Despatch Team Member (Pool)

Allied Bakeries Limited; Belfast; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bakery company based in Belfast is seeking a professional to provide a safe and efficient service in dispatch. The role involves handling daily sales orders and requires flexibility to work rotating shifts, including nights and weekends. Candidates need a good level of health and safety awareness, numerical skills, and experience using IT systems. A counterbalance forklift licence is advantageous. The company values a proactive approach to safety and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Good level of Health and Safety awareness is essential.
• Must possess numerical and recording skills.
• Experience in IT systems is required.
• Willingness to work shifts, including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional and safe service in distribution and sales orders.
• Work in a rotating shift pattern covering a 24-hour operation.
• Contribute to safety and performance targets in dispatch operations.
• Build effective relationships with other teams to enhance performance.

Skills

Health and Safety awareness

Numerical and information recording skills

Experience using IT systems

Flexibility to work shifts

Tools

Computerized warehouse system

Counterbalance forklift licence

Job description

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon. We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s, Bürgen and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview

Location: Belfast

Reporting to the Despatch Front Line Manager, you will provide a professional, safe and efficient service to ensure correct receipt, handling and distribution of daily sales orders to meet all customer requirements on time and in full. You should have the ability to work a rotating shift pattern to cover across a 24-hour operation, flexibility will be required. You will be working covering absences so your rota will be flexible across 7 days and will have day and night shift rotation depending on where you are working.

Key Accountabilities

• Safety First’ approach at all times. Being proactive with hazard reporting, working with despatch team to target Zero Harm.
• Follow instructions, training, procedures and guidelines as set out by the site/department.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach when moving between the various tasks within the despatch operation, including order picking, decanting, loading, unloading and product control; being open and willing to learn and develop new skills.
• Achieve the performance targets set; measured by the WMS and other supporting systems and measures.
• Drive personal development, ensuring knowledge and skills are utilised and developed, demonstrating a positive can-do attitude to their work, reflecting the Company's Values at all times.
• Actively contribute to site standards and respective internal and external audits. Ensuring a clean as you go approach at all times.
• Build and develop effective relationships with other teams on site to ensure cross functional working and the optimal performance of the function is achieved.

The Right Person

Essential

• Demonstrate a good level of Health and Safety awareness
• Numerical, reading and information recording skills.
• Experience of using IT systems
• Willing to work shifts including nights and weekends

Advantageous

• Experience of using a computerized warehouse system
• Current counterbalance forklift licence