If you’re an experienced Warehouse Operative looking for the next step in your career, this could be a brilliant role for you!
Our cutting-edge Distribution Centre in Hull dispatches roughly 300 pallets and 8,000 parcels daily to 25,000 customers across the UK and Ireland. As a Senior Warehouse Operative, you’ll manage a small team within our DC to achieve our objectives, being responsible for driving performance as well as taking on people management responsibilities such as managing sickness, absence, holidays and workload.
The shift pattern for the role is rotational between 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday, with no contractual weekend or bank holiday working.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a lead Warehouse person, working closely with your Team Leader to manage your team of Operatives and support on continuous improvement projects
- Ensuring compliance with a set of operating procedures, using computer and manual systems to achieve agreed operational targets
- Managing the quality of work produced alongside resource planning and utilisation alongside performance and absence management
- Being responsible for Health & Safety at all times
- Communicating with your team, being the point of contact, helping and advising colleagues
- Analysing and resolving standard operational problems, including use of the Warehouse Management/SAP Systems
- Managing your team’s performance and conducting performance reviews
On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:
- A competitive starting salary plus bonus
- Up to 8% Arco Pension contributions and Life Assurance worth 4 times your salary
- 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays plus 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
- Opportunity to purchase 5 additional days annual leave each calendar year (subject to qualifying salary)
- Access to hundreds of discounts through Perkbox, plus receive employee discount on Arco products
- Health Cash Plan that allows you to reclaim costs for everyday health expenses such as dental treatment, eye tests and physiotherapy
- Access learning resources, qualifications and development opportunities to help you grow, progress and achieve your career ambitions
- Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years
The ideal Senior Warehouse Operative will be/have:
- Previous warehouse experience
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety
- Product knowledge including pack quantities and quality
- Good level of literacy and numeracy
- A strong will to achieve departmental goals and seeking continuous improvement
- Accuracy, and the ability to instil this as a key measure within the Department
- Basic IT skills with good knowledge of WMS/SAP systems