Affinity Water have a brilliant job opportunity available to work as a Stores Person in our Folkestone Area.
The Role:
As a Stores Person you will support the Folkestone team in meeting all Customer Operations performance goals by effectively managing stock levels, purchasing, distributing materials, and overseeing the stores and depot areas.
Your primary responsibilities will include ensuring that physical stock, including inventory, van stock, and materials are maintained at the appropriate levels to meet work service level agreements (SLAs).
What you'll be doing:
- Maintain physical stock levels (yard, van stock, and materials) to ensure the availability of materials for internal users and customers, conducting regular stock checks.
- Ensure the safe storage of equipment, materials, and fittings in line with water quality and safety regulations, including hazardous materials handling and storage procedures.
- Process purchase orders efficiently and resolve any queries related to stores or inventory promptly, without conflict or delay.
- Oversee the proper disposal of waste materials and obsolete stock, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and company policies.
- Managing the day-to-day operations of the depot/stores ensuring safety protocols are adhered to and utilizing plant and machinery where necessary.
What you'll need:
- Strong understanding of stock management principles, including stock rotation, cycle counts, and inventory accuracy.
- Understanding of and adherence to health, safety, and environmental regulations relevant to material storage and handling.
- Skilled in using inventory and procurement management software, such as Oracle Fusion and Maximo.
- Ability to work effectively with internal and external teams, including suppliers, delivery teams, and field staff.
- Full UK driving licence required, willing to travel to other Company sites and deliver materials to local teams when required.
Advert Closing Date:
2/9/2025
Benefits:
- Salary: £28,750 - £30,750 (salary dependant on skills and experience)
- Hours: 08:00am - 16:30pm (Mon - Thurs) 08:00am - 16:00pm (Friday)
- Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
- Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
- Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
- A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
- A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
- We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
- Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
- Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
- Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
- Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
- Life Assurance.
- Disability confident: if you need to apply in a different format, please contact us
Disability Confident Employer
Disability Confident is a voluntary government scheme which Affinity Water has signed up to. It means we are committed to employing, fairly assessing, and supporting our disabled employees through reasonable adjustments and an inclusive culture.
Offer an interview scheme
As a Disability Confident employer, we commit to offering interviews to disabled candidates who evidence that they meet the essential criteria for the role and who opt in on the application form. To see all the essential criteria please contact the Talent Acquisition lead to request the full job description.
Please note that in some situations where we have a very high volume of applications, it may not be practical to offer interviews to everyone, in which case we commit to take through a fair and proportionate number, offering interviews to those disabled candidates who best meet the criteria.
What is a disability?
A disability is a long-term physical or mental health condition that has a substantial impact on someone’s day-to-day activities.
What if I need adjustments during the recruitment process?
Please contact the Talent Acquisition lead mentioned on the job advert if you need any adjustments during the process.
Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.
You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.
