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Yard Assistant

  1. Permanent - Full time
Competitive + Benefits
  1. Travis Perkins
  2. Wigan, Greater Manchester

hrs/pw

(30hrs + flex up) 07:00-16:30 Mon-Fri + Alternate Saturdays 08:00-12:00

Wigan

46314

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Joining our friendly and hard working family as a Yard Customer Assistant, you'll be on the front line dealing with customers that come into our yard. You will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service. This is a part time role, 30 hours per week.


Where Will You Be Working ?

Travis Perkins is a network of 500+ branches that supply quality timber, building materials, kitchens, plumbing and heating, landscaping, painting and decorating essentials, and tools to trade professionals and self-builders across the UK. Our Northampton, Kettering Road branch, is a busy fast paced branch, employing 20+ staff across sales, drivers and yard, and have in excess 200 collections a day. 


What will You be doing?

  • Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can help deliver the highest standards of service - the key thing is to be helpful and friendly at all times, you will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis

  • You will be based outside, processing our customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles

  • You will also unload our building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them in the branch warehouse

  • Full training is provided in order to drive our forklifts

  • Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, this means maintaining a tidy and safe working environment

What Benefits Will You Receive?

Our Yard Customer Assistant role offers:

  • Excellent salary + Annual bonus

  • 22 days holiday plus bank holidays

  • Save As You Earn & Buy As You Earn schemes

  • Group Life Assurance/Contributory pension scheme

  • Rewards & discounts with over 1,000 retailer offers

  • Colleague recognition awards, employee assistance programme, wagestream financial wellbeing app, and salary deducted loans.

  • Parking onsite. 

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our goal that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and able to be their authentic selves.


*Applications currently open to candidates aged 18+


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