Title: Distribution Coordinator
Function: Distribution
Contract: Part Time, Permanent
Hours: 23 hours per week Monday to Friday
Location: Aberdeen
Salary: Starting at £18,817
Are you an Administrator on top of your game, looking for an exciting opportunity in the FMCG sector? Look no further, our Aberdeen site is currently on the lookout for a Distribution Coordinator to join their team to support them managing the compliance of our Drivers, Team Members and vehicles.
- Excellent administrative and PC skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisational skills
- Build great working relationships quickly with our teams and contractors
- Able to work on your own initiative
It’s simple really, we deliver fresh products on time, keeping quality, safety and customer service at the forefront of every decision.
As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a sixth-generation family business, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products, including gluten free.
We are striving to be a net zero business by 2050 and believe that we must minimise our impact on the environment, whilst making a positive impact on the society we are a part of.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Coordinator or Administrator to join our Distribution team at Aberdeen on a part time basis, working 5 days per week. As part of the team you will form an integral part of our family to enable our distribution teams to deliver our great quality products, however, you don’t need to have a distribution background, as full training will be provided.
Here at our Aberdeen, we’re proud to be delivering customers our fresh bakery products direct to stores across North East Scotland and beyond.
You will support the Transport Shift Managers, ensuring all administrative tasks are complete in a timely and accurate manner to meet internal and external customer needs. The main responsibilities of the position include:
- Assisting managers in the day to day running of the Distribution office
- Maintaining vehicle maintenance schedules
- Processing vehicle defects
- Uploading Driver and vehicle records
- Maintaining driver rotas
- Ordering fuel and vehicle lubricants
- Ordering office and uniform supplies
- Answering telephone queries
- General administrative duties as required
Aberdeen is our most northern Warburtons site, and we’re based in Portlethen, 8 miles from Aberdeen city centre. We have a small but experienced team of 35 colleagues working together to ensure families in the Northeast of Scotland and beyond, sample our wide range of family favourites. Aberdeen depot work in partnership with a local delivery service to ensure our products are also available on Shetland. We are currently delivering 12 million products per year to over 275 customers! And we’re still growing….
You’ll want to know what your bread is worth:
- Base Salary starting at £18817.00
- A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
- Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you, so you will have 5 weeks holiday and bank hols (pro rata for part time). Plus, the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week annual leave
- Health screening and life assurance
- Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
- Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
- Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
