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Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse Operator (Green Shift- 4 on 4 off)

Department: UK Manufacturing

Location: Hamble

GLS: Ungraded

Working hours: Green Shift, 4 on 4 off

A brighter future awaits you
Cooper Vision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses with a presence in over 100 countries. Being part of Cooper Vision means helping improve the way people see each day. It’s more than making contact lenses, it’s about giving lens wearers freedom and confidence to move about their daily lives. We’re all about bright futures – for our people and those who wear our contact lenses.

Job summary – What to expect: As a Warehouse Operator in our UK manufacturing team, you will maintain the day-to-day operation of the Raw Materials Warehouse functions across both Hamble and Chandler’s Ford sites, ensuring the receiving, storage maintenance and issue of Inventory is in accordance with all relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs).

Your responsibilities will include:

• Competent use of Vehicles, Fork-lift Trucks (FLTs) and other devices for movement of goods.
• Responding to and solving problems as necessary to ensure optimum operational workflow is maintained, making the Team Leader aware of any work-related issues that could affect the warehouse team.
• Compliance with Health & Safety at Work Act and promote good EHS and GMP practice within the Shift Team to ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors to the area. This includes safe use of specialist equipment such as fork-lift trucks, pallet movers, racking, refrigeration, other electrical equipment, as well as safe handling and transportation of hazardous chemicals.
• Accurately receiving, storing away and maintaining Materials in good order in the Raw Materials Warehouses, providing a similar service for Engineering Spares in the absence of the Spares Stores team when needed.
• Providing a secure point of delivery for courier drop-offs, including Engineering Spares and parcels for the wider UKM business. Distribute parcels / contents as directed, including Engineering Spares, to the identified holding area.
• Receiving and supervising off-loading of Alcohol tankers into bulk storage at Hamble and Speedwell sites, and receive and supervise Polypropylene deliveries into bulk Silos at Hamble, Warrior Close and Speedwell sites.
• Driving company vehicles on and between CV UKM sites and off-site storage facilities to make all necessary deliveries and collections fulfilling the business requirements for materials flow.
• As directed by the Cycle Count Leader, participating in all Inventory Cycle Counting activities between all Warehouses on any of the UKM sites, including direct entry of count results into the Oracle ERP system.
• Operating computer-based systems including Oracle ERP, CVM SAMM, Service Now, Printers, Agile and MS Office.

A Full Job Description Is Available Upon Request.

About you: We are looking for someone with:

• Experience and understanding of ERP systems for inventory
• Computer literacy
• Forklift license preferred (but not essential)
• Full, preferably clean driving license
• Prior warehouse experience
• Good working knowledge of Warehouse procedures and environment, computer-based inventory systems and Microsoft office (or competence to achieve this).
• Materials Handling Equipment License; forklift trucks, pallet stacker and associated attachments such as barrel lifter and extensions (or competence to achieve this).
• Planning / organising skills
• Working with others as part of a team and self-motivated to work as an individual
• Problem-solving
• Proactivity and a service-driven attitude
• Continuous improvement/change orientation skills

Work Environment: Post-holder’s working environment will be a combination of indoor and outdoor working within the Warehouse areas, including Cold Stores, yards and drop off / collection points around the Hamble and Chandler’s Ford sites. Driving company delivery vehicles and operation of manual handling equipment such as FLTs with safe and competent operating technique is essential. Designated safety PPE must be worn.

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Education:

Experience

• Prior warehouse experience and good…