Store Person / Driver

Store Person / Driver

Based in our Corby depot, located at Corby (NN17 4JN), we are looking to recruit a number of full time and permanent Store Persons / Drivers to join our team in delivering a great level of service and product to our customers. Working Monday to Friday, 40hrs/week (typical working hours ranging in shifts between 07:00am to a 19:00 finish), we are looking to recruit experienced Store Persons who may, at peak times, be required to undertake some multi-drop van driving. Typical duties will involve accurately picking stock off pick sheets, loading and unloading deliveries, use of a FLT (Fork Lift Truck, for which training can be given), labelling stock, testing and re-charging of the product, dealing with scrap units and stock counting. In addition, when driving duties would include delivering and collecting automotive/commercial batteries directly into and from customers premises. Experience of using a handheld PDA is of advantage, as is the ability to manually handle a heavy product. The individual must be happy, helpful, smiley in character and possesses a ‘Can do approach’ to their work and personal life in order for the individual to provide an consummate level of service to our customers.

Essential experience of:
– Driving licence
– Ability and experience of driving a FLT (fork Lift Truck), Counterbalance, Pivot Steer, LLOP and/or Reach
– Working in a warehouse environment
– Happy and outgoing in attitude
– A genuinely friendly individual who wants to get to know the customer better and work in a team environment
– Customer focussed, to ensure that each delivery is made consistently well with a positive impact
– Ability to handle a heavy product
– Neat and tidy, able to portray a professional appearance at work

Desirable experienced in:
– Use of a PDA
– Some experience as a multi-drop van driver and/or CPC (7.5 tonne) licence holder, would be an advantage
– Some Microsoft Office skills (such as Excel, Word and Outlook)
– Time Management and Organisational skills

What we are looking for:
– Ideally educated to High School standards (GCSE passes in English or Maths is desirable, although this is not a necessity)
– The ability to be customer focused in all things
– Good Verbal and good Written communication skills
– Conscientious, hardworking and accurate
– The ability to manage a varied workload in a dynamic situation
– The ability to fit into and contribute towards a “can do” culture
– Measured and common sense approach
– Happy & smiling individual
– Smart appearance with a pleasant and outgoing attitude
– Good interpersonal skills with a Team Player approach

Benefits:
– Salary, £26,000+ per year (depending on skills and experience)
– Pension
– Full bespoke training
– The opportunity to join a continually expanding Company

Platinum Batteries (Europe) Ltd is the UK’s largest distributor of Automotive batteries operating from 9 Depots located throughout the UK. We are currently selling in excess of 1.2 million batteries per year, with typical customers varying from Blue Chip organisations, National Fast Fit chains to motor factors. We pride ourselves in being a Company where our customers, suppliers and employees can grow and prosper through an ethos of continual improvement and positive ethical relationships. We have an entrepreneurial and innovative culture that has seen us grow rapidly and thus provide our colleagues with opportunities to progress and develop a long term career as we continue to grow and expand.

Please apply with an up-to-date CV and an accompanying covering letter – All applications must be accompanied by a covering letter which includes examples of great customer service that they have provided and / or examples of how they are caring and helpful individual (no agencies).