Goods In Assistant Driver - Forest Lodge

Haskins Garden Centres Ltd; Farnham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading garden centre company is seeking a Goods In Assistant Driver for a full-time role based at their Forest Lodge location. This varied position involves warehouse duties and customer deliveries, providing opportunities to enhance customer service while ensuring operational excellence. Key responsibilities include managing stock accuracy and maintaining delivery logs, requiring a strong attention to detail and teamwork skills.

Benefits

Retail discount scheme

Cycle Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Charity Day off

Wellbeing support

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Full Valid UK Driving Licence, no points preferred.
• Experience in warehouse operations and systems.
• Forklift and electric pallet truck experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of deliveries and record movements.
• Booking deliveries, stock control, and quality checks.
• Manual handling and physical labour as role requires.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical calculations

Teamwork

Job description

Goods In Assistant Driver - Forest Lodge

Job Description

Pay rate up to £12.21 per hour

We are recruiting a goods in assistant on a full-time and permanent basis, working 38 hours per week including alternate weekends.

This role will include warehouse responsibilities and driving responsibilities. The day-to-day responsibilities will depend on trading and delivery slots, no two weeks will be the same. This is a varied role, and some weeks will involve completing Customer Home Deliveries and other weeks the role will fully be focussed on warehouse responsibilities.

Haskins is a family owned, award winning business with 5 destination garden centres across the South of England, each with a large restaurant.

We constantly strive to improve the service and experience we offer our customers, that’s why the recruitment of our people is so important to us. If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, have a sense of humour and an eagerness to learn, we want you to join our friendly, happy team.

About the role

Day to day warehouse duties include lifting, carrying and clerical administration. This role requires diligence and care to ensure that stock control systems remain accurate. You will be booking in deliveries, returning items to suppliers, preparing the delivery van, stacking and storing goods using warehouse equipment. It may also involve completing customer home deliveries. You may also be required to work in the Garden Centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of deliveries.
• Ensure delivery forms are signed
• Move goods to appropriate storage areas
• Allocate storage space based on type and size
• Quality control goods upon delivery
• Ensure all information is recorded in logs
• Comply to the company’s safety and security procedures
• Record movement of goods using barcode scanners

About You

You will be reporting directly to the Goods In Team Leader, with a good eye for detail and comfortable with numerical calculations and tallies. Experience of working with computer systems is helpful as you will be responsible for maintaining warehouse movement reports on a regular basis. This role includes extensive manual handling and physical labour. Awareness of security and health procedures that govern warehouse operations is beneficial. Forklift and electric pallet truck experience would be an advantage, however full training will be given. Previous warehouse experience would be an advantage.

You will require a Full Valid UK Driving Licence for this role and no points would be desirable, if you do have points on your licence this will need to be disclosed and suitability for the role will be assessed depending on the circumstances.

• Retail discount scheme, saving money on day-to-day spending, days out, and gifts.
• Cycle Scheme, helping spread the cost of a bike and saving on tax.
• Health Cash Plan, for a small monthly contribution access a 24-hour online GP service recover costs for dental and optical appointments and more.
• Time off to support local charities, with an annual paid Charity Day
• Wellbeing support with internal Mental Health First Aiders and external Assistance Program providing free counselling and advice for you and your family.
• Company pension scheme for eligible employees