Dispatch / Intakes Operative
Kepak is a leading food producer in Europe, with a strong focus on meat craft, trusted quality, and excellent service. With 12 manufacturing plants across the UK and Ireland, our company takes pride in our long-standing heritage and commitment to sustainability and animal welfare. We prioritize innovation and inspirational nutrition to drive our business forward and continue developing and growing.
Job Purpose
Responsible for the day-to-day receipt, storage, and distribution within the company’s centralized distribution center.
Key Responsibilities
- Compliance with company/client quality specifications
- Safe and effective handling of products in accordance with their characteristics
- Dealing with the receipt of meat products from production
- Checking of products against relevant documentation
- Ensuring the storeroom operates efficiently and effectively
- Carrying out stock rotation
- Preparation of products for dispatch
- Completion of relevant documentation accurately and legibly
- Effectively operate company’s computerized system
- Loading of products for dispatch
- Complying with Company’s health and safety rules, including hygiene requirements
- Completing assigned tasks in a timely manner to meet targets
- Reporting any accidents or near misses, assisting with investigations as instructed/necessary
Requirements
- Experience working in a similar warehouse / yard or material management environment beneficial
- Manual handling ability and awareness
- Forklift, Electric Pallet Truck (EPT) Essential.
- Shunting (Articulated HGV) desired
- Able to communicate in English in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels
- Ability to work in chilled and cold store environments
- Flexibility to meet daily/weekly distribution targets
- Consistent approach and strong work ethic
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
You will be working two days per week between Monday to Friday with a 06:00 am start until finish.
You will be payed £12.94 per hour (weekly payed).
Role Level
A role model for the Kepak values of responsibility, Ambition,Passion for food and Teamwork. You will be operating at Lead Self level and able to demonstrate our required core behaviour
- Passion for Food at forefront of day-to-day performance
- Ambition to develop self to achieve personal and business goals
- Responsibility for positive contribution to business
- Teamwork across all levels,departments and teams,willing to go the extra mile
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave (after probation)
- No weekends
- Employee Discount platform
- FREE access to Employee Assistance Program (Includes Free legal advice,counselling and mental health advice and a 24 hour help and advice line)
- Pension plan
- Death in Service benefit for all employees in the pension scheme
- Christmas hamper
- Earn up to £500 with our refer a friend scheme
- On-site parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised Canteen
- Free Lunch Once a Month
- Free hot drinks all day
- Employee engagement activities
- Long Service Awards
- Weekly Paid
- Ongoing Training and Development in the role