Current Vacancies
Full Time Order Despatcher
To assist with processing, packaging and despatching of website orders along with general despatch and warehouse duties. Applicants should be computer literate, hard working, reliable and able to work as part of a team.
Full-time, fixed-term position (3 months), with the possibility of extension
5 Days per week - Monday to Friday
9.00am till 5.00pm
Job Description
The Despatcher role at Presto Music works within the Despatch department (in Warwick, UK), with the prime responsibility of distributing CDs, Sheet Music, Books, Instruments & Accessories to our online customers. Despatchers report to the Warehouse Manager, with daily supervision from Senior Despatchers.
The despatch department is responsible for the following areas of the business:
- Ordering stock - CDs and Sheet Music; All Packing Materials
- Goods In - Receiving Goods; Booking-In; Sorting
- Customer Orders - Picking and Packing
- Postage - 4 Courier Systems; Royal Mail
- Customer Returns - Processing & Handling
- Manufacturing on Demand – the manufacture of CDs for customer orders
Despatchers at Presto Classical will receive training over a 6 month period. Upon completion of all training and health and safety, Despatcher duties will encompass the following responsibilities:
- Receiving and processing warehouse stock products and ensuring all items are stored away correctly
- Preparing and completing all customer orders for delivery or pickup
- Responsibility for booking packages onto courier systems.
- Ensuring all mail is bagged up and booked on correctly to the relevant system
- Performing inventory controls and keeping quality standards high for audits.
- Reporting any discrepancies and keeping a clean and safe working environment
- Despatchers will be strong team players, good communicators and co-operate well with supervisors and colleagues
- Despatchers will be aware of stock levels for packaging items such as labels, stickers and post bags – and ensuring all work stations are fully stocked at the end of each day.
To apply, please send an e-mail to David Batterbee - david.batterbee@prestomusic.com
Presto Music is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience. We would strongly encourage applications from BAME backgrounds, which are currently underrepresented in our industry.
About Presto Music: Presto Music offers over 1 million classical music-related products to its customers, with a strong focus on product, editorial, reviews, features, interviews, special offers, promotions and awards, plus powerful search and browse tools to help customers find the right products. Presto Music offers classical music recordings, jazz recordings, downloads, books, instruments & accessories, sheet music and scores to a global online audience. Employees currently number forty-six across the shop, despatch, IT, marketing, customer service, management and editorial departments. Presto is accredited to the Living Wage Foundation and is constantly striving to improve its impact on the environment.
