Title: Logistics Operative
Reports to: Operations Supervisor
Based at: Brookhouse Mill
Hours per week: 40 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday, 10pm - 6am
Job Purpose
As a Logistics Operative, you will play an important role in the smooth and efficient running of Cormar’s warehouse operations. Working as part of the night shift team, you will help with picking, packing, loading, and stock movement activities to ensure customer orders are fulfilled accurately and on time. You will also help maintain high standards of quality, safety, and housekeeping across the site.
Values in Action
At Cormar, our values guide how we work. In this role, you will:
- Trust – Handle goods safely and accurately, ensuring stock records and deliveries are always correct.
- Respect – Work safely and respectfully with colleagues and supervisors, keeping the workplace tidy and organised.
- Ambition – Take pride in your work and look for ways to improve efficiency and accuracy in warehouse processes.
- Together – Support your team to meet daily targets, cover duties when needed, and contribute to a positive shift environment.
- Reliable – Be dependable in attendance and performance, completing your work to a high standard every shift.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out warehouse duties including picking, packing, loading, and stock movements.
- Operate forklift trucks, boom lifts, and other machinery safely and effectively.
- Use RF scanners and warehouse systems to record stock transactions accurately.
- Ensure all products meet the required quality standards before dispatch.
- Maintain agreed housekeeping and safety standards across the warehouse.
- Support with regular stock counts and assist in maintaining accurate inventory records.
- Work flexibly across the team, supporting colleagues and covering other tasks when required.
- Follow all company health and safety procedures and report any incidents, damage, or hazards immediately.
- Contribute to improvement initiatives that support safety, efficiency, and teamwork.
Team Cormar
- Promote and live Cormar’s values in your daily work.
- Work positively as part of the warehouse team to meet shared goals.
- Take responsibility for your own health and safety and that of others.
- Support company improvement initiatives such as surveys and culture programmes.
- Understand how your work supports the wider business objectives.
- Assist the Operations Supervisor in delivering team targets and maintaining performance.
Skills & Qualifications
- Previous experience operating a forklift truck (FLT) – essential.
- Ability to work effectively within a team and communicate clearly.
- Good understanding of warehouse operations and stock control.
- Able to work accurately and meet deadlines under pressure.
- Basic IT and administrative skills for recording stock and order information.
- Flexible and willing to take on a variety of warehouse tasks as needed.
- Physically capable of performing manual tasks, including lifting moderate weights.
Please send applications to Carla Grant, HR Manager, Cormar Carpets, Brookhouse Mill, Greenmount, Bury BL8 4HR, or email Carla.Grant@cormarcarpets.co.uk . Alternatively, use the form below.
