Warehouse Assistant
Job Description
Job title: Warehouse Assistant
Company: John Lewis Partnership
Job description: Posting End Date: February 6, 2024
Join John Lewis or Waitrose today
If you’ve ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you’ll know there’s something unique about us.
That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we’re the success we are. They’re our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.
Job Summary:
Job Description:
Distribution is about getting the right stock, to the right place, at the right time. In a company the size of ours it’s no mean feat, but join our distribution operation and you’ll be helping to put the smiles on our customers’ faces all over the country.
At a glance:
Role: Warehouse Partner
Position: 6 months fixed term contract, internally known as a secondment
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Pay: £10.42 – £11.48 per hour
Location: Altens Customer Delivery Hub, Aberdeen
Please note: Due to the nature of this role, we require all applicants to be over 18 to apply
About the role:
As a flexible Partner, you will play a key role both in our Warehouse and in Customer Delivery. You will ensure safe handling of goods that pass through the Warehouse working efficiently and accurately to agreed productivity targets and schedules. You will load and unload our vans, pick and pack the orders for our Customers and prepare these for delivery. You will also ensure that our goods and products are safely stored and replenished. Our Customer Delivery teams are the face of the John Lewis & Partners brand. As part of a 2 person crew, you will deliver, assemble and install a wide range of home furnishings, electrical products and sports equipment, ensuring every delivery is made with the highest level of customer service.
As a driver for the Partnership, you will promote the Partnership brand through a professional and courteous manner to other road users.
Please note that this role involves heavy lifting.
Essential skills you’ll need
Basic IT skills
Strong Communication skills – including telephone skills as well as verbal and written skills
Category B manual UK driving licence (no more than 6 points)
Able to cope with the physical requirements of the role
Desirable skills you may have
Previous experience in a warehouse role involving the movement of caged stock and manual handling would be an advantage, as would working in a retail environment.
Previous experience in customer delivery
We believe in rewarding our Partners for their time and energy. After all, they’re the ones that make the John Lewis Partnership special. Benefits include:
💚Once you’ve been with us for three months, you’ll get Partnership discount in store and online. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.
💚Discounted cinema tickets & VIP suites with discounted tickets at the O2 arena
💚Discounted rates on holidays at the John Lewis Partnerships hotels, where only Partners and their guests can stay
💚Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy
And much more! Find out more about our benefits here: https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/
If you would like to view the job outline for this role please see attached our job outline. For internal partners, please click on this .
Pay Range: £10.80 up to £11.48 Hourly
Scheduled Weekly hours: 37.5
Worker Type: Permanent Partner
Job Level: Partnership Level 10
Hours of Work: Various full-time hours required
At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you’re at your best when you’re free to be yourself.
Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It’s why we’ve set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business – for our Partners (employees) and our customers.
We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it’s integral in our mission to build a happier world. 🌍 💚
We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you’re a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.
Find out more about D&I in the Partnership .
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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Expected salary: £10.42 – 11.48 per hour
Location: Altens, Aberdeen City
