Stores Operative (Kitting)
Location Pershore
Hours full time 07:45am-17:00pm Mon-Thurs, 07:45am-13:00pm Friday
Salary £12.71 - £14.00 per hour
Benefits
- Opportunity to work overtime on enhanced rates of pay
- 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
Join a 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, daily forklift use, 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.
Duties
- 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
- Using a forklift daily - 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
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
- B1 Counterbalance forklift licence
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
This is a career opportunity with an employer of choice in Worcestershire
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Stores Operative (Kitting) in Pershore employer: Wright Staff
Join a leading engineering company in Worcestershire that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. With a structured work week, enhanced holiday entitlement, and a supportive health and wellbeing programme, we offer a fulfilling work culture where your contributions directly impact critical industries. Enjoy clear career development opportunities while working on high-quality, safety-critical projects that support the UK's defence capability.
