Stores Operative (Kitting) in Pershore, Worcestershire

Stores Operative (Kitting)
Location Pershore
Hours full time 07:45am-17:00pm Mon-Thurs, 07:45am-13:00pm Friday
Salary £12.71 - £14.00 per hour

Benefits
Opportunity to work overtime on enhanced rates of pay
Training and support to refine your skills
The opportunity to work on high-quality, safety-critical projects
Company pension scheme
Cycle-to-work scheme
Health & wellbeing programme
Free on-site parking
Life Assurance
Referral Programme
Enhanced Holiday entitlement of up to 33 days a year after 5 years
1pm Friday finish

Job description
Join a manufacturer within the Defence sector supply chain, committed to delivering products that truly make a difference. We are seeking a Stores Operative to play a vital role in supporting the storage and logistics requirements of our busy manufacturing operation. This position involves managing inventory processes-ordering, receiving, picking, packing, daily forklift use, issuing, and dispatching-while maintaining accurate, auditable records.
You'll work closely with production teams to ensure smooth operations, maintain a safe and organised environment, and keep assembly lines running without interruption. This is a full-time, stable role with opportunities for growth in a fast-paced, forward-thinking engineering company.

Duties
Order, receive, pick, pack, issue, and despatch inventory whilst maintaining fully auditable records on both system and paper accurately to meet customer requirements
Maintain a Kanban system, enabling assembly team to work without hindrance
Maintain a safe, clear, and clean environment ensuring all procedures are adhered to
Conduct daily inventory checks and record findings on excel spreadsheet
Using a forklift daily - loading / unloading vehicles and moving stock around
Submitting purchase order requests for consumables
Work with production requirements in line with sales
Assist with despatching of finished products in line with production
Understanding the despatching process
Understanding of customer packing specifications
Supply employees with PPE / Products throughout the day

Essential:
Experience of working with a stock control system
Good knowledge of Stock Control and Stores Procedures
Confident working with numbers
Working proactively, and efficiently to deadlines, and engaged to achieving time-bound targets
Flexibility to performing other tasks if required, and willing to learn new skills
Ability to work well with employees and fulfil requests
B1 Counterbalance forklift licence

Desirable:
Practical experience of working with MS Office applications
Awareness of Health and Safety procedures
An understanding of management systems to ISO 9001 standards
Experience of working within the Railway and Defence sector
Experience of using a counterbalance forklift truck
Experience of using Sage

This is a career opportunity with an employer of choice in Worcestershire
Please apply with your CV in the first instance.
Wright Staff are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.