Operations Assistant

Operations Assistant – Reading

Salary: £26,695 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

We are Plumb Centre, part of the Wolseley Group – a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award‑winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Benefits include:
Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, the YuLife app, a Cycle‑to‑Work scheme and more.

• General warehouse duties.
• Picking and packing stock, which will involve heavy lifting and manual handling of heavy items like boilers, radiators, toilets etc.
• Loading/unloading vehicles safely.
• Ensuring the workplace is tidy and adheres to our health and safety procedures.
• Supporting the trade counter as required, providing exceptional customer service at all times.

The role is full time, permanent, 40 hours per week, Monday‑Friday 07:00‑16:00. Alternate Saturdays 08:00‑12:00 after probation, paid as overtime.

• Experience working in a warehouse or similar environment.
• Full UK manual driving licence is preferable - to cover driver holidays.
• Able to handle a physically demanding job.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence in customer interactions.
• Dependable team player, prepared to support in all areas of the branch with a strong work ethic.
• Eagerness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

We look forward to receiving your application! #ACHS
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