Do you want to work for a company that truly delivers? Planning your route to success?
We are looking for someone who can lead a team to ensure that the delivery department is trading efficiently, safely, within legal constraints and offers the highest customer service standards. An experienced manager who is dedicated to keeping customers happy, takes pride in their work and has a proven track record of motivating, developing and challenging their team to improve the delivery operation. Can you deliver this?
Based in one of our delivery locations, experience, knowledge and skills in warehouse / transport are essential.
Leading your team to ensure your branch is trading efficiently, safely, within legal constraints and offering the highest customer service standards.
Managing delivery costs and customer charges to achieve agreed targets.
Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and setting challenging targets to minimise payroll cost
Understanding the local market in order to offer the best service in your area ensuring fantastic customer service and satisfaction.
Managing your team effectively to cover all customer service requirements and engaging with customers, using feedback to improve service and satisfaction
Working with the regional team, assisting the business to identify opportunitieswhile developing or improving ways of working.
Previous experience and knowledge of deliveries/ transport are essential in addition to:
Management CPC
Experience of managing a warehouse operation
Engaging with customers and building and maintaining strong relationships
Developing new ideas and challenging a team to improve the delivery service
Identifying talent and encouraging development in a team
Motivating a team to build a strong customer service culture
Communicating openly and being able to influence key stakeholders
Planning and organising effectively
A “Hands on approach” is beneficial
Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.
We’re proud that Booker is aDisability Confident Committedemployer and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please contactrecruitment@bookergroup.com
Please note
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.
*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*
For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk
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