Stores Assistant
Sammons Recruitment Ltd
You will play a key part in maintaining stock accuracy, supporting production teams, and ensuring goods are delivered on time while adhering to quality, safety and operational standards. This opportunity would suit an organised and proactive individual with previous stores, warehouse, logistics, or import/export experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
What's on Offer?
- Job Type: Full-time, permanent
- Salary: Competitive salary, dependent on experience
Key Responsibilities
- Receive, inspect, store, pick, pack, and dispatch materials accurately and safely
- Support production teams through timely replenishment of materials and stock
- Pick and kit work orders, ensuring all stock transactions are accurately recorded
- Process incoming deliveries and ensure goods are booked into inventory systems correctly
- Prepare and process shipping documentation, including commercial invoices, packing lists, and customs paperwork
- Coordinate collections and deliveries with couriers, freight providers, and internal departments
- Maintain accurate stock records and carry out inventory transactions using ERP systems
- Perform regular cycle counts and stock checks to maintain inventory accuracy targets
- Monitor stock levels and report shortages, discrepancies, or damaged items promptly
- Ensure materials are labelled, handled, and stored in accordance with company procedures
- Assist with loading and unloading deliveries safely and efficiently
- Support import/export compliance and shipping requirements
- Maintain high housekeeping standards and contribute to continuous improvement and 5S initiatives
- Complete all documentation accurately and maintain organised records
Skills, Experience and Training Requirements
- Previous experience within a stores, warehouse, logistics, inventory, or shipping role
- Experience supporting import/export operations and shipping processes
- Understanding of shipping documentation, customs paperwork, and freight procedures is essential
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and ERP systems
- Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners
- Forklift licence would be advantageous but is not essential
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths desirable
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Our Ideal Candidate
- Highly motivated, reliable, and enthusiastic
- Able to work effectively as part of a team and independently when required
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Positive and proactive approach to work
- Comfortable following procedures while identifying opportunities for improvement
- Committed to maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and accuracy
- Adaptable and willing to support wider business needs when required
How to Apply
If you have experience in stores, warehouse operations, inventory control, or logistics and are looking for your next opportunity within a supportive and growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV for further information.
JOB DESCRIPTION / PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Stores Assistant
Reports to: Warehouse Cell Leader
Location: Lower Dicker, UK
JOB PURPOSE/PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
The main purpose of this role will be:
- To provide immediate and proactive support to all cells and production areas, ensuring material replenishment direct to the Point of Use (POU), with minimal disruption to the flow.
- To pick and kit WOs as required and transact accordingly.
- To ensure that goods are booked in, processed and dispatched on-time and in a safe and efficient manner.
- To ensure, thorough daily perpetual cycle counting that inventory levels are maintained in line with company targets, with stock accuracy greater than 98%.
- Receive, check, store, pick, pack, and dispatch materials accurately and safely.
- Support import and export shipments by preparing and processing shipping paperwork, including commercial invoices, packing lists, and customs-related documents.
- Liaise with couriers, freight forwarders, and internal departments to ensure timely delivery and collection of goods.
- Maintain accurate stock records and complete all inventory transactions using internal systems in place.
- Carry out cycle counts and stock checks to help maintain high levels of inventory accuracy.
- Monitor stock levels and report shortages, discrepancies, or damaged goods promptly to your line manager.
- Ensure materials are handled, labelled, and stored correctly in line with company procedures.
- Assist with loading and unloading deliveries and support general stores and warehouse housekeeping.
- Help ensure compliance with import/export controls, customs requirements, and company policies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement, 5S, and safe working practices across the stores area.
Receiving, storing, controlling, moving and dispatching stock
- To receive, unload, book onto the system, put away and move materials as required.
- To dispatch product, coordinating the packers, assisting with loading of the lorries and carrying out all the necessary paperwork and transactions.
- To take ownership of stock control within Stores and the PPMs, ensuring that FIFO is maintained.
- To ensure that stock is appropriately secured.
- To transact all appropriate stock movements on the Inventory management system (AX) and maintain stock accuracy in each location to greater than 98% accordingly.
- To perform and co-ordinate daily perpetual cycle counting.
- To pick, deliver and transact work orders in a timely manner (where Pull systems from the POU do not exist).
- To prepare, transact and arrange collection of any materials for external suppliers.
- To prepare, make-up, transact and deliver spares kits and other spares and component orders as required.
- To file all appropriate documentation, such as packing notes, requisition slips and work orders.
- To ensure all material movements are made safely, with due care and attention to oneself, others, products and fittings.
- To support and participate in the 5S programme, in particular within the Stores and PPM zones.
- To carry out any other duties as requested by the Warehouse Cell Leader or Managers.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
The essential skills/experience required for this role are:
- Previous experience in a stores, warehouse, logistics, or import/export support role.
- Good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy when handling stock and documentation.
- Basic IT skills and confidence using outlook, word, excel and stock controlling ERP systems.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well with colleagues and transport partners.
- Ability to manage priorities in a busy, fast-paced environment.
- Understanding of shipping documents, customs paperwork, or freight processes would be a Must.
- A forklift licence would be beneficial but is not essential.
- A positive attitude, strong work ethic, and commitment to safe working practices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Desirable Qualifications:
GCSE equivalent English and Maths
A good level of written and verbal communication skills
PERSONAL QUALITIES/ATTRIBUTES
We require all employees to have the following personal qualities/attributes
- High levels of motivation, enthusiasm.
- Capable of working well in a team environment.
- Good at listening to and following instructions.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Willing to contribute to the overall improvement and success of the business, working practices
- A positive attitude, co-operative, willing to comply with company policies and procedures and work constructively with colleagues
- Willing to commit to our core values
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