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Warehouse Operative / Forklift Operator

Location: Market: Salary: 26,000 - 29,000 Key Benefits: 5% Bonus + 8% Pension
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Are you an experienced Warehouse Operative and Forklift Truck Driver looking for a new challenge with a well-established company?

Due to an upcoming retirement, this specialist provider is searching for a talented individual keen to learn and progress a career in their sector.

Why This Company?

This world-leading supplier of high-specification engineering technology has a great reputation in the field and works with some of the UK’s biggest companies and authorities across a diverse range of markets. Every product is designed to the client’s specific environment, application and specification needs and produced to order.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work for a company that trains and develops from within and provides fantastic opportunities for career progression.

Rewards & Benefits

  • £26K – £29K Basic Salary (starting salary dependent on experience)
  • 5% Bonus (full bonus achieved last year)
  • 8% Pension Contributions
  • 25 Days Holiday + Public Holidays
  • Fantastic Induction continued training & development support.
  • Standard Working hours with early Friday finish (no evenings, early mornings or weekends).

About The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a professional Warehouse Operative / Forklift Operative who is looking to further develop their skills and experience with the training that is on offer.

Operating from the company warehouse your duties will include:

  • Accepting deliveries and storing them correctly.
  • Checking for missing items and potential damaged products.
  • Gathering and packing customer orders accurately within scheduled deadlines and to the correct specification.
  • Dispatching orders with the appropriate paperwork.
  • Undertaking regular stock takes.
  • Maintaining stock and stores records on an up-to-date CRM system.

About You

It is essential you have prior experience in a warehouse/store position and hold a Counterbalance / Reach Forklift Truck license.

Prior experience using SAP or ERP systems would be adventurous but not essential as training will be provided.

To fit this profile, you will be comfortable working to tight deadlines and have strong communication skills. Due to the nature of the role, it is also essential you have strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to your work.

Other key skills include:

  • Competent use of Microsoft Office, Outlook & CRM.
  • Experienced working as part of a team & using your own initiative.
  • Strong organisational skills.

We appreciate that you may not possess experience across all areas, so don’t be discouraged by the role if you can’t do everything we’re asking for.

Interested in this role? Here’s what happens next…

Click the apply button below to send us your CV. If we think you’re a great fit for this role, we’ll be in touch in the next couple of days.

Thank you for taking the time to read about this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you,

Team Mase.

Job Ref: 141-8085

Warehouse Operative / Forklift Operator

Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire

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Stonecross Lane North,
Warrington,
WA3 2SH

Phone: 01942 725 479
Email: info@mase-consulting.com

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  • Use the format shown in the downloadable template below. This is a format we have found clients respond well to. It’s easy to navigate and gives all the key information required in a clear and concise manner. This format will work for the majority of professionals, however if you’re a creative or design related individual, we’d recommend a CV format that demonstrates your unique creative/design capabilities.
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Interview prep is vital in order to be successful within the interview process and stand out against others.  Some of the core areas to consider include the following:

THE EMPLOYER

Fully researching the business you are meeting is vital, as the majority of clients will ask “what do you know about our organisation?”.  The internet can provide endless historical and present information on the organisation you are meeting, but simply glancing at a company website and reviewing the basics will no longer make you stand out within a competitive market. Areas to focus your research on include:

  • The products & solutions they offer
  • The markets they operate within
  • Their competitors
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  • Business size (turnover, employee numbers etc.)
  • Major project wins and successes

Don’t be worried about trying to memorise all the company information; most employers don’t mind candidates coming armed with a note pad of facts and figures. It should be written in bullet point format and be for your reference only. Try to avoid pages of information and stick to a maximum of one side of A4. If anything, we find clients are more impressed that candidates have taken the time to make notes opposed to just glancing at their company website.

THE INTERVIEWERS

We would always recommend you review the profile and background of the interview panel on LinkedIn.com prior to your meeting. This can be extremely insightful and allow you to understand more about the businesses/markets they have worked within and their personal interests. This will help you develop a rapport with the interviewers on the day.

YOU

No matter what level of role you are interviewing for you will find a large percentage of the interview will focus around you, your skills and past experience.  So although it seems an obvious area to prepare on, it’s one which candidates overlook the most.  

KNOW YOUR CV

Knowing your CV is vital, as clients will be keen to learn more about what interested you about a certain role, what you didn’t enjoy about the position, reasons for leaving companies, salary package, duties, achievements etc. It is important you’re able to give a good account of your skills and focus on drawing synergy between your past experience and the position on offer. Most clients are looking for related examples and will therefore ask scenario based questions allowing you to draw on your own experiences to answer.

JOB SPEC

Reviewing the job description in detail prior to your interview is critical. It will allow you to not only understand more about the employers requirements but allow you to tailor your pitch in the interview.  Naturally it makes more sense spending time talking about the areas of your experience that have the most relevance to the position on offer.

PREPARE QUESTIONS

Treat any interview as a two way conversation, to not only allow the employer to assess your skills but for you to assess if the business and opportunity is right for you. It is essential you are armed with intelligent questions that will make the interviewers sit back and think about before answering. For example:

  • Where do they see the biggest opportunities in the market for them to capitalise on?
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Questions such as the above can be extremely insightful and allow you to gain market intelligence and establish if the future of the role, their market and the business is stable.

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  • Arrive in good time and ensure you are well presented
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  • Don’t go off tangent
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