About the job

As a Despatch Operative you will be completing all cold store functions including order picking, physical inventory, loading and house-keeping duties.

 

You will be working with state of art technology, such as our Automated Guided Vehicles, where you will ensure full completion of daily targets whilst maintaining strict food hygiene and Health & Safety standards within the department.

 

You will monitor equipment performance and correct/raise issues before they become problems and perform basic maintenance tasks and fault diagnosis.

 

Also, you will be operating End of Line Palletisers and schedule workload to ensure efficient pallet supply across the Dairy.

 

Benefits

Competitive salary Discounted on-site staff shop with a wide range of Arla products including Lurpak, Cravendale  & our Arla Protein range Employer Pension contribution matched up to 6% Free on-site parking On-site Gym On-site canteen Cheese Hamper for every member of staff at Christmas!

 

What you’ll need to be successful in the role?

We are looking for a motivated team player, who can work on their own initiative and knows about supply chain processes and sticking to health and safety rules.

 

If you have previous experience of working in a warehousing or cold store environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

 

You must be a strong communicator, who is able to prioritise tasks in a timely and organised manner and contribute to regular department meetings.

 

You’ll be a strong performer with a good attendance record and a willingness to learn further skills.

 

Things we’d love to tell you about our Aylesbury site

Arla Aylesbury is our biggest & most automated net carbon dairy site Each of our fillers runs at 17,000 bottles an hour processing over 1.5 billion litres of the UK's favourite milk for our supermarket customers This means our diary accounts for 75% of the entire UK diary industry Our dairy site sits on 75 acres and it is 3km to cycle across the diary We have had a few appearances on TV including BBC’s “Inside the Factory”

 

If this role sounds of interest then please apply using the link or reach out to Tony Clapham, Talent Partner, at Arla Foods.

 

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

 

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

 

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