Warehouse Operative

You don’t get to be one of the nation’s largest and most loved supermarkets without a brilliant team — and our warehouse colleagues are central to keeping our warehouses running smoothly, ensuring our customers can buy the goods they need in store.

Being a Sainsbury’s Warehouse Operative is more than picking goods accurately and in perfect condition. It’s about helping your community eat, shop, and live better, all while being part of a family that’s 187,000 people strong. After all, making the best-quality products available in-store for our customers is what we’re about. Just ask the millions of people up and down the country who choose to shop with us every week.

We’re currently recruiting permanent Warehouse Operatives to work full time, on a – shift pattern

If you’re successful, you may be required to work additional hours to meet the needs of the operation where required.

• You have previous experience working as a Warehouse Operative
• You’ve assisted with the efficient and effective running of a warehouse operation, processing time-critical loading and unloading of supplier consignments
• You’ll ideally have experience of using Powered Pallet Ride On Trucks/MHE
• You’re great working as part of a team
• You’re competent in PC system. 

• Accurately carrying out time-critical movements of products
• Effectively communicating with internal and external customers
• Working in line with our standard operating procedures
• Ensuring deadlines are met and KPI’s are achieved and exceeded
• Ensuring unloading/loading accuracy is maintained at 100%
• Working in line with our health and safety processes
• Demonstrating clear and precise written communication
• General warehouse housekeeping
• Accurately processing customer returns and rejections
• Working in line with food safety standards
• Communicating with our Yard and Office colleagues via radio to ensure a timely operation
• Temperature checking and logging where required