Driver and Warehouse Assistant - Flexible hours

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

Job summary

Join a leading plumbing and heating supplier as a Driver and Warehouse Assistant, where you will deliver exceptional service and support sales. You will be flexible in working hours, ensuring customer satisfaction while helping to achieve branch goals. A driving license and experience will be essential for success in this dynamic role.

Benefits

Bonus

Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers

Life assurance

Extended family policy

Employee Assistance Programme

Complete induction

Financial education and loans

Flexible working options

Inclusive workplace environment

Qualifications

• Previous warehouse and driving experience beneficial.
• Clean driving license required.
• Ability to deal with stock and ensure safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver products to customers against tight deadlines.
• Assist in the warehouse and serve customers on the trade counter.
• Support sales targets and maintain high customer service standards.

Skills

Excellent customer service

Flexibility

Education

Driving license

Job description

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 Driver and Warehouse Assistant 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 some very tight deadlines. This role will also be to assist in the warehouse and may at times be customer facing within the branch, serving on the trade counter and dealing with customers over the telephone ensuring that 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 so that you know exactly what you are doing and when! 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 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

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

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.

• 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!

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.