Warehouse Operative - Vox Group

The Warehouse and Supply Operative here at Crate Brewery plays a crucial role in upholding the compliance and smooth running of our warehouse logistics. In this role you will use your developed organisational and communication skills to ensure consistently high health and safety standards, excellent service and delivery for our customers (B2B and B2C), and smooth working across teams within the group. You will work closely with the Stock and Procurement Manager, who manages this position. This role will suit you if you are self motivated and enjoy working solo, as well as collaborating with a wider team operation. Please see the core responsibilities below for more information. At Crate we offer an inclusive, creative and supportive team culture, and we always look to our team first when development opportunities arise. Employees benefit from free food and drink on working days, as well as a 50% staff discount across our sites and online shop. All staff also have access to free wellbeing support and counselling through Hospitality Action. Following successful completion of the probationary period, this role qualifies to take part in our four day week trial, so being proactive, highly organised and a great communicator is vital. Person specification • Organised with a methodical approach to managing routine task workload, • A positive, go-getting attitude, with stringent time and task management skills, • A problem solver, able to find efficient solutions in a fast paced environment, • A confident communicator with a focus on persuasive action both internally and externally, • Self motivated when solo working, and as part of a cross functional team, • Eager to collaborate with other departments or affiliate companies, and capable of working flexibly to achieve company goals, • Strong computer literacy - Google suite, Breww, Slack and Asana are key platforms used daily, • Possession of a full UK driving license (essential), • FLT license (highly desirable), • Manual handling experience (highly desirable), • Knowledge of and an interest in craft beer (desirable) Core responsibilities • Deliveries to our key customers, on time and in full, • Maintaining a high level of customer service at all times, • Assisting in the movement of goods from suppliers to warehouses and from warehouses to customers, • Ensuring Crate warehouse spaces are safe, tidy, organised, and compliant with health and safety regulations including weekly checks, • Conducting weekly stock takes, utilising stock rotation plans for optimal quality, including promptly reporting any issues or outages to the Stock & Procurement Manager, • Overseeing the storage and handling of goods, optimising space utilisation and implementing best practices in warehousing, • Handling, packing and dispatching goods on behalf of third party tenants, • Setting a high standard of manual handling, • Contributing to department meetings with the Brewery team to achieve common goals, • Assisting with procurement of raw materials for our suppliers, in line with Crate’s internal demand planning, • Monitoring supplier performance, communicating results to higher management, • Ensuring e-commerce operations are kept up to date