Operations Coordinator, BULK, 12 month FTC - Wakefield

Operations Coordinator, BULK – Wakefield

Contract Type: 12 month fixed term contract

Shift Based, Fixed 3 on / 3 off days and nights pattern – 12 hour shifts

Salary – £39,140.00

Structured career development + Annual performance related pay bonus and pay reviews + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts, holiday buy/sell scheme, optional health care and life assurance + Free parking + Free hot and cold drinks and subsidised canteen + Excellent parental benefits + Flexible working

What you become part of:

Wakefield Distribution Centre is a 24/7 operation, our Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) warehouse holds 28,000 pallets, alongside a racked and block-stacked conventional warehouse of 12,000 pallets.  The combined typical annual throughput is over three million pallets.  Every 24 hours we expect to receive around 5,000 pallets from the on-site manufacturing operation, as well as handling around 360 vehicle movements at peak. 

What to expect:

As an Operations Coordinator, you’ll be central to the day-to-day orchestration of warehouse and yard operations. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with various departments to drive efficiency, maintain inventory accuracy, and deliver customer excellence through effective coordination, planning, and problem-solving.

Your role will span across key operational areas:

Core Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate warehouse operations including storing, retrieving, pre-staging, and dispatching of finished goods.
• Monitor inbound and outbound traffic, ensuring timely receipt from production and efficient trailer loading.
• Make real-time decisions affecting warehouse flow and vehicle movements, escalating and resolving issues where required.
• Liaise with the wider distribution team to plan and execute loading bay operations to full capacity per shift.
• Share and drive best practices that enhance customer service, cost efficiency, and team productivity.
• Maintain ownership of distribution processes from production receipt to customer delivery.

Additional Key Responsibilities:

Stock Coordination:

• Oversee inbound goods from production and hauliers.
• Maintain critical trackers such as Held Stock, Lost Pallets, and Returns.
• Ensure accurate scanning and allocation of stock by FLT drivers.
• Resolve Salesforce issues and SAP discrepancies.
• Conduct breakage investigations and update necessary logs.
• Maintaining of stock accuracy through balancing of business systems
• Coordinate rework/returns bays and monitor system health checks including open POs, returns, and QAHO checks.

Pre-Staging & Wave Management:

• Manage hourly wave releases via AWR (Automatic Wave Release) to maximise dispatch efficiency.
• Monitor stock availability and adjust release parameters to meet the 99.8% case fill target.
• Resolve pallet and loading issues in real-time and support re-releases when needed.
• Conduct ASRS and conventional warehouse housekeeping.
• Provide live updates and ensure timely production support.

Yard Coordination:

• Allocate trailers for dispatch and monitor trailer conditions and readiness.
• Ensure compliance with VOR lockout procedures.
• Liaise with shunters, CSL teams, and hauliers to align loading schedules.
• Monitor and track CHEP/polymer deliveries and maintain accurate yard logs.
• Manage Transporeon updates and yard trailer inventories.

Skills & Essentials:

• Proven experience in FMCG, fast-paced warehouse/distribution environments
• Strong SAP knowledge (including IDOCS, POs, ASRS software) is highly desirable – Training will be provided
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills under pressure.
• Detail-oriented with strong planning, tracking, and administrative skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate clearly across multiple functions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; Word, PowerPoint, Excel reporting experience preferred.
• A flexible team player, willing to support across multiple operational areas as needed.

The closing date for applications is 18/07/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.