Trainee Workshop Stores Assistant HGV / LGV

The Canute Group are looking to recruit for a HGV / LGV Trainee Workshop Stores Assistant to work within our busy store department based at our Head office Purfleet Depot.

The Canute Group continue to be one of the fastest growing, global supply chain providers operating today providing a range of logistic solutions including road haulage, freight forwarding, supply chain management and storage solutions.

As a Trainee Workshop Stores Assistant, your duties and responsibilities will be:

• To receive in all goods delivered to the company
• Carry out inspection of goods received - checking for damage, quantity of and quality of items received.
• Entering of all goods received on to the computer system and correlating the items
• received to the purchase order to ensure our order requirements are fulfilled.
• To book on to the system all items received from customers for repair.
• To use the company computer system to maintain accurate records, carry out stock
• transfers etc.
• To keep the working area / stores free of hazards as per the company’s health and safety
• policy (as per the handbook and policy statement), reporting any potential dangers to the
• Operations Manager as soon as they arise.
• Be prepared to undertake any internal / external training as required.
• To be flexible as possible with working hours at times of heavy workload.
• To deal with dispatches by post and with letter mail.

General Data Entry

• To undertake any other duties, from time to time
• Provide Holiday cover where applicable.

Stock Control

• To keep control of all stock parts
• To be responsible for the goods in / out / stores areas to comply with Health and Safety,
• Insurance requirements, and to generally to maintain it in a tidy and orderly way.
• To maintain quality, batch control and traceability of all parts and to ensure the
• department operates to the quality manual
• To issue stock parts to the workshop as required and to update the system accordingly
• To order parts for the workshop
• To assist with regular stock checks when required
• To assist with stock maintenance, management and depreciation
• Goods out
• To accurately pick stock items in accordance with the outgoing paperwork ensuring
• conformance to the customer’s requirements.
• To adequately package all orders for safe delivery to the customer.
• To liaise with the various carriers used for delivery to customers.

An ideal Trainee Workshop Stores Assistant will be willing to work as part of a team and on their own initiative. Experience would be preferred / full training will be provided.

The role will require a flexible working approach which reflects the needs of the business and the daily working hours will be either 09:00HRS until 18:00HRS or 08:30HRS until 17:30HRS, Monday to Friday, which includes an unpaid meal break.

In return for this you will receive a competitive salary.

For an opportunity to join this expanding company please submit your CV online.

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