About Creed
At Creed Foodservice, we believe a great workplace starts with great people. Our teams are at the heart of everything we do, bringing passion and expertise to deliver top-quality food products to chefs and caterers across the UK. As part of the Country Range Group, we’ve been making a difference in the food industry since 1972.
With distribution centres in Cheltenham, Ilkeston, and High Wycombe, we ensure reliable service nationwide. We’re proud to be a Living Wage accredited employer and were recognised as one of the Top 75 Best Companies to Work For in 2023. If you’re looking for a workplace that values its people and offers real opportunities to grow, Creed is the place to be!
Role Details
Being a Driver at Creed Foodservice is much more than meeting each delivery on time. In all of our driving roles you will have the opportunity to get to know your regular customers and deliver a personalised service. Many of our Drivers follow regular routes several days per week and build friendships with the customers that they deliver to, often finding their Coffee or Tea, just the way that they like it when they arrive to deliver to regular routes. Our drivers receive recognition for their positive attitude, friendly jokes, and willingness to help both from our customers and other teams with some being recognised and receiving awards from our Chief Executive and Managing Director. Being a Driver at Creed isn’t just about ensuring each delivery reaches our customers on time, you are able to build genuine relationships with the Chefs and other staff in a variety of Schools, Care Homes, Pubs, Restaurants, Hotels, Leisure facilities and more and have the autonomy to go the extra mile to deliver excellent service for them because we #BelieveInMore.
Everyone in our business understands the importance of our Drivers and we make sure that every new starter in our business has the opportunity to spend a day being a Drivers Mate as part of their induction, so they fully understand the valuable part that you play, delivering excellent service to our customers and making sure that our customers can prepare delicious meals for theirs.
As well as being a valued member of the team and providing great service to our customers you will make multiple drops in a day, delivering temperature-controlled products (both frozen and refrigerated) so you will need to carry out temperature checks and ensure that you take the necessary breaks required to avoid tacho infringements. Your safety is important to us, so we want you to follow all legislative requirements, including drivers hour’s and to drive with due care and attention. You will also need to complete all of the necessary paperwork accurately and in a timely fashion (VC40, Temperature Records, Debrief), Conduct all daily checks, resolve any issues and report any accidents that may occur and ensure that the vehicle (and where applicable fridge and freezer) are fuelled.
Some responsibilities of the role include:
- Multi Drop delivery of temperature-controlled products.
- Follow legislative requirements concerning drivers hour’s and ensure that vehicles are driven with due care and attention.
- Accurate and timely completion of all paper work (VC40, Temperature Records, Debrief.
- Conduct all daily checks, resolve any issues and report any accidents that may occur.
- Be an ambassador for the company, promote the company brand, demonstrate company values and enhance the company’s image through appearance and behaviour.
- To ensure vehicle (and where applicable fridge and freezer) are fuelled.
The Ideal Candidate
- Excellent Customer Service Skills.
- Team player, willing to help others to ensure that customers get the right products on time.
- Flexibility to accommodate schedule changes.
- Friendly and adaptable approach to work.
- Multi-Drop experience would be advantageous.
- Multi-Temperature Deliver experience would be advantageous.
It is essential that you have the following:
Work Schedule:
45 hours Monday - Friday 4:30am- 14:00pm
What you get in return:
- Training and development and career progression opportunities.
- Recognition for doing a great job and going the extra mile from customers, your department and the rest of the business.
- Respect and support from your team, supervisors and managers.
- 33 Days of annual leave per year.
- Life insurance for 2 times your annual salary.
- Employee discount on purchases and regular special offers for staff.
- Access to an online discount portal, providing discounts for gyms, the cinema, supermarkets, high street retailers, cashback for changing your electricity supplier and much more helping you to save money on purchases that you would ordinarily make.
- Employee assistance programme that offers confidential support and advice which includes free access to legal advice, wellness programmes and much more.
- Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme.
- Creed also offer employees the opportunity to join our Savings Scheme, join the Staff Lottery to support our selected charities and be in with the chance of winning £250 each month, an additional day off each year which you can use to help a charitable cause of your choice and much more. We are also a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £31,473.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cheltenham GL51: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Driving: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
