Come Join Us - We are looking for a Dispatch Warehouse Operative to join our team

28-11-2018

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Dispatch Warehouse Operative

Location: Portsmouth PO6
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £18,525.00 /year

WORKING HOURS: 43.5 Hours per Week, Monday to Thursday 0800 to 1700, Friday 0800 to 1600. You must also have the flexibility to work extra hours. 30 minutes paid lunch

SALARY: c£18525 pa including paid lunch.

HOLIDAY: 20 paid days per year + bank holidays (Some leave mandatory to cover period business is closed between Christmas and New Year)

** Candidates MUST have a Full Driving Licence, you will be based at the warehouse and will provide cover for fellow stores people / delivery drivers when required **

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Dispatch Warehouse Operative

Successful candidates will predominately work as a Dispatch Warehouse Operative. You will also provide holiday relief cover for stores colleagues and delivery drivers. You will need to have a Full Driving Licence and the flexibility to go out on deliveries at short notice.

Working as the Dispatch Warehouse Operative you will work within a team to ensure that all goods are put away correctly, and orders are picked, checked, and dispatched correctly.

As a Dispatch Warehouse Operative you will support the smooth running of the warehouse and be responsible for preparing paperwork, to deadlines, to support courier deliveries

You should have excellent time management skills and customer service skills, as you will be required to serve on the trade counter while meeting daily deadlines.

DUTIES

Dispatch Warehouse Operative duties and responsibilities include:

The correct receiving and putting away of supplier deliveries.
The correct picking, checking and packing of sales orders.
Completing any relevant documentation required for national and international deliveries.
Working in a timely and efficient manner, complying with customer deadlines.
Serving customers on the Trade Counter.
Assisting drivers with the loading of vehicles when necessary.
Very occasionally covering absence of delivery drivers.

IDEAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Good level of computer literacy
Full driving licence
Anticipate, respond to and seek to exceed the expectations of existing and potential customers
Show support for business values and demonstrate a high level of honesty and integrity
Respond positively to changing business circumstances and readily adapt behaviour to maintain effective performance
Be able to work in a well-structured manner with strong organisational skills
Ensure tasks are completed by set timescales, accurately and with an attention to detail
Build and maintain good working relationships, able to communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders
Good level of literacy and numeracy skills
An industrial warehousing background although this is not essential