Senior Warehouse Operative

**Senior Warehouse Operative**

**£21,395.40**.**
**The Role**

KCS Educational Supplies is a division of Commercial Services and is responsible for the purchase, warehousing, marketing, sales and distribution of a large and comprehensive range of products and services to customers, mainly in education, across the wholeof the UK.

Due to changing business needs the business has highlighted the need to recruit a warehouse operative to work within Customer Experience team, based at our New Hythe site in Aylesford. The working pattern will beMonday 09:00 - 17:00 Tue-Fri 09:00 - 16:45,working a 39-hour week. The role requires no weekends or bank holiday working. You will be joining a team of dedicated, hard-working and energized individuals who pride themselves on their commitment and work ethic.

The main focus of this role is to ensure the accurate and efficient goods receipt and replenishment. The role will also at times require assisting the other warehouse teams with, replenishment, pick, pack, laying up loading and processing of customer orders.The overall goal is to offer an outstanding customer experience this is completed by meeting all individual and team KPI’s (targets). The picking and packing of customer orders can involve a substantial amount of manual handling including bending, stretching,stooping, stepping, reaching and lifting. Having a good range of mobility is important to ensure you can work safely within health and safety regulations and guidance without placing undue strain on your body.

**Key Duties**
- To ensure the accurate and efficient goods receipt and replenishment
- To keep track of the warehouse goods in function KPI’s
- To accurately and carefully select and pack customer orders meeting set KPI’s for next day delivery.
- To accurately replenish pick face locations as dictated by top up and requisition reports.
- Accurately update all stock movements on the Warehouse Management System.
- Report any discovered stock discrepancies by means of the process laid down at the time.
- To operate lift truck equipment to unload, transport and locate stock throughout the warehouse environment (Trucks used onsite are electric rider operated pedestrian pallet truck PPT, Reach trucks and counterbalance).
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment by undertaking housekeeping tasks during quite periods.
- Assist other areas of the operational environment as required, including goods inwards and stock control.
- Fulfil those exceptional functions that may from time to time occur.

Such other duties, commensurate with the grading of the post that may be assigned by the Head of Department or their nominee.

**Health, Safety & Wellbeing Considerations**

This role involves undertaking duties which include the Health, Safety and wellbeing issues outlined below. Please be aware of these, when considering your suitability for the role.
- Working with machinery (Lift trucks and pallet wrap machines)
- Working with chemicals (small amount of COSHH chemical handling i.e. bottles of cleaning chemicals)
- Prolonged physical/manual work/Manual handling

**In return, CSG will offer you**:

- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Birthday off work
- Life assurance cover
- Company pension
- Flexible first, hybrid working
- A culture of progression & development
- Shopping discounts & retailer offers
- Team & company events
- eLearning portal
- EAP programme
- Referral scheme
- Health & Wellbeing platform
- Health Cash Plan initiative
- Discounted gym membership