Job Outline
LeaderBrand Produce Limited is a key employer in the Gisborne region and is known as one of New Zealand’s most recognised and diverse horticultural and fresh food businesses. We are a family business with a team culture, and we are looking for a team player who is ready to get stuck in during our busy summer season.
As an Inwards Goods Assistant, you’ll play a vital role in a collaborative team, ensuring that all inwards tasks are handled efficiently smoothly to maintain the highest standards of freshness and cleanliness for our products.
About The Role
This fast-paced, physical role is responsible for varied duties and includes; palletising and counting of product, inwards goods receipt and dispatch with an emphasis on quality, temperature control, safety, and stock accuracy. You must be able to work in a coolstore environment and temperature.
You will join a team of approximately 25 distribution staff working on a staggered start roster covering seven days a week. The role is varied throughout the day and may cover all aspects of inwards and outwards goods, Quality assurance through visual and temperature checks is critical before the product reaches our customers. When you are not busy with your core role and responsibilities, you are helping other team members to achieve theirs.
Core functions will invole:
- Crate and bin washing/sterilisation
- Dumping of rejected and/or expired stock
- Cleaning of yard and coolstore
- Carding and wrapping of crates and pallets
- Squash bin building.
About You
Join our team and bring your skills to a dynamic, fast-paced environment where quality, safety, and teamwork are our top priorities. We’re looking for motivated individuals with the following experience and attributes to help us deliver the best products every day
Experience Desired:
- Previous experience in food manufacturing or warehouse settings
- Forklift experience in a fast-paced, cold environment
- Strong background in health and safety practices
- Familiarity with food safety and quality standards in a manufacturing plant
- Some experience with basic admin and computer systems is a plus.
Essential Skills:
- Effective communication, both written and verbal
- Reliable, accurate, and detail-oriented
- Strong numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
Personal Attributes:
- Comfortable working in a cold environment
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks
- Adaptable and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced setting
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Capable of working independently or as part of a team.
Does this opening sound like a job opportunity that you would love to apply for?
Please submit your application to join our team and include your CV if you have one, this shows us your skills and experience you can bring to the team.
Please note for applications to be considered you must be a New Zealand citizen or hold a valid current working visa.
Pre-employment drug test will be required for all successful applicants.