Warehouse Operative - Berry Bros. & Rudd : Job Details

Job Title: Warehouse Operative, FTC

Reporting To: Assistant General Manager

Hours: 40 hours a week, 08:30 to 17:30 Mon-Fri, flexibility required during the peak period

Location: Based in Basingstoke

We are looking for experienced Warehouse Operative to join our team for the upcoming busy Christmas period from 1st September until 24th December 2025.

What do we offer:

• Overtime – Opportunity to earn overtime.
• Annual leave – 24 days per annum (pro-rata for the duration of your contract)
• Employee Assistance Programme – confidential counselling helpline (24/7)
• Generous Employee Discount – up to 40% off our products
• Life insurance – 4 x your basic salary

The job in a nutshell

In this role, you’ll be working as part of the Warehouse team in achieving its weekly despatch of cca 12,500 customer orders. Maintaining stock integrity for 10,000 stock locations containing over 1,500 different live product lines across 3 warehouse sites.

You’ll ensure the highest levels of service for both internal and external customers for all warehouse associated tasks.

What you will do

• Accurately check, receipt and locate stock.
• Accurately pick customers’ orders by set deadlines.
• Accurately pack customers’ orders across all transport models.
• Maintain excellent stock location accuracy and integrity by completing regular stock counts and labelling inspections.
• Assist in loading and unloading of delivery vehicles.
• Pack and re-label promotional stock products.
• Work the Christmas shift system for 3-weeks during December.
• Work as part of the team in achieving its challenging targets.
• Ensure that all working practices comply with Health and Safety legislation.
• Any other duties as reasonably determined by the General Assistant Manager that are within skill base and resources.

What you’ll bring to the role

Your skills, knowledge and qualities

• Previous experience of working in a warehouse, picking and packing multi SKU customer orders in a FMCG environment
• Consistent achievement high personal standards for accuracy, attendance and timekeeping
• Accountable for achieving personal and team objectives through KPI reporting
• Works as part of a team with a positive can-do attitude to learning new responsibilities
• Good communicator, including written and verbal
• Demonstrate “ownership” of the warehouse operation by working in different areas to achieve objectives during the day including working extra hours as required

Berry Bros. & Rudd is 325 years old, but we never stand still. As the world’s best and most trusted fine wine and spirits merchant, we are committed to helping our customers drink better, now and in the future. A career at Berry Bros. & Rudd is a unique and rewarding experience, combining the rich background of centuries of history with a modern family-owned culture, built on ambitious plans and with people at its heart.

Closing Date: 29th August 2025

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.