Delivery Driver - Company Vehicle

Company: Blackbird Bakery

Location:
London SE27 0JN United Kingdom

Date Posted: 2024-12-05 01:04:55

Salary:

Job Type: Part-Time

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Responsible for: Deliveries to shops and customers

Report to: Logistic Manager

Overall Purpose and scope of the job:

To safely deliver all products and goods ordered to Blackbird shops and wholesale customers on a specified route, ensuring the required standards and quality is always met.

Key Objectives:

Carry out daily vehicle safety checks
To know all the customer delivery details and requirements to enable more flexibility on routes to be achieved
Ensure vehicle and stock is fully secured when not in attendance
To know and be familiar with the full range of products and to have an understanding of the different quality aspects visually.
To ensure all our customers receive an amazing delivery service every time
Keeping accurate records of deliveries, mileage, and fuel, and submitting documentation to management
Sort out deliveries at CPU accurately ready for dispatch to customers
Check delivery notes and ensure 100% accuracy

Key Responsibilities and Activities

General Operational duties:

To ensure that all finished products are present, ready for delivery and of the required standard
To know and be familiar with the Delivery Schedules, Customer Lists and Customer Requirements
To report for all shifts as stipulated on the rota.
Using navigation tools and considering factors like traffic and roadblocks to plan the most efficient route

Communication:

To inform the Logistics Manager and customer of any deliverable product shortages and quality issues both before and throughout the shift
Communicate any issues with vehicles, products or deliveries immediately to line manager
To ensure safe and correct usage of Bluetooth equipment, keeping it in working order
Communicate any incidents or accidents no matter how minor to line manager, including any parking offences or tickets

Standards:

As a representative of the company to our clients the driver must wear the correct uniform to the correct standard at all times
To ensure all areas within the vehicle are kept clean and tidy
Ensure vehicle is washed on a minimum bi-weekly basis
Conduct daily vehicle check, ensuring standards are maintained for fuel levels, tyre pressure and tread.
Carry out basic maintenance of vehicle adhering to Paul standards

Product Quality & Packaging:

To load confectionary items in a safe and secure way ensuring no damage to products
Responsible for actual load of vehicle, ensuring it is safe and secure before leaving the bakery
Ensure correct temperature storage of frozen, ambient and chilled products

Health & Safety:

To work cleanly, safely and hygienically at all times.
To wear the company uniform and maintain the highest level of personal hygiene.
To ensure all areas within your section are kept clean, tidy and organized and left accordingly at the end of each shift.
To ensure that all proper hygienic procedures are followed, with regular cleaning of taps, sinks, worktops, delivery crates and machinery
To keep the interior and exterior of the vans clean at all times.
To date all products and ensure all products are rotated correctly where appropriate.
To report all accidents to the Logistics Manager
To comply with all legislation regarding the health and safety of food hygiene.
To report all faulty equipment and machinery to the Logistics Manager.

Teamwork:

To be an active team member and to help colleagues, as and when necessary
Attend team meetings as required
Take responsibility for own timekeeping, be at work on time on all occasions as stipulated on the rota
Helpful without being asked, cooperative and friendly and willingness to try new ideas

A Portrait of a Blackbird Person – the behaviour we expect

Good Communication – Smiling, always friendly, use polite tone of voice, ask questions
Attitude and behaviour – showing passion, energy, speed, and have a can-do attitude, flexibility
Teamwork – one team – helping others, showing respect, having good product knowledge, working to high standards, and quality focused
Customer Service – Customer focused, thinking of their needs, listens to them

Additional Responsibilities

To carry out additional driving duties as and when required by the Logistics Manager 
To transfer goods and packaging from shops and support office as and when required

Skill and Technical Requirements

Must have a UK drivers licence (ideally category B entitlement)
Ideally 3 years driving experience in the UK in 3.5 tonne or larger
For insurance purposes must be over 25 years of age
Reasonable working knowledge of Greater London Street routes
Able to read maps an advantage

Personal Profile

To communicate in an honest and open manner
Neat and tidy appearance
Good level of spoken English
Flexible in terms of availability and shift patterns

Ref: 1|6|HA|2343018

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