Warehouse Operative

_**Job Description **_

Job Title: Warehouse Operative

Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

Reporting to: Production Manager/ Production Supervisor

Base: Great Blakenham, UK
- **Job Purpose **_

Job Purpose:
The Warehouse Operative supports the management of inbound and outbound goods under the instruction and guidance of the Production Manager, adhering to quality and safety procedures always. Additionally, providing assistance in the manufacturing of flavourings and extracts as required.

Effectively contributing to the achievement of the Omega Vision, which is:
**To become the UK’s No. 1 in Customised Natural Flavours and Natural Ingredients**

Omega Values

PASSIONATE, INTEGRITY, INNOVATIVE, NATURAL, ECO-CONSCIOUS
- **Responsibilities **_

Core Responsibilities
- Accurately complete picking routines, and stock checks as required.
- Accurately and safely prepare products for dispatch.
- Accurately prepare all necessary all paperwork for dispatch.
- Support the management of inbound and outbound goods.
- Process all incoming stock, ensuring first in / first out stock rotation is adhered to.
- Confirm loads as complete and reporting any discrepancies.
- Consistently maintaining a secure workplace while adhering to health and safety rules, and promptly reporting all workplace accidents, incidents, near misses, and hazards.
- Use of the Forklift Truck and other mechanical lifting equipment as required.
- Ensuring the site, factory and its equipment is clean, tidy, and conforming to quality standards always.
- Continually working to reduce the Non-Conformances from the Factory and Warehouse and always maintaining warehouse housekeeping.
- Ensuring a safe working environment continuously and conforming to health and safety regulations (must be willing to undertake training to meet both food safety & health and safety legislation/requirements).
- Adhere to company policies.
- Propose new ideas for improvement and suggest solutions to challenges.
- Lifting and manual handling.
- Performing any other duties necessary when required by the Production Manager / Factory Supervisor.
- Producing safe products to specification.
- Manufacture flavourings and ingredients according to build instructions.

Team/Culture
- To demonstrate a positive, professional, can-do attitude
- Effective peer to peer communication
- Contribute to a fun working environment and value all team members
- Contribute to provide the best service possible to our clients
- Strong commitment to personal continual professional development

Goals that will measure our Success:

- Accuracy in despatch / Vs delivery note.
- Completing tasks on time and in full.
- Reduction of NCRs and internal audit scores.
- Management of stock in correct manor.
- Correct batching and input of goods into the ERP System.
- Following Procedures.
- Working in line with both Sales and Logistics.
- Stock-Take management.
- Accuracy of manufacturing builds.
- **Person Specification **_

**Qualifications**:

- GCSE’s (or equivalent) including Maths, English, and Science.
- Forklift Truck licence (desirable)
- Hazardous Goods trained (Road, Air & Sea) (Desirable)

Experience
- Food warehouse experience
- Food Production experience (desirable)

Skills & Knowledge
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to maintain a flexible approach to business needs.
- Understanding of ERP/IT systems (desirable)
- Understanding of Food Safety and GMP.
- Able to understand QC and NPD functions.
- Forklift Truck trained (essential)
- Detail-oriented
- Innovates to come up with new ideas
- Strategic thinker and good commercial acumen
- Fluent in English language written and verbal
- Excellent, caring and honest communication skills
- Ability to deliver on commitments

Personal Qualities
- Natural aspiration to grow both individually and as a team in line with business growth
- An interest in Science and manufacturing
- Punctual, organised, target driven and able to work well under pressure
- Logical and methodical and exceptional attention to detail
- Professional, positive and eco-conscious
- Act with integrity, reliable and trustworthy
- Approachable and able to effectively build honest relationships with a diverse range of people
- Ability to think innovatively to problem solve
- Determination and commitment to completing each job to the highest standard and on time
- Ability to effectively adapt to change to deliver a quality service
- Passionate about embracing and living the Omega mission, vision and values
- Being inquisitive and innovative in increasing knowledge, developing skills and abilities
- Effectively communicating with all colleagues, customers and suppliers, professionally, honestly and timely, gaining feedback from colleagues and peers to achieve personal growth and improve effectiveness

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,308.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced