Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods.
Kepak St. Merryn in Merthyr Tydfil has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities. We offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers’ counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance.
Our Despatch Department are looking for candidates with initiative, who want to learn and grow in a the position, to become Despatch Operatives in our busy Merthyr Tydfil site.
This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday from 6.30pm – 3.30am
Ensuring stock is rotated within department
Booking in stock and unloading/loading wagons
Picking and scanning to orders
Primary purpose is to ensure correct products are picked and quantities despatched.
Being accountable for ensuring all documentation is accurately completed.
Requirements
Key Duties And Responsibilities
Benefits
Subsidised Canteen serving Breakfast and Lunch every day
Hamper at Christmas
Company Pension
Discounted Canteen
Refer a Friend
On-site Parking
Employee Benefits Scheme
Cycle to Work
Subsidised canteen serving multiple hot food options for breakfast and lunch
31 days annual leave per year (after probation)
Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
Hamper at Christmas for all employees.
Company Pension
Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program - help with a wide range of topics including mental health and wellbeing support, family and relationship advice, debt management, back to work support, and counselling for all Kepak colleagues and their families.
Long Service Awards - We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
Bike to Work Scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
Kepak Group is an Irish company and one of Europe’s leading meat processors, employing over 4,500 people. Kepak has 14 manufacturing facilities throughout Ireland and the UK with sales offices in Europe, the US, Asia and Africa. The group processes and markets a broad range of fresh and value added meat products serving the international foodservice and retail markets.
Innovation and quality is the lifeblood of Kepak Group’s business ethos. Kepak continuously invest in consumer insight and innovation through research and development. As a founding member of Origin Green, the group has a strong reputation for sustainable food production and farming practices. Kepak have a portfolio of market leading brands including Rustlers, Big Al’s, Crafty Chef and John Stone.
At Kepak, our ambition to grow as a business is equaled only by our ambition to grow the careers and personal satisfaction of our people. As a family-owned company, our culture is open and welcoming.
For more information, please visit www.kepak.com
