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Salary: £14.91 PAYE for AM shift role, or £16.40 per hour PAYE for PM shift role.

Shifts:
AM shift = 7.30am - 3.30pm - (30 min lunch break) = 7.5 hours per day  / 37.5 hours per week
PM shift = 1.00pm - 9.00pm - (30 min lunch break) = 7.5 hours per day / 37.5 hours per week

Distribution Centre Operative Role:

The correct and efficient Goods Receipt of stock and its subsequent storage in the correct temperature-controlled areas (room temperature; chill and frozen).
Ensure that picked products are accurately packed in accordance with their temperature sensitivity.
Assist with the loading and unloading of vehicles and the general handling of materials throughout the site.
Pick customer orders in accordance with material number; quantity; batch number; expiry date and temperature condition.
Assist with daily inventory checks as required.Your Background:

GCSE pass (or equivalent) in Maths & English or A ‘Level or equivalent (desirable).
Experience in a Warehouse operations environment.
Forklift truck driving experience (not essential).
SAP/IT experience will be an advantage.Company:
Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location: 
This role is based at our clients site in Burgess Hill.

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For more information on these positions, please contact the Key Accounts Team on (phone number removed) or email (url removed). Please quote reference (Apply online only).
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK
 
Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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