Despatch Team Member
Overview of role
Location: Glasgow
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Despatch Team at Allied Bakeries, Glasgow, working backshift four days per week from 10 am to 8.30 pm.
The role:
The key activities of the role are to provide a professional and efficient logistics service, ensuring correct loading, picking, and despatching of daily sales orders to meet all customer requirements on time and in full.You will be required to perform these duties whilst minimising costs, providing excellent customer service, adhering to the Allied Bakeries Site Standards and helping to drive forward the Safety-First message.
Key Accountabilities- To ensure accurate picking, assembly and loading/unloading of products to the right vehicle.
- To minimise damage to the product, remove and replace any products with visual damage to ensure the customer receives a quality product.
- To alert the Line Manager of any shortages or issues affecting customer orders.
- To work individually and as part of a team to meet distribution deadlines.
- To maintain a clean and safe environment adhering to the "Clean As You Go" Policy, meeting the agreed standards in hygiene and housekeeping
- As required, to ensure the efficient and safe use of Forklift Trucks and other MHE (Manual Handling Equipment), adhering to internal procedures for maintenance and use.
- Identify areas with a potential risk to food safety and raise and act accordingly.
- To report equipment faults, defects or potential hazards to the immediate Manager.
- Follow instructions, training, procedures and guidelines set out by the site/department.
- Support ideas for improvements through despatch, quality of product or cost.
Skills:
- Experience working in a warehouse environment
- Good numerical and verbal skills
- An understanding of Warehouse picking systems
- Attention to Detail and drive for results
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team with a flexible approach
- Enthusiasm and determination to meet required standards
The Right Person
Allied Bakeries values reflect the type of culture that we are working hard to achieve; it's all about Aiming High, Doing What We Say, ensuring Everybody Matters, and Working Together. If you can live with these values, chances are you'll do well here.
There are plenty of reasons why this is a great place to work, and here are just a few of the benefits for you:
- Annual Salary £27,083
- Comprehensive training as part of induction,
- Pension: Matching employer pension contributions of up to 10% (inclusive of Life Assurance),
- Employee Assistance Programme: A 24/7, 365 helpline, with calls answered by experienced in-house counsellors, legal and financial specialists
- My Healthy Advantage smartphone app and online personalised well-being content.
- Cycle to work scheme,
- Extra Slice - Our Company discount scheme saves employees money at more than 500 businesses/outlets.
If you want to join a passionate business that encourages you to be the best you can be and values its people, we'd like to hear from you.
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Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £13.9bn and 128,000 employees in 53 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia..Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.
We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.
The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively.We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.
Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others.We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.
If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.