Stores Assistant

Selwood is the leading pump rental solutions company in the UK. We have an outstanding reputation for exceptional customer service backed by one of the largest fleets of quality pump products.  Each customer and each project is unique and our deep technical knowledge means we are proud to deliver a bespoke and genuine 24/7, 365 days-a-year service.

With an unrivalled depth of technical pumping expertise; a pedigree spanning seven decades and employing a wide variety of skilled staff throughout our nationwide network of branches, our ever-growing business is one of the largest privately owned companies serving the Water, Environmental and Construction industries.

This is an exciting time to join Selwood as we drive our business forward and build on a foundation of over 70 year’s success within our industry. We are committed to ensuring our staff have the right skills, knowledge & experience to deliver to our customers, as well as creating career paths to help develop, retain, and motivate them.

Due to an internal promotion, we have an exciting new opportunity for a Stores Assistant to join our team, to support our Stafford Branch.

This role will consist of a split in duties, with 70% of time to be spent on administrative activity and 30% of time spent on supporting within Stores.

You’ll provide an efficient administration service to the Stafford Repair Centre workshop, allowing the workshop to function effectively. You’ll also be supporting the Stock Controller as required, providing a continuous operation from Stores to enable the availability of all stock items for internal orders when needed.

As Stores Assistant, you’ll get to:

• Provide support to the Stores & Office Supervisor, processing daily paperwork in a timely manner, maintaining accuracy of information and correct records.
• Process goods received notes and parts returned to supplier by entering details onto the internal order system as documents are received.
• Raise purchase orders, entering correct details and records, along with raising purchase orders for low stock as soon as low stock items have been identified.
• Process inter-branch spare parts orders, raising credit notes onto the internal order system at the same time.
• Process items returned from Workshop to Stores for any unused stock items so accurate stock holding information can be kept.
• Maintain records detailing parts allocated to specific job numbers, confirming details are booked and allocated to the correct job.
• Complete orders from the stores counter, following instructions to pick the relevant parts from stores, and issue correct parts to Workshop Fitters.
• Provide support to the Stock Controller, to ensure stores orders are picked accurately and packaged daily in time for afternoon courier collections.
• Act as cover for the Stock Controller for any holiday/absence to allow an uninterrupted service in the workshop.
• Support the wider business to ensure all stock items are available and accurately picked / processed on time.
• Provide details on goods received notes, parts returned, purchase orders and credit notes as requested by the Stock Control team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Intermediate MS Office skills (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Teams), with the ability to analyse data on Excel spreadsheets.
• Demonstrable ability to process compliant and accurate records, ensuring data is one hundred percent correct one hundred percent of the time.
• Present a proactive mindset to tasks, to be forward thinking whilst also maintaining a methodical, attention to detail approach.
• Demonstrable flexibility within a role, with the ability to balance a dual workload of administrative and stores activity, ensuring all aspects of both areas are completed to a high standard.
• Administration experience within a Stores or Warehouse environment would be beneficial but is not essential.

We understand balancing work and life commitments isn’t always easy, that’s why we’ve designed our benefits package to support you in all areas of life.

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced overtime pay (for additional hours and call outs)
• Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships)
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary
• 24 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service
• Support for development and training
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more)
• Employee referral scheme
• Free on-site parking

This role is not open to Agencies - Please no calls or emails - Thank you.

EDI Statement

Workdry International Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We value transparency, respecting others and understanding differences. We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

As part of your recruitment journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments.