Job Description

The logistics Operative will handles the receipt, storage, and distribution of specialised equipment & supplies. They will also manage inventory, track stock, and ensure all items meet quality and security standards for critical operations.Key skills required for this roleStores, Stores Person, Stock Counting, Material, Logistics OperatorImportantAll applicants must be able to obtain Security ClearanceJob descriptionOur client, a prominent player in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a dedicated Logistics Operator to join their team in High Wycombe. This permanent role is vital to ensuring the efficient management of materials and stock control within a highly secure and regulated environment.Key Responsibilities:

• Receiving deliveries from suppliers and other sources, ensuring the correctness of goods and accurately booking them into the system
• Determining inspection requirements and decanting goods when necessary
• Creating labels for each package in the consignment and moving them to the relevant next step
• Scanning documents into the system to maintain a digital record of paperwork
• Informing the recipient that goods have arrived and should be collected from Goods In where applicable
• Locating receipts in the correct location and updating the system with the new location
• Picking shop orders, sales orders, customer orders, shortages, and material requisitions, and passing to production ready for build according to the production schedule
• Performing daily cycle counting of inventory and submitting any adjustments to finance for approval within the system
• To liaise with stores lead to request and send stock from offsite storage
• Loading and unloading vehicles as required, providing an efficient service to both incoming and outgoing deliveries
• Maintaining cleanliness and order in the stores and surrounding area to promote good health and safety practices
• Packing deliveries and shipments to the correct standard as specified within the contract, advising commercial once the parts are packed, and providing dimensions and weights of each parcel
• Picking, collating, and packing items for dispatch, ensuring adherence to all relevant procedures and processes
• Handling queries from various departments relating to the stores department
• Working within the Goods Inward, dispatch, and stores areas to undertake all tasks in a timely and accurate manner
• Working cross-functionally between sites as required
• Performing daily checks on the forklift and documenting findings
• Observing and practising all health and safety processes and guidelines at all times

Job Requirements:

• Experience of working within a Warehouse or Stores environment
• Experience in stock counting
• Strong numerical proficiency and use of data
• Good understanding and use of computers and Office suite
• Physically fit and capable of moving boxes and items by hand, as well as climbing steps/ladders
• Forklift licence preferable, or willingness to learn
• DGN trained ideal but not essential
• Full clean UK driver's licence

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to build good working relationships quickly, to facilitate information sharing
• Ability to work independently, self-manage, and complete work with minimal supervision
• Problem-solving approach, identifying issues, and then proposing and implementing solutions
• Ability to work through ambiguity and provide a clear output
• Maintaining a positive and can-do attitude
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail

If you are an experienced Logistics Operator looking for a new opportunity to further develop your career, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team in High Wycombe.Company overview:Some company benefits are:

• Optional 9 day fortnight
• TOIL
• Flexible working hours
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Annual bonus
• Casual dress
• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shut down.
• Option to buy or sell holiday.
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
• Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
• 4 x annual salary life cover

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