Our Distribution and Warehouse Operatives are at the heart of our operations and are key to the Partnership’s success. Providing our customers with the best quality foods is all about getting it to the right place, at the right time, in the right conditions.
With over 335 Waitrose & Partners shops across the UK it’s no mean feat, but join our distribution operation and you’ll be helping to keep our supermarket and customer’s shelves stocked all across the UK. As an intrinsic part of the John Lewis Partnership, you’ll be able to enjoy our unique benefits, as well as training and development programmes.
There are two Waitrose & Partners Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs) across the UK, located in Bracknell and Aylesford.
Both sites operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide our customers with the high-quality produce that they expect from us. You’ll also find a Transport department and a Vehicle Workshop at these locations too.
Each day at our warehouses presents new, unique, and exciting tasks for our Warehouse Partners. Therefore, we offer a wide variety of Distribution Centre jobs to suit all levels of experience and skillsets.
As a Warehouse Assistant, you will complete day to day tasks such as:
In our warehouses, you’ll work closely with the other Warehouse Assistant Partners to get deliveries ready to go out to our supermarkets. You’ll also work alongside other Partners such as Managers, Drivers, Administrators and other members of Supply Chain Operations and Logistics.
As this role involves heavy lifting our Warehouse Partners must be active and able to perform physically strenuous tasks. You are required to follow strict guidelines, therefore, must have good standards of written and spoken English. You must be quick on your feet, have good mental arithmetic, spatial awareness, and safe judgement.
It’s important in this role to be reliable, hardworking and a great team player. We look for these traits in our Warehouse Assistants because this position is unique and unlike any other role in the food retail industry. That’s because with our Warehouse team at Waitrose & Partners you’re not just picking delivery orders, but a co-owner of the John Lewis Partnership, the largest employee-owned company in the UK.
What does this mean for me?
As a Warehouse Partner, if you bring all of this then we’ll give you all the training and development you need to have a bright future with us, with potential pathways into Team Leadership, Management and Operations careers, or lateral shifts to try out different jobs in other areas of John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners.
We also have specialised opportunities such as our Warehouse to Wheels programme where Warehouse Assistant Partners can be supported by the Partnership to gain driving qualifications and join our LGV Drivers.
As a Partner at John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners, you’ll be entitled to our industry-leading benefits. Joining our Warehouse team with the John Lewis Partnership will pave the way for you to enjoy our annual bonus, discounts at both Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners, subsidised stays at our exclusive Partnership hotels, , generous pension schemes, sports clubs and societies and even extended leave.
Whether you’re looking for full-time or part-time Warehouse jobs, we have a range of shift patterns and hours to fit your lifestyle, whether you’re looking for weekend work only, weekday roles or nights shifts. Please check the job descriptions to find the specified hours for our roles.
Across the year temporary roles may become available. Whether you’re looking for work over the summer or winter season, there’s sure to be an opportunity to do that. Register for an account and create a job alert to learn about specific opportunities or continue to check back regularly.
Find Warehouse Assistant jobs at our three Regional Distribution Centres in Bracknell and Aylesford. Apply now.
As well as Warehouse Assistant opportunities, there are a range of other roles within our warehouses, each requiring a specific set of skills and experience that you will have to be aware of before applying. No matter the role, as a Partner you will pride yourself on being efficient and willing to take accountability to get the job done. To succeed it is imperative we work well together.
Apply here for Warehouse Assistant roles with Waitrose & Partners or take a look at some of our other Distribution and Warehouse jobs below:
It will be your responsibility to liaise with our buyers and place orders with suppliers to ensure our warehouses are sufficiently stocked.
You will ideally have stock control experience within a fast-paced environment, excellent communication skills and numerical skills, an outstanding capacity for attention to detail.
You will be comfortable with using a stock control computer system or similar.
Apply now for current opportunities in Stock Control at Waitrose & Partners.
From organising a team of refrigeration engineers to working on our latest warehouse infrastructure, there are a wide variety of roles within this team. You will be essential to the smooth running of our warehouses and the first point of call to solve complex and convoluted issues in hardy conditions.
Our engineering roles are highly specialised; therefore, you will need to provide proof of specific experience and qualifications in areas such as HVAC and air conditioning, electricals or plumbing. These requirements can be found within the job description of each role.
Apply now for current opportunities in Maintenance and Engineering with Waitrose & Partners
Our transport team are vital to the delivery process, with our LGV Drivers carrying delicious fresh produce and groceries across the country and Customer Delivery Drivers
being responsible for upholding and maintaining the reputation Waitrose & Partners holds for customer service.
We will expect you to always ensure safe practice and go the extra mile both inside and out of the warehouse. As team players, you will have to work cohesively with other warehouse members but also work well by yourself.
There are several essential skills that, as a member of the Transport team, you will have to hold. This could include any of the following depending on the role:
Apply now for current opportunities with our Transport team at Waitrose & Partners.
Planners think how we develop our distribution operation, as new branches open or special projects happen. You’ll keep the Partnership running smoothly and incorporate new technologies and initiatives into our Warehouse operations.
You’ll work with Commercial, Retail and Distribution with tasks that range from forecasting and promotional planning to placing orders with suppliers and setting up delivery schedules. This could require detailed analysis, so it tends to suit numerical-thinkers. And as it’s fast-paced, you need to be exceptionally organised, meticulous about detail and love putting customers first.
Apply now for current opportunities with our Planning team at Waitrose & Partners
Managers are responsible for specific areas within warehouse operation, logistics and support. You’ll keep up with productivity, wastage and other KPIs and could also be involved in working closely with the Warehouse Partners in your team to support their achievement, development and wellbeing.
Apply now for current opportunities with our Management team at Waitrose & Partners
If you’d prefer to work in our sites but for one of our preferred agencies, please use the following contact details.
Our Bracknell site – Best Connection
slough@thebestconnection.co.uk
Telephone number: 01753 526 006
Contact: Giovani Silva
Our Aylesford – Best Connection
maidstone@thebestconnection.co.uk
Telephone number: 01622 664999
Contact : Kasia Jarszak
You could find a wide range of full and part-time, temporary and permanent Distribution and Warehouse vacancies available at our three Regional Distribution Centres in Bracknell and Aylesford.
See our latest Distribution and Warehouse opportunities at Waitrose & Partners below. Apply now to join us.
