Van Sales Driver - Due to our continued growth and success we are looking for a Vans Sales Driver to join our Supply Chain team in Coedpoeth (LL11 3RD). The hours of work for this role are Monday to Saturday (04:00hrs to 11:30hrs) with a rostered day off (one week you will work 5 days and the next week it'll be 6).
What would you get for working here?
If you have the Van Sales experience and skills we are looking for then you will receive a total reward package that includes:
- Competitive salary: £33,064.20per annum
- Pension: 8% (5% Ees / 3% Ers)
- Annual leave: 31 days (Inc of Bank Holidays]
- Financial wellbeing: Stream (formerly Wagestream) – track earnings and access earned pay before payday, plus budgeting tools and support
- Employee discounts: Access to an employee benefits/discount platform
- Development: Professional development opportunities and qualifications
- Culture: A progressive working environment that puts people at the heart of what we do
- Refer-a-friend bonus: £250 (subject to scheme rules)
- Perks: Excellent coffee machines available free-of-charge
- 30% off Village Bakery products
What would you be doing?
Our Vision as a business is to be the “Go-to” supplier of bakery products, working nationally with retailers such as M&S and Waitrose on their premium private label range and regionally through the Village Bakery brand. In achieving this vision, we want to be recognised as a family business that continually invests in the future through the development of our people, quality and food safety culture, equipment and processes.
As a member of the Supply Chain team you will be directly contributing to this vision through your core tasks and responsibilities these will include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring the safe, timely, and accurate delivery of customer orders while maintaining vehicle compliance, representing the company professionally and supporting in-store availability checks.
- Operating across a broad spectrum of trade channels, seek to maximise total sales, through delivery location leadership influence across the Village Bakery range of product groups.
- To contribute to business development and customer growth through gap filling initiatives, cross-functional teamwork, new product sales merchandising and canvassing for new business.
Knowledge Requirements
The successful candidate for this role will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:
Essential
- Full, clean UK driving licence and a strong understanding of legal driving requirements (DVLA)
- Commitment to vehicle safety and compliance: completing daily vehicle checks, reporting defects, and ensuring the vehicle is roadworthy and legally compliant
- Proven ability to pick, check, and load orders accurately, maintaining product integrity and minimising errors/damage
- Ability to complete multi-drop deliveries on time, obtain Proof of Delivery (POD), and follow delivery procedures accurately
- Strong customer service skills: professional, friendly, and able to build positive relationships and resolve minor queries on site
- Comfortable completing administrative duties (e.g., paperwork/PODs and placing orders on return to the bakery)
- High standards of presentation and professionalism, including maintaining a clean vehicle (inside/out) and wearing clean uniform/workwear boots
- Able to follow Health & Safety rules and guidelines at all times, including safe manual handling and site safety requirements
- Organised and reliable with good communication skills, able to relay stock gaps/availability issues to the team and support basic merchandising where required
- Flexible approach to working hours, including early starts and weekend working
Desirable
- Basic selling skills or confidence identifying opportunities to support sales/service on site (training will be provided)
- Previous experience in a delivery driver / van sales / FMCG distribution role
- Experience with stock availability checks, merchandising, or reporting stock gaps and customer feedback to internal teams
- Strong personal qualities that support the role: proactivity, tenacity, consistently high work standards, and a desire to go the extra mile for customers
Who are we?
If you haven’t heard of us before, The Village Bakery is a proud, family-rooted craft bakery producing an award-winning range of breads, morning goods, pies and gluten-free products.
We’ve been baking since 1964 and have grown through our reputation for quality, innovation and technical expertise. While we’re now part of the Menissez family, our Village Bakery identity stays the same — the same people, the same pride in what we do and the same commitment to baking great products the right way.
As a result of our continued growth and investment, we operate from several modern bakeries in and around Wrexham, including our dedicated gluten-free site Gluten Freedom and our state-of-the-art Super Bakery at Ash Road.
If you would like to join our award-winning, quality-driven team please use the ‘apply now’ link and follow the on-line application instructions.
We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £33,064.20 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
