Van Controller

GSF Car Parts; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Annual leave

Flu vaccine

Health & wellbeing tools

Pension guidance

Life insurance

Employee discounts

Financial wellbeing

Volunteer time off

Career progression

Job summary

GSF Car Parts is seeking a Van Controller to coordinate delivery runs, manage the driver team and ensure on-time service across branches. You will drive efficiency, maintain high customer service standards, and oversee fleet maintenance.

In this role you will train and develop staff, leverage your knowledge of local geography within a 40 mile radius, and help optimise routes for cost effectiveness while supporting branch operations.

Qualifications

• Experience of motivating a diverse team.
• Customer focussed, driven to achieve and willing to go the extra mile.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to train and develop others.
• Must have held a driving licence for a minimum of 3 years.
• Geographical knowledge of area within a 40 mile radius.

Responsibilities

• Managing the driver team
• Co-ordinate delivery runs and orders in the most cost effective way
• Ensure vans deliver on time
• Control and Coordinate branch fleet maintenance and servicing
• Ensure the delivery team can deliver the branches customer service standards

Skills

Experience motivating a diverse team

Customer focus

Communication skills

Training & development

Driving licence (3+ years)

Local geography knowledge (40 mile)

Job description

About The Role

As a Van Controller within GSF Car Parts, you will play an important part in ensuring that we continue to commit to our sales promise by coordinating delivery runs and ensuring delivery drivers continuously provide excellent customer service.

As a Van Controller within GSF Car Parts, you will play an important part in ensuring that we continue to commit to our sales promise by coordinating delivery runs and ensuring delivery drivers continuously provide excellent customer service.

Main Duties Include

• Managing the driver team
• Co-ordinate delivery runs and orders in the most cost effective way
• Ensure vans deliver on time
• Control and Coordinate branch fleet maintenance and servicing
• Ensure the delivery team can deliver the branches customer service standards

Working Hours

## (average) hours Monday to Friday, including alternate Saturday working

About You

As the Van Controller you will have a great track record of managing a driver team and coordinating delivery runs.

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Experience of motivating a diverse team
• Customer focussed, driven to achieve and willing to go the extra mile
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to train and develop others
• Must have held a driving licence for a minimum of 3 years
• Geographical knowledge of area within a 40 mile radius

What We’ll Offer

• Opportunity to earn a performance based bonus as part of this role
• 20 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the opportunity to earn up to 5 more with time-served
• Free flu vaccine
• Health & wellbeing tools
• Free support from pension experts
• Life assurance scheme
• Discounts from 100’s of household names including Asda, Nike & John Lewis
• A suite of financial wellbeing products including advances and savings schemes
• Paid time off to volunteerTraining qualifications and career progression opportunities

About Us

GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding £475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years, we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain, marketing and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems, which include our industry leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group's national garage programme, Servicesure.