HDN - Distribution Clerk

Dunelm; West of England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme contribution

Sharesave scheme

Cycle to work

Employee discount

Job summary

Dunelm Northampton Depot is seeking a highly motivated Distribution Clerk to coordinate distribution activities and support the transport team. If you enjoy ticking items off a list, solving problems, and helping deliver homes with care, we'd love to hear from you.

This role focuses on accurate records, health and safety compliance, customer service, and smooth depot operations, with opportunities to grow with Dunelm.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-moving distribution environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication with team members.
• Comfort with multi-tasking and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate records for driver hours, holidays, sickness, and accident reporting.
• Ensure full compliance with health and safety, security policies, and SSOW.
• Communicate effectively with team members and support transport during absences.
• Respond to customer service queries and assist with general distribution tasks.
• Perform clerical duties including photocopying, filing, yard checks, and depot procedures.
• Support wider distribution operations as needed within reasonable management requests.
• Manage driver communications, workloads, and route planning using computer systems.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Detail oriented

Flexible

Job description

Overview

We're seeking a highly motivated Distribution Clerk to assist with the collection and coordination of the activities of our distribution services out of the Northampton Depot and someone with the drive and passion to grow and progress with the company.

This role is all about keeping things moving behind the scenes. If you're the kind of person who likes ticking things off a list, solving problems, and being part of a team that helps make home life lovelier for our customers, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

• · Maintain accurate records for driver hours, holidays, sickness, and accident reporting
• · Ensure full compliance with health & safety, security policies, and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW)
• · Communicate effectively with team members and support the transport team during absences
• · Respond to customer service queries and assist with general distribution office tasks
• · Perform clerical duties including photocopying, filing, yard checks, and depot open/lock procedures
• · Support wider distribution operations as needed, within reasonable management requests
• · Manage driver communications, workloads, and route planning using computer systems

What we'll look for in you

• · A strong Customer Service ethic who approaches their role with energy and enthusiasm
• · Mature approach, pragmatic, tenacious with attention to detail.
• · Dedicated to getting the job done but able to have 'fun' as well.
• · Assertive, can do, makes things happen attitude.
• · Passionate and creative thinker, able to translate to pragmatic solutions.
• · Flexible and adaptable to evolving business needs
• · Able to multi-task.
• · Hard working / flexible.
• · Quicker thinker - challenge and change process
• · Ability to learn and push yourself to progress with the company

As part of the team, you will enjoy plenty of benefits:

• · Competitive salary of £***.
• · Contribution to your pension scheme for the twilight years.
• · Fantastic Sharesave option where colleagues can buy Dunelm shares monthly at a discounted rate to build up an investment for that rainy day.
• · Cycle to work scheme to help keep colleagues fit and help with air pollution, travel costs, tax and national insurance.
• · A cool 15% discount on allDunelmproducts, in-store and online to help make your house a 'Home'.