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Location: Uckfield

Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM (overtime available during peak periods)

Pay: £12.98 per hour, with overtime paid at £17.16 per hour after 39 hours per week, equating to £26,000–£28,000 per annum

Position Location: Uckfield

Job Role: Forklift Driver, Stock Controller

Our client is seeking a reliable and organised Stock Controller to join their team. This role is essential to ensuring smooth warehouse operations and supporting the wider team. As a luxury brand focused on quality, the company strives for perfection in every aspect. They produce a range of premium products while maintaining a commitment to excellence that extends beyond their offerings and includes their staff.

Responsibilities include picking and preparing sales orders for dispatch to customers, ensuring all shipping deadlines are met, and dispatched items meet brand and regulatory standards. You will assist with site activities, including receiving, storage, shipping, and addressing logistics-related issues. The role also involves accurately completing all required paperwork or electronic records for dispatched items, stored goods, and received deliveries, maintaining a clean and tidy workspace, receiving and processing returned goods promptly to ensure inventory accuracy, and safely operating a forklift during daily duties, ensuring compliance with all safety standards. Additionally, you will participate in monthly stock inventory counts, comply with all relevant company health and safety policies, use a computerised stock control system to track and manage incoming and outgoing stock levels, and handle caged or palletised stock, with occasional handballing required.

Qualifications and experience required include hands-on experience with receiving, storing, shipping, picking, packing, and preparing sales orders in a warehouse or stock control role (beneficial but not essential), familiarity with health and safety regulations (particularly in warehouse or catering environments), keen attention to detail, strong organisational skills, the ability to work efficiently both independently and as part of a team, and a valid counterbalance forklift licence with relevant experience operating forklifts safely and efficiently (required for all applicants).

Benefits include a competitive salary of £26,000–£28,000 per annum, stable working hours (Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM), a supportive and friendly working environment, free parking, weekly pay, pension contributions, overtime paid at 1.5x the hourly rate after 39 hours per week, and temporary, ongoing, and temp-to-perm opportunities.

Requirements include a valid and in-date counterbalance forklift licence with relevant experience, a full UK driving licence (due to limited public transport availability near the workplace), previous warehouse experience (advantageous but not essential), strong attention to detail and accuracy in task completion, effective communication skills, and a positive work ethic.

How to apply: If you are enthusiastic about starting a rewarding role and being part of a dynamic team, please send your CV to Daniel at (url removed). Alternatively, you can contact the team by calling (phone number removed) (Option 2), and we will be happy to assist you.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join a respected manufacturer and kickstart your career in the new year. Apply now and become an integral part of the team