About the Role
As a Customer Delivery Driver, you will deliver Waitrose produce and provide Partner-led service to customers. You will also support the shop team with daily tasks such as stock replenishment and housekeeping, contributing to the efficient and productive running of the shop.
Responsibilities
- Checking delivery routes for the day.
- Loading and preparing the van for deliveries, ensuring all orders are together and can be efficiently delivered.
- Completing appropriate vehicle safety checks on the van, maintaining full road compliance, health and safety.
- Acting as a brand ambassador for Waitrose on the road with great customer service as the priority.
- Helping customers with their shopping and building rapport.
- Supporting the wider shop team with general shopkeeping tasks when required.
Requirements
- Full valid B-Category UK manual driving licence with no more than 6-points.
- Great customer service skills.
- Time management skills.
- Able to cope with the physical requirements of the role (e.g. lifting of crates, moving cages).
- Comfortable working independently with the ability to be self-motivated and adaptable.
- IT literate.
- Must be 18-years or older.
Skills
- Customer service
- Time management
- Adaptability
- Independent work
- IT literacy
- Driving
- Knowledge of chilled vehicles (desirable)
Location
- Newport (Waitrose & Partners), Audley Road, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DL
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Partnership Level 10
Salary/Compensations
- £14.31 Hourly
- Night Premium at a rate of £3.75 per hour for hours worked between 22:00 - 06:00
Benefits
- Support flexible working (flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible).
About the Company
- The largest employee-owned business in the UK, home to John Lewis and Waitrose.
- Driven by the purpose to build a happier world.
- Focused on being brilliant at retail, innovating, adapting, and diversifying.
- Committed to quality and service.
- Partners share responsibility and rewards of ownership.
- Encourages using voices to contribute to success.
- Promotes kindness, respect, and a sense of belonging.
- Embraces differences and creates an environment to thrive.
- Focuses on individual and collective growth.
Equal Opportunity
- Some roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks).
- DBS checks will be carried out by a third-party registered body.
- Financial probity checks may also be required for some roles.
