#10565 - Cheese room Assistant 28k - 32k

We are currently looking to recruit a Cheese room assistant for our well-established client in the catering business.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Receive cheese orders and check for quality issues in packaging and cheeses.
• Enter orders into stock intake system.
• Checking stock is stored in correct date order - on a last in, last out basis.
• Cutting cheese to order recording stock movement on Emydex system e.g.
• Cheese Storage to Production.
• Ensure all stock is scanned at every stage of movement 
• Preparing outgoing shipments to tight deadlines ensuring all cheese is scanned
• out of Emydex, for traceability and stock management.
• Preparing sample boxes for Sales Team: ensuring Salesperson has placed an
• order onto the system and all stock/cheese pieces are scanned out before they are given to Sales rep.
• Working with cheese team on events, sales initiatives, new product development
• and customer tastings both at Park West and customer sites.
• Selecting cheese that is perfectly ripe and in best condition for the customer.
• Cutting cheese from full wheels rind sharing, shape and neatness essential
• Sharing knowledge about cheese styles, quality control, storage and wrapping with warehouse cheese team.
• Wrapping cut cheese to best-in-class presentation standards
• Packing of orders- order assembly
• Log orders- manual & on computer
• Stock replenishment
• Ensure the proper storage of cheese.
• Checking cheese room throughout the day to ensure cheese is maintained in best
• condition.
• Report quality issues or queries to Cheese Category Manager and the QC
• department
• Dealing with trimming, rind overgrowth, catching quality issues 
• Cleaning cheese storage room and cut cheese production room according to QC training courses.
• Collaboration with: Specialty Cheese Category Manager, Food Safety & Quality
• Manager, Cheese Buyer, Cheese Cutting staff.
• Attendance at cheese training and customer events, both on-site and off-site
• Ad hoc duties as and when requested by Warehouse Manager primarily in relation
• to cheese. On occasion, when time allows, offer help to Warehouse team.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Exceptional hygiene and cleanliness
• Minimum 3 years experience in fast-moving business, preferably fine food
• Likes eating cheese. Will taste all cheeses in our range.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in cold temperature
• Forklift license desirable, but not essential
• 
  

Hours: 5 Days per week over Monday to Saturday; Day Shift





Package:

• 28k - 30k
  
• Staff discount
• Bike to Work Scheme