Are you a motivated and reliable person looking for a new opportunity in a Warehouse Operative role?
We currently recruiting for our Wrangaton warehouse and are looking for hardworking individuals to join the team!
Whistl UK is one of the leading retail fulfilment businesses in the UK. The Whistl family is made up of motivated, passionate, and capable individuals working together as a team - without them, we could not deliver world-class service.
Role Overview
As a Warehouse Operative, you will support the business by fulfilling our client's requirements, picking and packing orders, carrying out stock replenishment, and supporting the arrival and dispatching of goods (Good In/Good Out).
We are looking for fantastic people to join our warehouse team who have experience working in a fast-paced warehouse environment.
As part of this Warehouse Operative role, you will:
- Deliver a high-quality warehouse service to our customers, ensuring that products are accurately picked, packed, and despatched.
- Ensure that stock is replenished in a timely manner.
- Update records in Excel sheets and our Warehouse Management System.
- Meet the current Key Performance Indicators.
- Be willing to follow the set procedures and training.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the site.
- Positively respond to instruction from the management team.
- Focus on providing a successful customer experience.
We welcome applications for this Warehouse Operative role from candidates with experience in the following areas: warehouse, picker, packer, warehouse operative, packaging, sorting, data entry, and goods-in.
Benefits
- Enhanced annual leave entitlement, starting at 31 days (including public holidays), increasing up to 36 days with long service
- Access to our prestige Benefits and Rewards Portal, including discounts on high-street shopping, days out, entertainment and food & drink, including popular brands such as Apple, Samsung, and Buyagift
- Long service rewards - both financial and leave-based
- Health cash plan: in which you can get money back on health treatments such as prescriptions, eye care, dental, and more
- Life Assurance Scheme: A scheme that may provide a lump-sum payment should you die whilst employed by the company
- Career development opportunities: Through E-Learning, Management Development Programmes, and Apprenticeships, in which you can gain professional qualifications during working time at no cost to yourself
- Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider who provides support to our people and their families in areas such as their health and wellbeing
And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.
Working Hours
These Warehouse Operative roles involve working flexible hours on a five days out of seven basis. The working pattern changes seasonally: Jan to Sept 10:00 - 18:00, Oct to Nov 14:00 - 22:00, Dec 10:00 - 18:00. There may be a need for occasional 08:00 - 16:00 cover.
Essential Skills
- Motivation and stamina are essential in this physical role as it involves long periods of being on your feet and occasional lifting and unloading items up to 25kg
- Competent levels of Maths and English (verbal and written) and basic computer skills
- Flexibility and willingness to undertake different tasks with speed and accuracy
- Reliability - good timekeeping and attendance
- Strong health and safety awareness
- Good communication skills in order to quickly understand instructions and liaise effectively with colleagues and customers
- A team player with a positive, can-do attitude who is hard working and willing to learn with the ability to work on your own and as part of a team to ensure work is completed
Desirable Skills
- A forklift licence would be an advantage, but full training can be given
- Good IT skills for data input, email, etc.
- Previous experience in a similar working environment
About Company
Whistl is a delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality, and competitively priced services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment and doordrop media both in the UK and internationally. Distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services, handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.
Whistl is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to equal opportunities for all in all of our employment policies and practices.
Due to the nature of our business, this role may be subject to a basic DBS check.