Our Story
At Woods we have been providing jobs to the local community through our stores and warehouse network since 1875.
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Pay & Benefits
We have a great reputation as a great employer, and we're proud to be able to offer our staff a little more to show our appreciation for choosing Woods for their career.
- Generous Salary
- Commission (for sales positions)
- Up to 8% Pension
- 20 Days Plus Bank Holidays (28 in total)
- Staff discount
- Death In Service Benefit
- Uniform
Warehouse Assistant - Crewkerne
We are looking to recruit a Warehouse Assistant , working alongside our existing team. We are a growing independent furniture retailer and we need someone to support our very busy warehouse. Helping with goods received in and with organising goods out. This is a very busy role and you must be able to multi-task in this fast-paced environment.
This is a permanent contract, 40 hours per week.
Duties
- Loading and unloading of goods vehicles
- Accepting in and unloading container stock
- Book in 3rd party deliveries to client’s home for 2 man service
- Book in collections and deliveries for 1 man service
- Transferring stock to our other warehouses
- Support with product bay placement and maintenance
- Answer incoming calls to warehouse
- Arrange and load customer vehicles with collections
- Receive and book incoming goods onto our system
- Full training provided.
Essential Requirements
- Physically fit – furniture items can be heavy
- Friendly telephone manner
- Computer literate – particularly in Excel and Word
- Great attention to detail
- Be able to work to tight timescales
- Work on own initiative
- Handy – be able to assemble furniture
- Highly Organised
- Comfortable working under pressure
- Willing train for a forklift licence
- Be adaptable and react positively to a change in priorities
Desirable
- Experience working in a very busy environment
- Forklift licence
- Flexible approach to work
- Self Motivated
Benefits
- Excellent Salary, 40 hours per week Monday - Friday
- Pension after qualifying period
- 28 days holiday per annum
- Significant discounts off in store purchases
- Immediate start available for the right candidate
Job Type: Full Time 40 – Hours per week, Monday – Friday
If you think you are the right person for the job, you want to work for a great company with great benefits and you want to grow with our business then we want to hear from you.