Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the industry leading and award winning Bestway sales team working in the contract department, as a Cash and Carry Operative.
About the Role:
You will be joining the ‘Grocer’s Logistic Supplier of the Year Winner’ (2019).
Your main responsibility is to deliver a fantastic service to our customer base working in Bestway Enfield preparing our orders prior to delivery to customers.
Working within a small but dynamic team, this is a key role, where you will also be part of the UK’s largest independent food and drinks wholesale group. We are proud of the excellent service we are able to offer our customers, this role is integral to our success.
- Location: Bestway Enfield, N9 0BD
- Full Time Monday - Friday
- £21,274.50 basic salary with an OTE of £22,574.50
- In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a bonus scheme
- 22+8 days holiday
- Pension
- Bestway Depot membership card
About our Benefits:
We’ll reward your hard work and customer service skills with a great package; In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a bonus scheme and 22 days holiday, plus 8 statutory holidays. You could also look forward to a pension and a depot shopping membership card that can be used across all our sites.
Your training programme will give you all the skills, knowledge and confidence you will need to succeed. The role involves managing the orders for the contract team from placement through to loading the vans for delivery.
About You:
You will know what great service looks like and share our passion for fulfilling the customer orders in a timely manner. Working closely with the Contract Account Managers and the Contract Depot Coordinator / Driver and all the relevant depot staff. The C&C operative will be responsible for picking orders, wrapping and weighing, completing paperwork, helping to load vans prior to delivery. Contact with customers who visit the depot will also be required. This is an essential role within the Contract Team who together will plan deliveries to ensure the attainment of targets, it is also a physical job as it involves picking a large quantity of stock daily. It will be beneficial if you have experience of working in depot and a fork lift truck licence (not essential).
About Us:
Established in 1976, Bestway Wholesale has grown to become the UK’s largest independent food and drink wholesaler, we also operate in Banking, Cement and Heath Care Sectors with UBL Bank, Bestway Cement and Well Pharmacy.
Our mission is to be the ‘Best Way to Grow your Food and Drinks Business’.
With 58 depots spanning the length and breadth of the UK, Bestway Wholesale is a supply partner to over 70,000 independent retailers and 40,000 catering and foodservice operators.
We have scale and purchasing power to help our customers compete in an ever-changing market. In addition to supplying to thousands of convenience stores, Bestway Wholesale also operates the award-winning Best-one symbol group which has 1,400 members across the country and over 3,500 independent retailers have chosen our depot-run promotion club, Xtra Local, as their retail club of choice.
Through the acquisition of Costcutter Supermarkets Group into our Bestway Retail Division, our annual wholesale turnover has grown to c£3b per year.
Bestway Retail now supports nearly 3000 symbol retailers as well as operating over 400 franchised stores, and over 170 company owned stores throughout England and Wales, we employ over 2500 colleagues who enable us to provide a great local retail service in our communities.
We own the UKs largest franchised off license and convenience chains which encompasses the brands Bargain Booze, Wine Rack, Select Convenience and Central Convenience. Our vision is to be the best value off licence led convenience retailer and wholesaler.
Both retailers and suppliers are supported by this new additional scale of the combined business, with the collaborative partnership approach making Bestway the partner of choice for growing sales in the convenience market.
Join us and you will be joining our fast-paced, entrepreneurial and dynamic business. It's an incredibly exciting time to join us in this new venture!!
What next?
If you are looking to launch, or grow, an exciting career, join the Bestway family and take our great proposition to retailers in your community!