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Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.
At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!
Job Description
General Responsibilities and Objectives:
- Attend work on a regular and timely basis.
- Achieve and maintain the required level of work rate.
- Follow instructions from your First Line Manager.
- Report any signs that you are unwell or not able to carry out your duties.
- Maintain good communication with First Line Managers.
- Monitor and maintain housekeeping standards to the required levels.
- Ensure compliance with warehouse procedures for the reporting of damages and any signs of contamination.
- Report any defects found on site in relation to the product, equipment or facilities to your First
- Line Manager.
- Maintain a clean and tidy appearance and adhere to the Hygiene Policy at all times.
- Be polite and courteous to your colleagues, visitors and visiting drivers, and all other site staff.
- Be willing to undertake any aspect of warehouse work including FLT driving, order picking,
- manually loading/unloading containers and cleaning duties, as may be required to complete the
- daily schedule.
Quality and Health and Safety:
- Operate and maintain all activities required to ensure food safety, quality, legality, and integrity.
- Comply with Food Safety Regulations.
- Constantly check the quality of all products to ensure that they meet the required standards
with regard to:-
1. Health and Safety
2. Product quality (BRCGS)
3. Pallet standards
4. Accuracy
- Maintain Health and Safety via compliance with Health and Safety Policy, risk assessment
- guidelines ensuring that any issues are brought to the attention of the warehouse supervisor.
- Only operate equipment or perform tasks once adequate training has been provided and
- authorisation has been given by the Manager/ Supervisor of the appropriate area.
- Ensure that all equipment / workplace safety defects are reported according to the relevant
- procedures.
- Adhere to all safe working procedures/ safety signs/ safety notices all times.
- Bring to the attention of your immediate Manager/Supervisor any unsafe working practices or
- procedures immediately.
- Upkeep of housekeeping standards at all times.
- Ensure that all faulty equipment is immediately reported to your immediate Manager/Supervisor and the relevant defect reporting procedure actioned.
Ensure that the daily checks on equipment/work areas are actioned according to procedure.
- Play an active role in Health and Safety by contributing to committee meetings - suggesting
- improved working practices.
- Ensure that the correct PPE and safety equipment is used at all times.
- To assist and co-operate in the investigation of accidents and incidents as required. Ensure
- that the relevant accident/incident forms are completed within the set timescales.
- Immediately report accidents, near miss incidents, unsafe behaviour and damages to
- machinery, property, regardless of injury / outcome to your immediate Manager/Supervisor.
Interfaces
Internal
- Liaise with Supervisor, and Employees at all levels within the business to continually improve
- compliance to the management systems.
- Process and Quality Manager/Auditors.
- Fleet Department, Drivers, Planners and Customer Services
- External
- Awarding Bodies, enforcing authorities & other agencies or professional bodies.
- Customer, Drivers
Qualifications
- Good Standard of Literacy and Numeracy
- 2 years previous experience in a highly active warehouse
- Capable of operating with minimal supervision within broad guidelines
- Capable of good interpersonal skills and resilient character.
- Working knowledge of warehousing and transport operations.
- Working knowledge of Site ISO Quality and BRC principles
- Good levels of commitment and motivation.
- Clean and presentable appearance
Additional Information
As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.
Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.
Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:
- Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement.
- Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer agreat contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
- Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.
- Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
- Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
- Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
- Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!
If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity, please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!
