Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Apprentice
PEARSALLS LIMITED
Somerset (TA1 1RY)
Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
Posted on 24 September 2025
Contents
Summary
This position will be responsible for supporting logistics within the facility, ensuring that materials and supplies are available to enable smooth manufacturing and ancillary operations. The role involves preparing and packing customer orders to ensure on-time shipment in line with Customer Service requirements.
- Wage
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£23,810.02 a year
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Logistics, Goods In & Despatch:
- Liaise daily with Customer Services, Finance, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to coordinate incoming and outgoing materials.
- Receive, check, and accurately transact all incoming finished goods and miscellaneous items, ensuring records are up to date in the ERP system.
- Receive daily picking lists from Customer Services and prepare goods for shipment, ensuring on-time and accurate despatch in line with company and customer requirements.
- Collate and provide all supporting documentation for despatch.
- Act as the point of contact for external logistics staff during deliveries and collections, maintaining a professional representation of the business.
- Ensure finished goods areas are organised and maintained to 5S standards to support efficient despatch operations.
- Take responsibility for the receipt of all deliveries during operational hours (08:00–16:00) and coordinate out-of-hours deliveries by prior agreement.
- Communicate and cooperate effectively with internal departments to ensure smooth operations.
- Contribute to team efforts to achieve accurate and timely goods in and despatch processes.
Stock & Materials Management:
- Ensure timely availability and delivery of raw materials and consumables to production areas, avoiding disruption to manufacturing operations.
- Deliver raw material samples to Quality Control for incoming inspection in accordance with the Quality Plan.
- Manage stock control of Raw Materials (RMS), Consumables, and Finished Goods (FGS), including accurate cycle counts and full stock takes.
- Ensure all stock is correctly identified, located, and recorded within the ERP system to maintain accurate inventory data.
- Maintain storage facilities and implement approved stock location controls consistently.
- Support the integration and use of barcoding/QR code scanners to control the movement of raw materials and finished goods both physically and within the ERP system.
Quality, Compliance & Health & Safety:
- Ensure all RMS, Consumables, and FGS areas are maintained to 5S standards.
- Comply with and promote Health & Safety requirements during all warehouse operations, including movement of stock using forklifts, mechanical handling equipment, or manual lifting.
- Ensure all handling, storage, and despatch activities meet company standards and customer expectations.
- Maintain and update quality system procedures as required, ensuring processes are followed accurately.
General Operations - Take delivery of incoming miscellaneous items
Where you'll work
Tancred Street Taunton
Somerset
TA1 1RY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
Training schedule
This apprenticeship is on the job training.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Pass)
- Maths (grade Pass)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
- Enthusiasm
- Willingness to learn
- Commitment to health & safety
About this employer
Pearsalls design and manufacture high-performance implantable textiles, biomaterials, and coatings for medical devices. Specialising in creating innovative biotextile solutions for key markets, including orthopedics, cardiovascular devices, and wound closure.
Company benefits
Pension Scheme Health Cash Plan Enhanced Family Leave Employee Recognition Group Life Assurance Staff Discounts Discounted Gym Membership Paid Breaks (50 minutes per day) Christmas Closure Corporate Bonus
After this apprenticeship
Opportunity to progress to a level 3 apprenticeship and the potential for a permanent position for the right person.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343542.
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Closes on Friday 31 October 2025
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