Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
More about Hovis Logistics…
* We have an ambition for Hovis to be recognised as a great Logistics company that makes bread and are disrupting the Bread industry in pursuing this.
* We encourage our people to be the best that they can be, leading to many nominations, awards, and promotions for our drivers. In the last 4 years, we have supported 98 of our people step-up to the next level of their career.
* We have developed a very clear culture of Honesty, Respect and Recognition, based upon a consistent and relentless drive to put our people at the heart of all our success.
* We partner with specialist providers to support our drivers with their compliance (in 2023 our drivers achieved an 80% reduction in infringements).
* We have been recognised on the national awards stage for our commitment to low carbon operations.
* We have been recognised as a “gold standard” employer and placed within the top 50 Inspiring Workplaces Awards 2024 in the UK and Ireland.
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Do you have?
* Cat C1 0r C Licence.
* Experience within FMCG or fast-moving goods distribution environment with some driving experience.
* Knowledge and experience of a short shelf-life products and daily delivery operations.
* Knowledge of products and customer requirements.
* Basic IT literacy skills.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience of shift working.
* NVQ/GNVQ Equivalent (advantageous)
Why work for us and our benefits:
At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries
* There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
* Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
* We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
* We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
* We offer three levels of pensions
Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.