Warehouse Operative

• Job Title: Warehouse Operative
• Department: Warehouse
• Reports to: Logistics & Operations Manager
• Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 DOE
• Location: Watford, Hertfordshire
• Temp or Perm: Permanent

Manpower are pleased to be recruiting on behalf of our client, located in Watford!

Main Purpose of job:
The objective of the role is to ensure the safe receipt, storage, and careful dispatch of warehouse goods. Duties will include taking delivery of shipments, checking goods for damage, or missing items and storing finished goods and spare parts in an organised manner. Printing the daily workload of picking and delivery notes - keeping the flow of orders moving. Keeping up to date records of stock movements and ensuring paperwork is filed. Entering stock movements onto the WMS and Sage systems. Working alongside a team of Warehouse Operatives to ensure set KPI's and our OTIF measures are adhered to. Ensuring health & safety at the forefront of mind and of the highest priority within the daily duties.
Key Tasks:

• Printing picking notes and delivery notes for daily workload.
• Producing manifests for couriers and logistics partners.
• Validating orders once dispatched / Rolling stock checking
• Loading and unloading lorries.
• Picking orders for finished goods and spare parts for dispatch.
• Knowledge and Experience:Experience of working within a fast-paced warehouse environment.
• Counterbalance and Flexi truck licenses are essential for this role.
• The job holder should be able to demonstrate good interpersonal, organisational and time management skills and be able to work on their own initiative as well as being a Team player.
• The job holder would need to be physically fit as some heavy lifting will be required.

The role has a level of complexity due to working with several group production sites within Europe and outside logistics companies for the onward supply of product to multiple distribution centres and customer locations.
Reporting:
The job holder will report directly to the Logistics & Operations Manager.
Internal: 95% spent internally based on the above objectives
External: 5% spent with carriers and suppliers