Operations Assistant

Job Introduction

• Operations Assistant
• 24 hours per week- with flexibility to increase to cover holidays 
• Monday- Wednesday 8.30am-5pm
• £9.51 per hour (£11,913.41 per annum) rising to £9.92 per hour (£12,423.41 per annum) after successful completion of our transition period.
• Lytham St Annes 

We have a great opportunity for an efficient and enthusiastic person to join our busy Operations Team at our Head Office in Lytham St Annes to support them with the important work they do in managing our incoming deliveries. This is an active and physical role; requiring you to be on your feet for long periods, some heavy lifting and operating various machinery.

We are proud to have recently achieved the number one position in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021, in addition to being announced as ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ 2021. It’s also our 16th consecutive year of receiving three-star accreditation for ‘world-class’ levels of workplace engagement.

Role Responsibility

• Unloading/loading deliveries
• Following set guidelines to ensure accurate recording of incoming post deliveries
• All aspects of post sorting and delivering to relevant department/area
• Following up and chasing of any missing parcels or discrepancies
• Communicating with our store and office colleagues and supporting with the internal post system
• The use of recycling machinery
• General maintenance of the shredder and company car
• Monthly postal cost analysis
• General housekeeping

All applicable training will be provided as part of the role. 

The Ideal Candidate

Essential skills

• Strong attention to detail
• Can demonstrate ability to prioritise workload in order to achieve deadlines
• Works well individually and within a team 
• Ability to undertake work of a physical nature
• Can-do attitude and self-motivated

Desirable skills

• Experience of using Microsoft Excel
• Experience of working in a busy environment 

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 72 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £16 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

Some of our other benefits include:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Free car parking
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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Beaverbrooks