem, solution and action taken.

Commitment to Excel

• Achieves work targets and is willing to take on additional roles/responsibilities.
• Continuously reviews current processes.
• Seeks and is open to feedback from others.
• Always behaves in a manner consistent with DHL's values.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude to change.
• Flexible approach to work.
• Looks for opportunities in a changing situation.
• Provides detailed advice to others
• Takes initiative to keep skills up to date

Procedural Skills

• Ability to organize own workload across a range of responsibilities & meet deadlines.
• Ability to select appropriate procedures.
• Ability to follow procedures.
• Ability to meet procedural deadlines.
• Ability to improve an existing procedure.
• Ability to create a procedure.

Attention to Detail

• Ability to work with lots of data to high level of accuracy.
• Ability to apply high attention to detail to written (text) documents.
• Ability to follow through on procedures and ensure completion.

Skills / Qualifications

Expected Years Of Experience (minimum)

2 years’ experience in a cross docking warehouse environment.

Expected Qualifications

• Leaving certificate
• Fluent Counterbalance Forklift skills necessary
• External Counterbalance Forklift license preferred

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this role. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed. The Company reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

We are committed to equal opportunity and reject any forms of discrimination. The basis for employee selection at DHL Group is qualification, performance, skills and experience.