Driver and Warehouse Assistant - Flexible hours

Come and join us as a Driver and Warehouse Assistant on a flexible hours basis to help us grow, deliver sales and exceed customer expectations. As a Driver and Warehouse Assistant, you’ll be committed to delivering an outstanding level of service, and you’ll be professional, driven and enthusiastic. The role reports into the branch management team and will provide the highest level of service to internal and external customers, delivering products against tight deadlines.

This role will also involve assisting in the warehouse and may include customer-facing duties within the branch, serving on the trade counter and dealing with customers over the telephone to ensure we provide the best service and maximise sales at every opportunity.

You will be contracted to a set minimum number of hours per week, and you will be required to be flexible to work additional hours to deliver the best customer experience, especially during the peak trading winter heating season. Where possible, hours and shifts will be agreed with you with plenty of notice.

You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way!

Please note, this role requires you to have the appropriate driving licence with previous experience as a driver.

• Health and safety of yourself and your vehicle
• Maintenance and condition of your vehicle
• Report any issues or incidents to your line manager
• Comply with transport compliance law and regulations
• Dealing with stock and deliveries
• Supporting the Branch Manager and Assistant Branch Manager with achieving and exceeding sales targets at optimum margins
• Ensuring we maintain high standards, creating and maintaining a loyal customer base and providing a first-class service
• Assisting with general duties within the branch such as serving customers on the trade counter and telesales
• Ensuring housekeeping standards are maintained both on the trade counter and in warehousing

Along with a clean driving licence, you will ideally have previous warehouse and driving experience, and knowledge of the products associated with our industry would be an advantage. You’ll be flexible with working hours, and your approach to delivering customer and business needs will thrive on providing the best customer service and being a huge support to your branch colleagues.

We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.