Warehouse Operative

Skills and Experience

• Valid forklift licences, including counterbalance, are essential.
• Extensive experience within a manufacturing, production, FMCG, food manufacturing or high-volume warehouse environment.
• Strong technical awareness with the ability to understand manufacturing processes, automated warehouse equipment, plant, machinery and operational systems.
• Experience using warehouse, stock or transport systems
• Confident identifying, rectifying and escalating issues that may impact safety, quality, production, stock accuracy or material flow.
• Experience working on or around high-speed/high-volume machines, automated systems or manufacturing plant, with basic fault-finding capability desirable.
• Strong understanding of stock accuracy, traceability, scanning, goods receipt, stock rotation and material movement processes.
• Ability to prioritise daily tasks, work effectively under own initiative and remain confident when working without direct supervision.
• Continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence to suggest and support improvements in productivity, storage, cost, quality and ways of working.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to liaise professionally with internal teams and external contacts where required.
• A team player who is able to share knowledge, support others and contribute positively to operational performance.
• Reliable, flexible, resilient and results orientated, with good attendance, attitude and timekeeping.