Coldstore Operative - Wiltshire Farm Depot

Overview

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This position is working 16 hours per week, any 2 in 6 days on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Our customers are predominantly elderly and rely upon our office teams to take their orders over the phone or via the internet. The ultimate goal is to provide a service that exceeds expectations while continuously improving efficiencies.

The cold store runs at a chilly -20 degrees centigrade; protective clothing designed to deal with this temperature will be provided, along with breaks to warm up and have a hot drink when necessary.

Reporting to the Driver Supervisor and Senior Freezer Operative, you are responsible for helping to pack customers’ frozen orders ready for dispatch in a timely and accurate manner.

£12.60 per hour + bonus + company benefits.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is the UK’s largest ready-meal supplier, cooking and delivering over 330 different frozen ready meals across the UK primarily to the elderly, their families and healthcare professionals.

We’re dedicated to making a real difference to our customers’ lives, by bringing sunshine to their doors through our commitment to provide good old-fashioned service. Our intense pride drives us to continuously innovate and improve, ensuring our products and service exceed our customers’ needs. We are an ethical and sustainable organisation that believes in doing the right thing.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for ensuring customers’ orders that come in later during the day are accurately picked and placed in the corresponding cage ready for the next morning.
• Maintain customer confidentiality.
• Picking orders ensuring zero mistakes are made.
• Improve efficiencies and put them into practice.
• Help the office team where appropriate.
• Report health and safety, stock quality and mechanical issues.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities.

Essential Qualifications

• Evidence of commitment and stability
• Good attendance and timekeeping
• Numerate and literate
• Basic secondary education

Desirable Qualifications

• Health & Safety training

Personal Qualities

• Open and honest team player
• Outgoing
• Flexible, highly motivated and committed
• Have a ‘can do’ attitude; willing to learn other tasks around the business if required
• Promote good teamwork – help others
• Desire to help the team meet department targets
• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 33 days holiday per year, including bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme – employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• Apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

About apetito UK

Wiltshire Farm Foods are dedicated to promoting excellent teamwork and multi-functional staff who can carry out various tasks as needed. We are committed to ethical and sustainable practices and to delivering high-quality meals and service to our customers.