Logistics Cell Associate

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Manufacturing​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Reporting into the Team Leader, this role involves supporting the running of the Despatch and Production functions, where high quality products are manufactured, packaged and despatched for delivery in accordance with customer service requirements.  

It involves working in, and being responsible for ensuring, a safe working manufacturing environment. Protective clothing policies, health and safety and hygiene procedures need to be followed.  

This role requires the ability to work in a fast-moving Logistics environment (shift working) and as part of a team that takes responsibility for achieving targets. 
 

Your responsibilities

- Contributing to and ensuring Despatch targets are achieved  e.g. Pack Fill Rate, Truck Fill
- Accurate loading of finished products on to trailers and containers from picking lists - taking appropriate remedial action if goods are not within specification.
- Receiving finished products from the production lines in a timely fashion so that production is not adversely affected and taking appropriate remedial action if goods are not within specification
- Delivering components to Production lines in a timely fashion so that production is not adversely affected.
- Maintaining documents relating to despatch of finished goods and shift performance e.g. Shift KPIs
- Performance of the Despatch Administration role in the absence of the Despatch Shift Coordinator.
- Operation of the Palletizers and wrapping machines.
- Taking action over non-conformance of products ; where possible identifying and reporting faults with equipment/machinery 
- Ensuring adherence to housekeeping and hygiene standards within the work area
- Adhering to site Health and Safety regulations and ensuring  H&S procedures are followed to the required standard
- Adhering to site Quality Management System and in particular ensuring the Quality policies and procedures are followed to the required standard relevant to role and work area.
- Participating  in audits (carried out by internal auditors and external auditors)

The experience we're looking for

- Experience of working in a Logistics role within a high speed (FMCG) production environment.
- Experience of using computers and computer systems in a production environment
- Counterbalance Fork Lift Truck License

Personal Attributes - 
- Good communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Ability to build constructive work relationships and work as part of a team 
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload, reflecting on activity to ensure best practice and continuous improvement
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work 
- Self starter, able to work on own initiative and able to demonstrate use of initiative as necessary
- Achievement focussed and able to work in a direct and pressurised environment. 
- Commitment to complete challenges that are started.
- Ability to manage multiple activities and flexible to respond to ever changing priorities.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.