Warehouse Operative in Coleraine

A career with Kerry Taste & Nutrition offers you an opportunity to shape how people across the globe view food and beverage while providing you opportunities to explore and grow as your interests do. With our commitment to a sustainable future, a career with Kerry is something you can feel good about. Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition.

Where will you work? Kerry Coleraine proudly stands as the UKs leading manufacturer of processed cheese. We specialise in producing individually wrapped cheese slices for retail, as well as cheese slices designed for the catering and fast-food industries. With our ongoing expansion, we are also broadening our production to include a wider variety of products.

We are expanding our manufacturing facility in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry and have several exciting opportunities available for Warehouse Operatives. In this role, you will work on a 3-week rotating shift schedule. Shifts are 12 hours each (from 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am), alternating between days and nights. For example:

• Week 1: 3 night shifts
• Week 2: 2 day shifts and 2 night shifts
• Week 3: 3 day shifts

Your responsibilities as a Warehouse Operative will include:

• Managing the flow of finished goods, raw materials, and packaging.
• Ensuring pallets are correctly wrapped, labeled, and dispatched.
• Following warehouse procedures and safety standards, and reporting noncompliance to the Stores Team Leader.
• Collecting and recording operational data in SAP.
• Operating warehouse vehicles safely and performing equipment inspections.
• Supporting inspections and sample testing of materials and products and maintaining accurate records of all movements.
• Keeping work areas clean and organized.
• Conducting weekly inventory cycle counts in storage locations.

Required profile:

• Strong written, numerical, and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience in fast-paced warehouse or stores roles, ideally within food manufacturing.
• Certified to operate pallet trucks, counterbalance, reach trucks, and shunter vehicles (beneficial).
• Computer literate (MS Office and SAP), with the ability to interpret operational data.
• Demonstrates initiative, problem-solving, and ownership of responsibilities.
• Team-oriented, actively working towards shared goals.
• Adapts quickly to change and is committed to continuous improvement.

What we offer:

• Career development opportunities.
• Friendly team focused on continuous improvements and safety.
• Employee benefit platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more.
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%.
• Employee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing.
• Inspiring People - Kerry's Global Recognition Program.
• OurVoice, opportunity to share your feedback on the work environment every year.
• OurShare, Kerry share plan available to all employees, with option to enroll once a year.
• MyCommunity, have one day per year to volunteer for a worthwhile cause.