Role: Stores Operative (Automotive Manufacturing) Location: Leamington Spa – MTC, onsite Job ID: 2025-2776 Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 Ricardo’s Performance Products division are Stores Operative that is crucial to the management and operation of stores facilities to support production of low volume, high value transmission products. Responsibilities Based at Ricardo’s Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa, this role could also involve occasional travel to other Ricardo locations in the UK. Day to day operation of a stores department - moving stock both physically and electronically across the site. Production and sales administration processes including managing production orders, delivery documentation and sales / invoicing. Receipt of deliveries including checking for accuracy of documentation, book in and transfer / locate into local stores. Generation, picking and issue of kits of parts for production. Management and execution of stock audit processes including formal stock takes. Identifying and implementing improvements to stores and inventory processes. Knowledge and Experience High attention to detail. Good IT skills and comfortable using a computer. Experience of a manufacturing environment. Understanding of Bills of Materials. Understanding of Lot / Batch control and traceability. Key Skills Working as part of a team to achieve team objectives. Good communication skills with ability to talk to customers and sensitivity to commercial factors. Clear, logical thinker with the ability to understand and solve problems. Forklift operating license. Good computer skills with an ‘enterprise’ MRP system (ideally a LN / Infor system). Good level of PC and general computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel. Working with Ricardo You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable. Wellbeing and work life balance Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, careers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance program. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer. Next steps Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date. Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruitricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process. LI-CM1