Inventory Admin Operator

**Job title**: Inventory Admin Operator x3 (A,B and Blue Shift)

**Department**: Distribution

**Location**: Delta Park, Fareham

**GLS**: U

**Shift**: A, B, Blue

Shift A & B (double days) working hours from 6 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 10 pm on a weekly rotation.

Shift Blue: 7am to 7pm 4 days on, 4 days off.

**THIS ROLE IS OPEN TO INTERNAL CANDIDATES AND AGENCY TEMP WORKERS WITH MORE THAN 24 WEEKS ONLY. PLEASE INFORM YOUR MANAGER IF YOU INTEND TO APPLY**

**A brighter future awaits you.**

CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of CooperVision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures - for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.

At CooperVision, we’re big on belonging. Everyone’s contribution counts, and that’s why inclusion and diversity are so important. It isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s what makes our company the best it can be. We are committed to creating an inclusive and engaging workplace. Our Employee Resource Groups offer employees to grow within a safe and inclusive space. So be yourself, whoever you are, and let’s achieve amazing things together.

**Job summary - What to expect**:
We have an opportunity for you to join us an Inventory Admin Operator on the A, B or Blue shift.

As an Inventory Admin Operator, you will carry out a range of varied tasks supporting the Team Leader and Senior operator and ensuring Inventory integrity, quality standards, and internal controls are met. Additionally, you will:
Health and Safety:

- Comply with Health & Safety at Work Act and promote good EHS and GMP practice within the department to ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors to the area. Particularly, ensure safe use of specialist equipment such as Order Pickers, forklift trucks, pallet movers, racking, and other electrical equipment.
- Comply with all PPE policies and requirements for the area.
- Where requested, carry out daily checks against established EHS and GMP checklists covering equipment (e.g. Order Pickers, FLTs,) and the general working environment.
- Carry out tasks and operate any required machines and processes as requested by your Team Leader to meet production targets, customer, and efficiency and quality requirements in line with Standard Operating procedures.
- Provide support to the Senior Inventory Controller/Team Leader on work levels and Inventory issues regularly.
- Comply with health and safety regulations within the team and the environment ensuring safe practice regarding use of equipment (i.e. machinery, lift truck, manual handling equipment etc) and general good housekeeping to ensure a safe working environment for all employees.
- Receive any new training and assist in the training of other operators as required. Training must be in accordance with the necessary SOP’s and associated documentation.
- Use of systems appropriate to your department i.e. Global Packaging System, Baan, JDA, OSR etc
- Ensure expiry stock rotation is kept.
- Receive and put away returned stock.
- Perform cycle counts using Knapp ~ OSR/Baan/ JDA, physically count stock and enter data on the RF Guns and on to Paper Count Check lists.
- Check/remove stock from locations ref: expiry dates, frozen lot numbers and damaged product
- When Requested the disposal of expired and damaged stock using compactor
- Be aware of and contribute to continuous improvement projects as appropriate.
- Be prepared to work in other areas of operations for specified periods of time as required.
- Receive and put away over labels and other materials from Stores Dept.
- Ensure all documentation for Internal Control requirements are actioned and sign offs are complete in accordance to the control matrix.
- Liaise with other departments on Inventory issues.
- Rework of finished goods.
- Transferring of stock using the RF functions of load and expiry transfer.
- Investigate and return to stock any over picks from Distribution.
- Investigate any Inventory discrepancies.
- Run weekly and monthly reports on specific reason codes.
- Support the special handling processCleaning and maintaining the warehouse, keep areas of work clean and tidy to ensure operational efficiency.
- A full job description is available upon request. _

**About you**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible team player who can use their own initiative.

In addition, you’ll have:

- Enthusiastic and flexible, a Team Player, also able to work alone as well as within a team, with good interpersonal skills.
- Able to use own initiative.
- Basic understanding of the equipment relevant to the specified area
- Attention to detail.
- Problem and investigative skills.
- Able to drive vehicles in the warehouse.

**What we offer**:
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