Warehouse Operative (General)- BW Stoke

With 59 branches, a customer base of 100,000 retailers and a product range of over 25,000 items – Bestway is the largest independent food wholesaler in the UK. We’ve achieved our success by offering the best prices, service and choice to help retailers build their businesses.

We now have an opportunity for two Warehouse Operative to join the team at our Stoke-on-Trent branch:

Dalewood Road,
Lymedale Business Park,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire,
ST5 9QH
Branch Information: https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/depots/Bestway-Stoke-on-Trent

Depot location will be moving in August from Newcastle-under-Lyme to the Fenton branch (The old JTF building)

Diamond Park,  King Street, Fenton

Stoke on Trent, ST4 2LT

This is a fast-paced role, where you could be involved in a wide variety of tasks. From replenishing stock, processing bulk sales through the checkout, picking and packing customer orders, assisting drivers with deliveries to maintaining depot standards ensuring our customers receive the best possible service at all times.

It's a busy and physically demanding role. You’ll be on your feet all day, moving and lifting stock to ensure targets and deadlines are met, so we’re looking for people with bags of energy who are up for the challenge!

What skills do you need to be a warehouse operative:

• Great timekeeping skills
• An enthusiastic and adaptable approach to carrying out duties.
• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Teamwork to ensure targets and deadlines are met
• Flexible approach to working hours.
• Receiving, processing and reconciling card, cheque and cash payments.
• Contacting customers to follow up on outstanding payments
• Basic computer knowledge 

In addition to your basic pay, we offer 30 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), company pension, free parking on site, and supportive training and equipment to help do your role effectively.

Details:

• Job type: Full-time, permanent
• Salary: £9.50 per hour
• Rate of pay: Hourly
• Hours of work: 38 hours per week
• Shift: Any 5 days out of 7, including weekends

We’re passionate about meeting our customers’ needs and working as a team to grow our business. So if you’re looking for an opportunity to make an impact in an ambitious company that’s built its way up from humble beginnings, you could be the person we’re looking for.