Details:
- Salary: £29,500 - 30,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Ipswich Suffolk
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Head Hunted Recruitment are working exclusively with a well known and rapidly expanding business who specialise in the Pet and Animal sector, we are looking for a driven and self motivated individual to join the company in the position of Warehouse Assistant.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Warehouse Assistant to join our late team who is willing to work in a small team of people and is able to use their own initiative when needed.
Warehouse Assistant hours: 14:00 to 22:00 with a half hour paid break, overtime to be agreed in advance.
Warehouse Assistant Job Purpose:
* To work in our warehouse assisting with goods-in and goods-out operations across all warehouse areas.
* You will need a certain level of fitness as our products are in bags or boxes, which weigh up to approximately 25Kg.
Warehouse Assistant Key Responsibilities:
* Accurately process orders for receipt or delivery.
* Ensure all established procedures are adhered to.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate and liaise verbally with co-workers, supervisors and managers to optimise department performance.
* Maintain regular, consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance and adherence to relevant Health and Safety procedures.
Warehouse Assistant Duties include but are not exclusive:
* Ability to cover all aspects of yard man duties, including loading and unloading of vehicles.
* Processing paperwork accurately.
* Order picking for main warehouse and mezzanine floor areas.
* Goods received for main warehouse and mezzanine floor areas.
* Pre-start checks on forklifts and order picker trucks.
* Maintenance of hygiene in the department.
* Communicating with other departments as necessary.
Warehouse Assistant Essential Skills:
* Must be numerate and literate as will be working from written instructions.
* Reach and Counterbalance forklift truck certificates are required, or willing to retake if expired
* Excellent attention to detail is required as mistakes are costly to rectify
* Ability to work under your own initiative is important
* Own transport is desirable, as the site is not well served by public transport.
Warehouse Assistant rewards include:
* Free membership to our Bupa cash plan scheme for medical expenses*
* 5% employer contributions your Company Pension
* Staff discount in our retail stores salary sacrifice schemes for push-bikes *Subject to meeting the eligibility criteria
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well established brand within Ipswich and could lead to further opportunists within the business. The salary on offer is £29,500 Per Annum this includes a guaranteed shift allowance. There will also be overtime available from time to time which is paid at 1.5 hours