Assistant Depot Supervisor

About the role:

Our Assistant Depot Supervisors  ensure that our warehouse operation always runs smoothly and that each one of our customers receives their appliance on time, every time. You will be responsible for ensuring that our delivery and installation runs are prepped to go out each morning and supported via tracking any issues which may arise throughout the day.

A hands-on approach is required to support our self-loading depot and you will ensure that all our vehicles are road worthy, legal and compliant whilst providing on-going support to our Drivers, Quality and People teams.

Salary: £25,563.20 per annum

Shift pattern: 5 on 3 off, 5 on 2 off

Job Type: Full time and permanent contract

Park Avenue Industrial Estate, Park Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3BP

What to expect:

Complete in-house reports for the Depot Manager daily

Check that all vehicles leaving the depot are secure and meet required transport legislation requirements

Ensure that all members of the team both employed and self-employed are complying with the training that they have received

Complete alcohol testing when required

Communicate with our Drivers, handling any queries efficiently and in a professional manner

Transport Debriefing duties of vehicles returning from delivery and installation runs

Take responsibility for managing the transhipping and reloads

A bit about you:

Understand transport legislation and logistics operation

Able to build good relationships with people even when under pressure

Challenge any vehicle issues or damages with our Drivers

Able to make decisions in the absence of the Depot Manager to drive performance and service

React quickly to information and be able to solve problems independently

Good communication skills both verbally and written

Competent use of Microsoft, particularly Excel

A Bit

About Us:

We’re a team of individuals who go to great lengths to make sure our customers are the happiest customers out there. We may sell everything from washing machines to Play Stations, but at our core we’re a people business.

We roll up our sleeves and work together to make things happen. From logistics, recycling to our award winning IT teams, almost everything we do, we do ourselves to make sure every aspect of our customer journey is done properly.

Our Benefits:

31 days holiday

At least 5% contribution pension scheme

Healthcare Cashback Scheme

Exclusive Staff Discount

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages

Expression of wish service

Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)

Share-save Scheme

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page