Warehouse Operative

To maintain a high standard of service to internal/external suppliers/customers with area of remit in the direct delivery model and develop relationships with the key stake holders.

To challenge performance & cost drivers in his/her area of responsibility and identify related gaps with the strategy, develops action plans accordingly.

To be a key member of a team to maintain 100% service level to production and to carry out material control and storage in a safe and controlled manner to world class standards. To maintain a high level of stock accuracy of 99%. Needs to understand multiple processes and technologies and be health and safety driven.

Main responsibilities & KPIs

• Scheduling deliveries to Goods In and shipments to Supply Units and Direct Customers from Liverpool, including the loading and unloading of vehicles.
• Inspection of goods, residue management, stock control and stock rotation to 99% accuracy using FEFO method
• Correct sampling and labelling of goods
• Material Issues to Production / Returns
• Pallet control (Chep / plastics / one way), including transfers from wood to plastic pallets between Low to Medium Care
• Using Manbar/Tekdan picking Transactions
• Using MES for high care transactions
• Receiving non-inventory items such as engineering parts, lab supplies, samples from suppliers through Goods In
• Keeping the area clean and tidy including waste management control, through compliance with Damaway and 5S principles and completing Quality audits
• Controlling the Goods Out area i.e.: controlling the air lock between medium care and low care
• Loading of finished product and unloading of vehicles through Goods Out
• Weekly PI checks
• Control of outbound 3^rd party
• Kanban stock control system on non stockable items
• Start/raise investigations through safety tags/engineering tags/Clio system
• Be part of key warehouse improvement methods and tools (AM, D-GMP, FIT)
• Controlling all rework pallets

Critical path, key challenges, limitations

• A strong awareness of health and safety including Manual Handling, STOP
• Strong CODE behaviours (Committed, Open, Doer, Empowered)
• Driven to achieve excellent results
• Ability to perform in a high performance team in a changing and complex environment.
• Commitment to delivery of customer service – internal and external
• Able to develop effective professional working relationships
• Capable of working on multiple priorities within tight deadlines
• An enthusiastic and committed self starter
• Confident with good communication skills
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office.
• Adaptable and able to slot into role very quickly.
• Know and understands the Warehouse processes and is aware of related Dan Go (objectives, main steps, tools, organization & interfaces)
• Understand the impact of his/her activity on the supply chain and Manufacturing and is aware of the main improvement levers of the SC processes
• Is able to use the relevant enabling technologies
• Knows the major interfaces in his/her activity within the manufacturing site
• Is able to function as part of a fully autonomous team

Education & Professional experiences needed

• Years of experience: Significant
• Industry and Types of Companies: Manufacturing / Supply Chain/warehouse
• Types of jobs: Performing in a high performance Team
• Level at last job: G12

Functional competencies needed & technical skills

• Trained and licensed to use MHE’s including, FLT, PPT.
• Extensive knowledge & significant experience of the field.
• Experience of working with ISO 14001
• Experience of using the Manbar / Tekdan / SAP systems and PI checks.
• Good understanding of 5S principles
• Knowledge of high care transactions
• Ability to understand pre-dispensing area and liase with dispensing team
• Ability to control and put away raw materials, Bulk and Packaging in a safe manner

The role is an ideal opportunity for development towards a broader operations career :

• involvement in strategy development
• highly transversal role, working actively with most of the companies functions (ops, medical,…)
• high exposure to hierarchy
• extremely strong operations mentality