AddressWelcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
The Role:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for experienced Radial (Class 2) Drivers to join the team based at our Nottingham site, to enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of being the best quality brand in bakery.
As an LGV2 Driver, you will to contribute to the Distribution Objectives and be responsible for the delivery of products to Hovis sites and to other third-party customers as required.
Ideal Experiences / Qualifications / Capabilities:
Key Accountabilities:
Collecting assembled products and loading vehicles safely, and in line with company procedures.- Complying with all legislative duties, including tachographs, Working Time Directive, pre-use inspections and defect reporting, load safety and license requirements.
- Ensuring goods and vehicles are quality checked and paperwork is complete and up to date.
- Ensuring products are delivered to customers, safely and in good quality.
- Collect equipment and completed POD’s from customers.
- To carry out any other ad-hoc duties that may be required.
- Follow Safe System of Work (Health and Safety).
This role requires the successful candidate to be able to start duties as early as 02:00am to ensure our freshly baked products arrive in store to meet our customer demands.
Essential:
LGV Cat C (HGV Class 2) Licence
Experience within FMCG or fast moving goods distribution environment with some driving experience.
Knowledge and experience of a short shelf life products and daily delivery operations.
Knowledge of products and customer requirements
Basic IT literacy skills
Excellent communication skills.
Experience of shift working
Desirable:
NVQ/GNVQ Equivalent
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
There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.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
We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
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.
