At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage inventory processes and support logistics in a busy manufacturing environment.
- Company: Trusted manufacturer in the Defence sector with a commitment to impactful products.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, overtime opportunities, training, pension scheme, and enhanced holiday entitlement.
- Other info: Stable role with excellent career growth opportunities and a supportive work culture.
- Why this job: Join a fast-paced engineering company and grow your career while making a difference.
- Qualifications: Experience with stock control systems and a proactive attitude towards teamwork.
The predicted salary is between 13.48 - 13.48 £ per hour.
- Stores Operative
- Location
- Pershore
- Hours full time
- 07:45am-17:00pm Mon-Thurs, 07:45am-13:00pm Friday
- Salary
Benefits
- Opportunity to work overtime on enhanced rates of pay (up to £26.96 per hour)
- Training and support to refine your skills
- The opportunity to work on high-quality, safety-critical projects
- Company pension scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Free on-site parking
- Life Assurance
- Referral Programme
- Enhanced Holiday entitlement of up to 33 days a year after 5 years
- 1pm Friday finish
Job description
Stores Operative (Kitting)
Our client is a trusted manufacturer within the Defence sector supply chain, committed to delivering products that truly make a difference.
We are seeking a Stores Operative to play a vital role in supporting the storage and logistics requirements of our busy manufacturing operation.
This position involves managing inventory processes-ordering, receiving, picking, packing, issuing, and dispatching-while maintaining accurate, auditable records.
You'll work closely with production teams to ensure smooth operations, maintain a safe and organised environment, and keep assembly lines running without interruption.
This is a full-time, stable role with opportunities for growth in a fast-paced, forward-thinking engineering company.
- Daily tasks
- Order, receive, pick, pack, issue, and despatch inventory whilst maintaining fully auditable records on both system and paper accurately to meet customer requirements
- Maintain a Kanban system, enabling assembly team to work without hindrance
- Maintain a safe, clear, and clean environment ensuring all procedures are adhered to
- Conduct daily inventory checks and record findings on excel spreadsheet
- Use a forklift only if trained and authorised to do so (in date operator's licence), loading / unloading vehicles and moving stock around
- Submitting purchase order requests for consumables
- Work with production requirements in line with sales
- Assist with despatching of finished products in line with production
- Understanding the despatching process
- Understanding of customer packing specifications
- Supply employees with PPE / Products throughout the day
Skills essential
- Experience of working with a stock control system
- Good knowledge of Stock Control and Stores Procedures
- Confident working with numbers
- Working proactively, and efficiently to deadlines, and engaged to achieving time-bound targets
- Flexibility to performing other tasks if required, and willing to learn new skills
- Ability to work well with employees and fulfil requests
Desirable
- Practical experience of working with MS Office applications
- Awareness of Health and Safety procedures
- An understanding of management systems to ISO 9001 standards
- Experience of working within the Railway and Defence sector
- Experience of using a counterbalance forklift truck
- Experience of using Sage
- Counterbalance forklift licence
This is a career opportunity with an employer of choice in Worcestershire!
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Stores Operative in Pershore employer: Wright Staff
Wright Staff is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and family-oriented work culture that values teamwork and employee well-being. With opportunities for career advancement in the logistics sector, employees benefit from a stable environment where their contributions are recognised and rewarded. Located in Pershore, the company provides a unique chance to grow within a long-term logistics career while enjoying the camaraderie of a close-knit team.
