Operator device for a picking system with horizontal storage areas for storing general cargo, comprising: a storage table extending in a first horizontal direction (x) with a storage and removal side, two elongated clamping jaws (20a, 20b) arranged above the storage table with clamping surfaces facing each other (21a, 21b), a clamping jaw guide assembly comprising a frame structure (31, 32, 33a, 33b), at least one first and at least one second guide (35, 36) which extend parallel and in the first horizontal direction (x) at a distance from each other in a second horizontal direction (y) transversely to the first horizontal direction, and at least four clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b, 41a, 41b) coupled to the guides (35, 36) and driven in the second horizontal direction (y), wherein two first clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b) are each assigned to the first guide, and two second clamping jaw slides (41a, 41b) are assigned to the second guide, and wherein at least two clamping jaw slides (40a, 41a; 40b, 41b) spaced away in the first horizontal direction (x) are coupled to a clamping jaw (20a, 20b), as well as a drive unit (60, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b) coupled to a clamping jaw guide assembly, via which the clamping jaw guide assembly is driven in the first horizontal direction (x), characterized in that the clamping jaw guide assembly comprises at least two drive elements coupled to a drive unit, wherein a first drive element is connected to the first clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b) and a second drive element is connected to the second clamping jaw slides (41a, 41b), wherein the first and the second drive element in the first horizontal direction (x) are arranged at a distance from one another. a storage table extending in a first horizontal direction (x) with a storage and removal side, two elongated clamping jaws (20a, 20b) arranged above the storage table with clamping surfaces facing each other (21a, 21b), a clamping jaw guide assembly comprising a frame structure (31, 32, 33a, 33b), at least one first and at least one second guide (35, 36) which extend parallel and in the first horizontal direction (x) at a distance from each other in a second horizontal direction (y) transversely to the first horizontal direction, and at least four clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b, 41a, 41b) coupled to the guides (35, 36) and driven in the second horizontal direction (y), wherein two first clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b) are each assigned to the first guide, and two second clamping jaw slides (41a, 41b) are assigned to the second guide, and wherein at least two clamping jaw slides (40a, 41a; 40b, 41b) spaced away in the first horizontal direction (x) are coupled to a clamping jaw (20a, 20b), as well as a drive unit (60, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b) coupled to a clamping jaw guide assembly, via which the clamping jaw guide assembly is driven in the first horizontal direction (x), characterized in that the clamping jaw guide assembly comprises at least two drive elements coupled to a drive unit, wherein a first drive element is connected to the first clamping jaw slides (40a, 40b) and a second drive element is connected to the second clamping jaw slides (41a, 41b), wherein the first and the second drive element in the first horizontal direction (x) are arranged at a distance from one another.