<strong>What would you get for working here?<br><br></strong><strong>Skills<br><br></strong>If you have the despatch experience and skills we are looking for then you will receive a total reward package that includes:<br><br><ul><li>A competitive salary of £30,730.70 p/a (£15.35 p/h)</li><li>8% Pension Contribution</li><li>21 days annual leave (Inc of Bank Holidays)</li><li>£250 refer-a-friend scheme</li><li>Access to Stream (formerly Wagestream) – a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you track earnings and access earned pay before payday, plus budgeting tools and money support to help you stay in control</li><li>Access to an exclusive employee benefits/discounts platform where you can save £££s on your everyday spends</li><li>Excellent coffee machines available free-of-charge</li><li>Professional development opportunities and qualifications</li><li>A progressive working environment that puts its people at the heart of what it does</li><li>Great opportunity for career development<br><br></li></ul><strong>What would you be doing?<br><br></strong>Our vision as a business is to be the “Go-to” supplier of bakery products, working nationally with retailers such as M&S, Tesco and Sainsbury’s on their premium private label range and regionally through the Village Bakery brand.<br><br>In achieving this vision, we want to be recognised as a family business that continually invests in the future through the development of our people, quality and food safety culture, equipment and processes.<br><br>As a member of the Despatch team, you will play a key role in ensuring our customers receive the right products, in the right quantities and on time. Working in a fast-paced FMCG environment, you will be responsible for accurately picking customer orders, preparing loads for dispatch, using hand-held scanning technology to maintain stock accuracy and ensuring vehicles are loaded safely and efficiently to support the smooth operation of our distribution network.<br><br><strong>Your Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To<br><br></strong><ul><li>Picking orders accurately and efficiently</li><li>Loading goods into freezer/ onto wagons safely</li><li>Using hand-held scanners to log and track loads</li><li>Stock handling and storage</li><li>Maintaining accurate despatch records</li><li>Working with the production team</li><li>Following health and safety procedures</li><li>Supporting stock rotation and inventory management<br><br></li></ul>The successful candidate for this role will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:<br><br><strong>Essential<br><br></strong><ul><li>Forklift Truck (FLT) licence (Counterbalance or Reach)</li><li>Experience working in a warehouse, stores or logistics role, ideally within FMCG or food manufacturing</li><li>Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow procedures accurately</li><li>Understanding of stock rotation and basic inventory control</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities</li><li>Strong teamwork and communication skills</li><li>Physically fit for manual handling<br><br></li></ul><strong>Desirable<br><br></strong><ul><li>Experience using warehouse management or stock control systems</li><li>Knowledge of Food Safety, GMP or HACCP environments</li><li>Experience within bakery or chilled food manufacturing<br><br></li></ul>So, who are we? If you haven’t heard of us before we are a family owned and managed Craft Bakery producing an award-winning range of Bread, Morning Goods, Pies and gluten free products.<br><br>Our business has been producing products in this category since 1964 and since then we have grown in success due to our reputation for quality, innovation and technical experience. As a result of this continued growth, we now operate from a number of world class and well invested bakeries in and around Wrexham, including our dedicated Gluten free site ‘Gluten Freedom’ and our state-of-the-art ‘Super Bakery’ at Ash Road.<br><br>If you would like to join our award-winning, quality-driven team please use the ‘apply now’ link and follow the on-line application instructions.<br><br>We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!<br><br><strong>Equal opportunities<br><br></strong>We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.