Warehouse Operative

Durbin is one of the world's leading specialist medical suppliers and an integral part of Uniphar's Product Access division. Established over 50 years ago, Durbin offers a bespoke distribution platform to provide patients with access to unlicensed and speciality medicines in over 160 countries. With offices and warehousing in the UK, Europe and USA, Durbin prides itself on being a trusted global partner to healthcare manufacturers.

Durbin has grown rapidly over the last five decades and our multi-lingual workforce includes pharmacists, medical engineers, and nurses, as well as commercial, warehouse and logistics staff.

Durbin are currently looking for a Warehouse Operative to join their pharmaceutical operations team.

Objective:

To support all warehouse activities, to ensure the efficient and safe distribution of all products to and from Durbin UK facilities.

Responsible for assisting in the day-to-day warehouse functions, to ensure company's targets and objectives are met to meet customer requirements, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Handling the full range of pharmaceutical product
• Efficiently and effectively receiving and storing goods
• Accurately pack and ship our customer orders to ensure we meet customers' high expectations
• Consistently achieve targets set for your department
• Adhering to safety, quality, and production standards
• Assisting the supervisors and managers with clerical duties - e.g., Filing, Inputting data, Matching invoices, Photocopies etc
• Keeping the warehouse clean and tidy
• Additional hours (to contractual hours) may be required to meet tight deadlines
• Assisting internal colleagues with queries and concerns.
• To carry out the relevant GDP SOPs as instructed by the RP of the Company.

Qualifications and experience:

• Previous experience working in a pharmaceutical environment is preferred
• Previous experience of working with ERP and WMS systems.
• Good working knowledge of 'Good Distribution Practice' (GDP).
• Good working knowledge of 'Good Warehousing Practice' (GWP)

Skills:

• Warehouse and Supply chain experience.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and result orientated
• Working in a team and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong PC skills, including Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Pro-active approach.
• Ability to work on rotational shifts between the hours of 8:00-22:00 Monday to Friday, and availability to work weekends when required.

Why should you join our team?

There are countless reasons to come on board our team of talented professionals, but here are just a few…

We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience

We invest in the training and the development of our employees

We value and support our people and believe we make the difference together

We offer employee benefits such as vitality health insurance, life assurance, discretionary annual bonus scheme and on site car parking.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. If you have a disability or any reasonable adjustment that requires accommodation, please contact us.