Driver and Warehouse Assistant - Flexible hours

City Plumbing; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plumbing and heating supplier in the UK seeks a Driver and Warehouse Assistant to deliver outstanding customer service and assist in warehouse operations. The role requires a valid driving license and previous warehouse experience is preferred. This job includes flexible hours, interaction with customers, and the opportunity to work in a supportive environment focused on inclusivity.

Benefits

Bonus

Discounts and cash back

Life assurance

Mental Health support program

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Valid driving license with previous driving experience.
• Ideally previous warehouse experience.
• Flexible working hours to accommodate customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety of yourself and vehicle.
• Deal with stock and deliveries.
• Support sales targets and create loyal customer base.

Skills

Customer service

Driving

Warehouse operations

Job description

Overview

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, and will deliver products to our customers against tight deadlines. This role will also assist in the warehouse and may be customer facing within the branch, serving on the trade counter and dealing with customers over the telephone, ensuring we provide the best service and maximise sales at every opportunity.

Responsibilities

• 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 the general duties within the branch such as serving customers on the trade counter, telesales
• Ensuring the housekeeping standards are maintained both on the trade counter and warehousing

Qualifications

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 so that you know exactly what you are doing and when. Please note, this role requires you to have the appropriate driving licence with previous experience as a driver. 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. You’ll thrive on providing the best customer service and being a huge support to your branch colleagues.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super 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.