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Despatch Operative

Hovis
Nottingham, GBR
Full-time
Entry
Onsite
Discovered Yesterday
Material Handling Equipment (MHE)Forklift TruckTrack & TracePut To Light
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Key Responsibilities:

  • Pick and organise products accurately to meet customer demand
  • Operate Material Handling Equipment (MHE), including Forklift Truck
  • Use internal systems (Track & Trace, Put To Light) to manage shipments and stock
  • Load/unload vehicles and oversee bay and trailer checks
  • Maintain excellent hygiene, housekeeping, and safety standards
  • Support audits, stock counts, and cross-department collaboration
  • Follow all Health & Safety procedures and PPE requirements

What We’re Looking For:

Strong team player with attention to detail

Flexible and committed approach

Ability to work in hot and cold environments

Manual handling capability

Available for day and night shifts

MHE/Forklift experience (licence preferred)

Desirable:

Food Hygiene Certificate

Warehouse or despatch experience

Health & Safety knowledge (SHE Level 1)

If you’re motivated, safety-focused, and ready to contribute to a fast-paced bakery environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.

Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving

We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance

We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes

We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

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