Warehouse Operative (Monday to Friday)

Join our friendly and hard-working family at CCF. Enjoy working for the industry-leading brand with great benefits and opportunities for career progression.

The role
The role is varied with no two days being the same. One minute you will be unloading supplier deliveries, the next picking orders or maybe serving customers on our trade counter.
CCF Day in the life of a Warehouse Assistant Video

What we are looking for?
When it comes to your existing skills and experience, personality is the first thing we look for. You will be provided with all the training and support needed. What we want is someone who can warmly connect with customers, is quick to learn and used to working accurately at pace.

Rewards
A competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, company pension scheme, discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation), company share save schemes and discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas.

About us
Despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward-thinking Company. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 eading businesses operating nationwide within the TP Group. If, like us, you put customers at the heart of everything you do, you can expect to be rewarded with a full benefits package and a salary that grows with you as you grow in our business.

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.
You be you, it makes us, us.

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