A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Radial Driver to join our award-winning team, to enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of being the best quality brand in bakery.
As an C1/C Driver, you will contribute to the Distribution Objectives and be responsible for the delivery of products to Hovis sites and to other third-party customers as required.
Welcome to Hovis.
Our brand is iconic and loved by many. We're all about baking, with over 130 years of experience under our belts. Every day, we're churning out around 1.3 million delicious loaves of bread and bakery products throughout the UK and Ireland.
More about Hovis Logistics…
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. We partner with specialist providers to support our drivers with their compliance (in 2023 our drivers achieved an 80% reduction in infringements).
5. We have been recognised on the national awards stage for our commitment to low carbon operations.
6. We have been recognised as a “gold standard” employer and placed within the top 50 Inspiring Workplaces Awards 2024 in the UK and Ireland.
Do you have?
7. Cat C1 0r C Licence.
8. Experience within FMCG or fast-moving goods distribution environment with some driving experience.
9. Knowledge and experience of a short shelf-life products and daily delivery operations.
10. Knowledge of products and customer requirements.
11. Basic IT literacy skills.
12. Excellent communication skills.
13. Experience of shift working.
14. 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
15. There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
16. 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
17. We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
18. We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
19. 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.