<div class="clearfix"></div><h1 class="job-title axiom0-0 axiom-scraped-0">Warehouse Operative (FTC until November 2025)</h1><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><p>Howdens are recruiting Warehouse Operatives to join the team at our manufacturing and distribution site in Runcorn on a fixed-term contract, to conclude on 22^nd November 2025.</p><p>This is an essential role in the warehouse where you will be working as part of a team to support the sale of trade-only kitchen products through the receipt, storage, and despatching of customer orders.</p><p><strong>Pay rate as a Warehouse Operative:</strong></p><ul><li>£14.94&nbsp;per hour + bonus + early start allowance (first two hours)</li></ul><p><strong>Shift Pattern:</strong></p><ul><li>Days 06:00 – 14:00 Monday to Friday</li></ul><p><strong>The Warehouse Operative role includes:</strong></p><ul><li>Receipt of palletised products from manufacturing into the warehouse</li><li>Locating pallets into designated storage positions</li><li>Picking and building customer orders accurately</li><li>Loading pallets safely onto trailers for despatch to our stores</li><li>Achieving individual and team targets</li></ul><p><strong>Our Warehouse Operatives need to:</strong></p><ul><li>Have great attention to detail and the ability to work within timescales</li><li>Handle stock both physically and with Manual Handling Equipment (MHE)</li><li>Have a high regard for both their personal and team health and safety, reporting hazards and near misses, and taking reasonable steps to ensure safety where needed</li><li>Be able to use their initiative and undertake their responsibilities often without direct supervision to complete their designated work allocation</li><li>Have previous warehouse or logistics experience ideally in a FMCG environment</li><li>MHE experience is desirable however not essential</li></ul><p><strong>About Howdens:</strong></p><p>Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 900 depots throughout the UK and Europe – making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. Our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda.&nbsp;</p><p>Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.&nbsp;As a British manufacturer, we were founded on the principle that the business should be worthwhile for all concerned. That includes our customers, the homeowners they serve, the local communities we operate in, local and national charities, our large network of suppliers, our investors, and of course our people.</p><p><strong>How to apply</strong></p><p><strong>When you apply for this role, you will need to activate your account. Please check your email carefully to ensure that you have completed this step. 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