Job Title: Hamper Picker and Packer – Athlone (Fixed Term Contract)
Department: Logistics
Reports to: Warehouse Supervisor
About the Company:
DPD Ireland leads the field in next day parcel delivery throughout Ireland, with 38 regionally based collection and delivery depots and a state of the art central sorting hub in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
Purpose of the role:
The Hamper Picker and Packer will be responsible for handling all goods in the warehouse, from when they arrive, through careful storage, precise picking, and quality packing, right up to sending them out. This job is key to keeping accurate stock counts, making sure orders are filled correctly, and getting deliveries to customers on time. This role is a fixed term contract.
Job Responsibilities:
- Hamper Building – ensuring quality of packing is maintained
- Goods In
- Picking and packing customer product
- Parcel labelling/relabelling
- Checking goods received
- Put away of goods on shelves
- Sorting pallets/preparing for shipping
- Inventory and stock control / cycle counting
- Warehouse housekeeping
- Flexibility with regard to working hours is essential
The above list is not an exhaustive list of duties. You will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
Experience Preferred:
- Previous experience working in a warehouse environment.
Qualifications Preferred:
- Counterbalance / Reach Forklift License is a distinct advantage.
Skills Required:
- Energy and enthusiasm with an ability to use own initiative
- Excellent team player with good attention to detail
- Good communication skills with good spoken English
- Good time management skills
- Strong work ethic with willingness to learn
- Open to variations in job role.
Behaviours Required:
- Understands that we deliver the best service money can buy. Works hard to ensure the schedule is maintained.
- Flexible and passionate about learning and adopting new technology quickly to help achieve outcomes.
- Works hard to always please the end customer. Strives to meet demanding targets.
- Sustains pace and customer focus when under pressure. Works flexibly to overcome challenges.
- Approachable, helpful, and relates well to people, all of the time. Shows respect, care and honesty with others.
- Acts on own initiative, solves problems and does things without needing constant direction.
Remuneration and Benefits:
At DPD, we recognise that our People are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. Some include:
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance three times your annual salary on joining the pension scheme.
- Subsidised canteen
- Paid maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Workplace flexibility
- Employee and Family events.
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
