Customer Delivery Driver, Supermarket Assistant in Cheadle Hulme

Customer Delivery Driver, Supermarket Assistant

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About the role: As one of our Customer Delivery Drivers, you’ll be bringing the unique blend of quality Waitrose produce and Partner‑led service right to our customers’ doors. Actively playing out our ethos – passionate Partners serving food lovers. When you’re not out on the road, you’ll be back at the shop supporting the team with daily tasks such as stock replenishment and housekeeping, contributing to the efficient and productive running of the shop in a friendly and welcoming environment.

Eligibility: You must be 18 years or older to work in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Checking your delivery routes for the day.
• Loading and preparing your van for deliveries, ensuring all orders are together and can be efficiently delivered directly to customers.
• Ensuring all appropriate vehicle safety checks are complete on your van, maintaining full road compliance, health and safety.
• Being an ambassador for the Waitrose brand while on the road with great customer service as your number one priority.
• Helping customers with their shopping and building rapport based on trust and service.
• Supporting the wider shop team when required with general shop‑keeping tasks.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Full valid B‑Category UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Great customer service skills.
• Time management skills.
• Able to cope with the physical requirements of the role (e.g., lifting crates, moving cages).
• Comfortable working independently with the ability to be self‑motivated and adaptable.
• IT literate.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Previous experience in a driving role and knowledge of chilled vehicles would be welcomed.

Important points to note: Some roles are subject to pre‑employment vetting (DBS checks, financial probity checks may also be required). We occasionally close vacancies early.

We encourage you to apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.

We support flexible working – flexible or compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter hour contracts where possible.

About the Partnership

We’re the largest employee‑owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail, continuously innovating, adapting, and diversifying.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences, creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can thrive.

We make all the difference. And we all own it.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industry: Retail