Customer Delivery Driver, Supermarket Assistant
Job Type: Customer Service
Location: Newbury
Partnership Level: 10
Closing Date: 10/01/2025
Vacancy Type: Temporary
Salary Frequency: Hourly
Hours of Work: Varied hours of full and part-time work (up to 37.5hrs per week) across seven days, including early starts, late finishes, evenings, and weekends.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
Our Purpose: Working in Partnership for a happier world – our shared Purpose that guides us in everything we do and inspires three important principles: happier people, happier business, happier world. The John Lewis Partnership is a truly unique business that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone.
Duties and Responsibilities:
As Partners - members of the Partnership - it's our responsibility to ensure our success for the future. We proactively seek out opportunities to continuously improve the way we work, taking action to ensure the Partnership is efficient and we are all as productive as possible. You’ll be the friendly face of our business – the helpful driver who delivers the unique blend of Waitrose quality and outstanding service right to our customers’ doors. When you’re not out and about, you’ll be at the store, assisting with stock control and cashiering, which may involve lifting heavy products.
A good appreciation of health & safety is a must, along with excellent driving skills. We will ask you to take a driving assessment as part of your application.
Required Essential Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
You will need a full valid UK manual driving licence with no more than six points and you should be 18 years old or over. Part of the application process will include a licence check and a security check to confirm your suitability for the role.
Required Desirable Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
Previous experience in a driving role and knowledge of chilled vehicles would be welcomed.
Additional Information:
As a Partner, you will enjoy our unique benefits package, including staff discount, subsidised food in Partner dining rooms, discounts in local restaurants, subsidised learning, access to exclusive Partnership hotels, and more.
Please consider the following when making your application:
1. We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
2. Print off the job description now if you require it.
3. Due to the nature and activities of this role, all successful candidates will have a driving license check and DBS check carried out on them through a third-party registered body.
This is a really important front-line role. You represent us with every single customer you meet, and their impression of Waitrose & Partners is down to you. Therefore, you should be passionate about providing the very highest levels of customer service.
At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. We know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. Your differences will make all the difference.
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