Sales Centre Driver

Sales Centre Driver
Exeter
6 months
Gross pay rate: £16.47 per hour (PAYE).
Start ASAP
Working schedule: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week (excluding breaks)

• HGV class 2 (must have held the licence for a minimum of 3 years)
• ADR Licence (Packages minimum class 2)
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence
• Forklift Licence (preferred, but not essential)
• Literacy in PC and mobile devices
• Knowledge of local areas
• Excellent communication skills both face to face and over the phone
• Strong focus on safety and strong adherence to company procedures
• Flexibility
• Able to work under own initiative

We are looking for a Sales Centre Driver, reporting to the facility in Exeter. You will deliver gas cylinders to customers in an efficient manner in accordance with all companys safety, quality and service standards and procedures.

You will be an integral member of a small team of 2 drivers, ensuring our customers’ needs are met. Responsibilities include dealing with customer orders and enquiries, so you should be passionate about delivering customer service. There is also a requirement to operate a large goods vehicle (LGV Rigid Vehicle) to deliver cylinders to customers and to operate a forklift to sort and pick the customers orders.

Success in this position depends on strong Interpersonal skills, organizational skills, operational and technical capacity, commercial acumen and ability to work within a small team.

Your working hours will be Monday to Friday from 07:00 – 15:00.

As the Sales Centre Driver, you will
• Ensure the company’s and legislative safety standards are complied with and maintained at all times on site.
• Pick, sort and load cylinders for customer deliveries
• Operate a rigid LGV in order to deliver cylinders to customers
• Operate the forklift when loading vehicles for customer deliveries
• Manage the maintenance and operation of cylinder delivery vehicle in line with O licence requirements
• Maintain high standard of housekeeping at all times
• Deal with customers, following up on enquiries, supplying leads to the commercial team

As the Sales Centre Driver, you already are or have
• Large Goods Vehicle Licence (class 2)
• ADR Licence (Packages minimum class 2)
• Driver Certificate of Professional Competence
• Forklift Licence
• Literacy in PC and mobile devices
• Knowledge of local areas
• Excellent communication skills both face to face and over the phone
• Strong focus on safety and strong adherence to company procedures
• Flexibility
• Able to work under own initiative.