Operations Associate Dishpatch
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Salary - Salary up to £32,000 depending on experience
Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract.
Working pattern/flexible working - 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. Occasional weekend work may be required during busy periods.
Location - Dishpatch, North Greenwich
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ABOUT THE ROLE
Salary - Salary up to £32,000 depending on experience
Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract.
Working pattern/flexible working - 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. Occasional weekend work may be required during busy periods.
Location - Dishpatch, North Greenwich
Key responsibilities
- Inventory & Stock Control: Safely move finished products to chilled, frozen, or ambient storage. Inspect incoming goods for quality, quantity, and temperature, and ensure everything is accurately labeled for food safety and traceability.
- Packaging & Sourcing: Source, order, and track packaging stock and materials to keep our fulfillment processes running seamlessly.
- Print Function Oversight: Manage weekly printing schedules to ensure our stickers and menus meet quality standards.
- Site Safety & Facilities: Support day-to-day building operations, help maintain health and safety regulations, and keep accurate operational records.
- Team Collaboration & Improvement: Work across departments (product, creative, and production) to help launch and improve operational workflows and systems.
- Ad-Hoc Support: Tackle additional operational, administrative, or facility tasks as needed to support the evolving needs of the business.
Essential skills/experience you’ll need
- Extensive experience in operations or logistics, directly handling inventory tracking, order fulfillment, and shipping processes
- Hands-on stock procurement: Experience ordering packaging supplies, managing lead times, and keeping accurate inventory levels.
- Tech-proficient: Working knowledge of spreadsheet software (Excel / Google Sheets) and Inventory/Order Management Systems (OMS/WMS
- Action-oriented & adaptable: A proven ability to prioritise urgent tasks, take initiative, and adapt quickly to ambiguity and changing needs
- Safety conscious: A solid understanding of basic workplace safety standards and hazard management.
- Core traits: Highly methodical problem-solving skills and a high level of accuracy in your work
Desirable skills/experience you may have
- Systems Implementation Experience: Prior involvement in setting up or rolling out new operational tools, software, or workflows.
- Facility Support: Background in basic building management or contractor coordination.
- Formal Safety Certifications: IOSH, NEBOSH, or a current First Aid at Work certificate.
- Cross-Functional Experience: Work history liaising directly with creative, production, or product development teams.
- Food Industry Background: Experience working within a food, beverage, or perishable goods environment (e.g.,handling food-grade packaging, allergen control, or temperature-sensitive stock).
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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.
About John Lewis Partnership
Employee-owned UK retailer operating John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets, and customer financial services for British shoppers.
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