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Kris Rubens

Kris Rubens

Forktruck Drives, Production Operative & Sales

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Jarrow, South TynesideMember since February 12, 2024
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About

Personal Interests: Casual self employed close-up magician. Enjoy cooking especially Indian dishes.

Experience

PELOTON – JOHN LEWIS, Newcastle Oct 2022-Current

Interacting with potential customers, answering queries and administrative details for sales and finance applications. Following leads for potential sales. Taking payments including finance. Cleaning and maintenance of equipment and the showroom area ensuring standards are met and public safety is prioritised.

Sonoco – Jarrow – Redundancy, Aug 2021-Oct 2022 Production Operative and Fork Truck driver. Machine operative working shifts within a team in a fast-paced manufacturing industry. Cleaning and maintaining safe working conditions. Working to set time frames and monitoring the high standards and tolerances required of custome

Magic Box – Newcastle, 2005 - 2021

Working in a retail environment promoting products with live demonstrations of products and promotional displays. Designing and development of products from concept to launch. Working as a member of a team and lone working. Trusted key holder. Managing online sales platforms and e-commerce. Picking, packing, and dispatching online orders. Invoicing customers, suppliers and managing postal/banking records. Dealing with customer complaints. Liaise with suppliers within the UK and in America.

B&Q – Newcastle, 2004-2005

Warehouse operative, product intake and goods received. Employed full time, main job roles involved driving fork trucks maneuvering goods using electronic stock control systems.

St James’ Security – Newcastle, 2002-2004

Full time security team member, monitoring entrance and staff carpark areas. Managing public access.

Fenwicks – temp contract, 2002

Relocation to the North East. Picking and packing orders for Nationwide stores.

Omega – Doncaster, 2000-2002

Fork truck: counterbalance and high reach training obtained and passed. Maneuvering stock across the warehouse to deadlines including goods-out.

Oasis PLC – Doncaster, 1997-2000

Production line supervisor. Managing staff within the team to assemble and pack goods. Manufacturing goods, machine maintenance. Pick time sheets and target based outputs.

Education

FIRE SAFETY – John Lewis, expires 13th November 2023

Manual Handling – John Lewis, expires 13th November 2023

Complaints Handling – Product Partnerships LTD. Pass – expires 8th November 2023

Data Protection – Product Partnerships LTD. Pass – expires 8th November 2023

Financial Crime – Product Partnerships LTD. Pass – expires 8th November 2023

Treating Customers Fairly – Product Partnerships LTD. Pass – expires 8th November 2023

Counterbalance Fork truck – Forklift Training Academy Ltd, Durham. Passed –4th March 2023

Damp Proof training course – PAM Ties Ltd. Passed 15th April 2021

Plastering 5 day Course. Passed –14th December 2020

Organising Design & Firings of category 3 Fireworks, Fireworks International Ltd. Passed – 26th September 2010

Fire Extinguisher Training Course – Chubb Fire Ltd. Passed 11th August 2003

Basic Job Training for static and patrol security Officer – SITO. Passed –16th February 2003 Pass Plus Driving – DVLA. Passed –2002

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