Despatch Operative

1. Salary: £11.50 per hour

2. Working Hours: 5 days a week, 10:00 -18:00

3. Company perspective and background

Puratos Fourayes is an exciting new venture. Puratos has been developing innovative products for the bakery industry since 1919 and has recently acquired Fourayes, the UK’s number one grower and processor of fruit.

The Puratos Group’s annual turnover now exceeds 2 billion Euros and the Fourayes acquisition is a key part of our ambitious growth strategy to reach 5 billion Euros by 2030. We aim to reach this with the creation of innovative food solutions that promote health & well-being and steadily move businesses, customers, people and the planet forward.

4. Job purpose

Receives, stores, and distributes raw materials and finished products within the business. Drives petrol, diesel or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment, or material by performing the following duties.

5. Main duties and responsibilities

This role is part of the whole organisational team and, as such, requires you to perform such reasonable tasks required as and when are necessary to maintain, promote, develop, and expand the business and its interests.

You must carry out your duties to the best of your ability, having consideration for the needs of your colleagues and the organisation and its clients and customers.

Key Duties:

Include the following: other duties may be assigned; the details below are not exhaustive.

• Reads and prepares the goods for customers and hauliers’ collection.
• Pick and Check customer orders as required to outload.
• Receiving of product from production then sending to the designated areas of storage or for outloading vehicle collections.
• Stock check daily/monthly and rotation of shelf-life products.
• Input Returns of packaging materials daily of each customer or product from inbound deliveries.
• Outload packaging materials information correctly checked and signed off when distributed to customers daily.
• Physically fit to work in a fast-moving chilled warehouse environment.
• Prepares despatch documentation, also maintains, and files inventory records of old and new despatch reports daily.
• Loading of vehicles/ hauliers in the yard or warehouse despatch areas around the business.
• Ensure that the Yard is always kept tidy with the Clean as you go policy
• Actively contribute and engage in continuous improvement initiatives relevant to JD tasks / duties
• Ensure inbound /outbound stock is recorded correctly as well as sent to the correct locations given
• Stock check and Restocking of certain product in various chilled CA cold stores daily due to space requirements needed
• Must be Pro-active, use initiative and have good communication skills
• Any ADHOC duties required by the Supervisor or Manager
• Must have experience using a PPT electric ride on pallet truck

The above list is not exhaustive and will encompass any other ad-hoc tasks required from time to time, within the job holder’s capabilities and training.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Education and/or experience

· 1 year previous experience in a chilled warehouse environment

Language and Computer Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organisation. The use of computers will be required constantly throughout the shift and learning out stock management systems will be required.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardised situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibrations. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The environment worked in mainly is chilled constantly.

Due to our rural location you will need a valid drivers licence and your own transport.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £11.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Loyalty bonus

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees and visitors are required to wear face coverings around site and encouraged to do weekly lateral flow tests.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sittingbourne ME9 8BJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

• Do you experience using a PPT Electric Pallet Truck?

Licence/Certification:

• Counterbalance Forklift Licence (required)

Work Location: One location