Warehouse Operative

**Who we are and what we do**:
Techbuyer is a leading provider of refurbished server, storage and networking equipment. We’re one of the fastest growing firms in our sector and have 17 years of success behind us, revenues over $107 million, and locations in Australia, the UK, US, Germany, New Zealand, France and Canada. We now employ over 300 people worldwide and we’re committed to providing you with a lively, industrious and knowledgeable environment in which you can progress and succeed.

**The Role**:
We have a very busy new warehouse recently launched in Geelong, in which we process incoming deliveries; wipe, test or refurbish all our used parts; and put together orders large and small for packing and shipping. There’s always a lot of activity as we often have a quick stock turnaround: but you’ll find a lot of training, support and a spirit of camaraderie We’re looking for a new member of staff to be responsible for duties across lots of warehouse departments including Goods In, Goods Out, Technical, and Test.

The role will involve handling incoming and outgoing stock, dealing with incoming stock and using our in-house stock, order, and shipping systems. This busy role is demanding: it needs concentration, motivation and energy as everybody in the warehouse works under pressure to reach deadlines. It will involve teamwork in the warehouse and with other departments like Sales and Purchasing across both Australia and New Zealand, so you need to be conscientious and have excellent communication skills. In addition to this, there are times where external site collections are required. You’ll be representing the business on these occasions, so professionalism and courtesy with suppliers and customers is also important.

Some previous experience with IT would be an advantage but the most important thing to us is a positive attitude and strong work ethic. If you are willing and eager to learn we would like to see you We provide a busy, motivating, rewarding, educational, ethical, fun place to work. We have many long-term employees who are genuinely happy to share their knowledge and practical skills and take a lot of pride in helping new colleagues become established and respected in the company.

**Responsibilities**:

- Processing and refurbishing purchased stock to company standards
- Liaising with the Purchasing and Sales teams on any particular daily requirement, or issue
- Checking and signing for goods delivered to the company
- Quality Control of processed stock, ensuring it meets company standards for resale
- Use of bespoke internal database to aid in product accuracy checks
- Use of in-house WMS software - scanning products into stock locations
- Providing specific product data to the Sales teams such as serial numbers and firmware revisions
- Liaising with other warehouse teams to resolve any queries or issues
- Receiving and actioning purchase orders from the Sales teams
- Picking orders using the in-house WMS to locate stock
- Inspecting all parts to check quality ready for dispatch
- Dispatching parts using our in-house stocking system
- Using various courier shipping platforms to generate shipping labels
- Packaging the purchased goods to the required company standards
- Customer site collections and product audits

**Required Skills**:

- Attention to detail - you’ll need to be able to follow strict operational guidelines
- Computer literacy - Full competence in Microsoft Office 2016 suite and Excel
- Methodical approach to problem solving and ability to use own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritising workload and multitasking
- Adaptability to changing daily tasks
- Professional demeanour with customers and suppliers

**Desirable Skills and Personal Qualities**:

- Previous warehousing experience, previous technical experience is especially desirable
- Knowledge of a variety of IT component parts and enthusiasm to learn new technologies
- Familiarity Sage 200, or Netsuite
- Hard working, proactive and independent
- Organised, responsible and trustworthy
- Able to handle a heavy workload
- Have a sense of responsibility to the business and colleagues
- Down to earth with a sense of humour
- Ambitious for yourself and your team
- Interested in the way our business works with creative plans on how to improve it
- Open-minded and eager to learn, and keen to share your own experience for the benefit of others
- Take pride in personal success and those of colleagues
- Able to work in alliance with a myriad of people in different roles and departments
- Even tempered, patient, and conscientious
- Happy to adapt to new tasks and projects

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Temp to perm, Fixed term

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Fixed shift
- No weekends
- Overtime

Supplementary Pay:

- Overtime pay
- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Geelong, VIC 3220: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

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