Box Collector

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. Gousto customers choose recipes they like to cook and ta-dah - we deliver the perfectly measured ingredients to their door. Skip the supermarket queue, and create delicious meals! It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we’re a friendly bunch!

Box Collector - Part Time

18 Hours Per Week - Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9am-3pm

£13.45 per hour

What do Gousto Offer?

The team who work in our warehouse are vital to the success of Gousto. Our Warrington warehouse is located just off the M62, with free on-site parking and dedicated cycle paths. We offer paid breaks, a permanent contract paid weekly, and a great opportunity to progress.

• 21 days paid leave (including bank holidays) which increases annually

• 40% Gousto discount, Your first Gousto box FREE, 15% Gousto discount for friends and family, and the sharing of free food (where available)

• Life Assurance, Pension and Giving at Gousto scheme

• Access to Aviva digital GP and wellness app

• Gym membership and Cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance, discounts and cashback via TelUs Health

• Gousto Academy training courses

What’s The Role?

As a Box Collector, you’ll be responsible for preparing, packing and arranging the despatch of requested boxes from our Warrington site. These may include Recipe Development, Recipe Tester, Photography and Public Relations boxes.

You’ll work closely with teams across Food Technical, Planning, Buying, Logistics, Supply Chain and Food Development to make sure ingredients, recipe cards and supporting materials are available, accurate and packed to the right standard.

This role is key to ensuring boxes are complete, well-presented and despatched on time, while maintaining strong standards around food safety, quality, traceability and health & safety.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Preparing, packing and despatching requested boxes accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Reviewing box requests and checking that all ingredients, recipe cards, packaging and supporting materials are available before packing begins.
• Collecting ingredients and products from site, ensuring the correct items and quantities are selected and handled safely.
• Packing Recipe Development and other development boxes accurately, recording and communicating any agreed substitutions or omissions.
• Packing PR boxes to a high presentation standard, ensuring all requested ingredients and recipes are included.
• Working with internal teams to resolve missing or unavailable products, including Planning, Buyers, Food Technical, Logistics and Food Development.
• Coordinating recipe cards and other supporting materials, ensuring the correct versions are included in the right boxes.
• Completing required stock adjustments and maintaining accurate records of products collected, used, substituted, omitted or purchased.
• Arranging and confirming despatch, including labels, tracking information and stakeholder updates.
• Responding to urgent, high-priority or short-notice requests while maintaining accuracy and quality standards.
• Following all site food safety, quality, hygiene and health & safety procedures, escalating any issues where needed.

Who You Are

We’re looking for someone who enjoys being organised, takes pride in getting the details right and is confident working with different teams to get things done.

You’ll be someone who can manage multiple requests, adapt when priorities change and stay calm when things need to move quickly. You’ll also be comfortable working independently and taking ownership of tasks from the initial request through to final despatch.

You’ll Bring

• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confidence managing multiple requests and changing priorities.
• A proactive approach to problem solving.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to build strong working relationships with different internal teams.
• Good computer literacy, including confidence using email, spreadsheets and shared documents or systems.
• A flexible approach to workload, order volumes and urgent requests.
• An understanding of the importance of food safety, product quality, hygiene, traceability and safe working practices.
• A reliable and ownership-led approach to delivering work to agreed deadlines and standards.

No specific formal qualification is required for this role, although experience within food manufacturing, food safety, warehouse, operations or a similar environment would be advantageous. Full mandatory site-specific training, food safety, health & safety and role-related training will be provided.

Equal Opportunities 

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner!

Whether it is creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner. 

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

If you like what you’ve read about Gousto and want to find out more please click I’m interested below to apply! 

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