Transport Assistant

We believe in providing meaningful work and achieving a real work/life balance. Here, you’ll find both. Our Supply Chain team is the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories to our millions of customers every day. We leverage insight and data to anticipate customer needs, ensuring they get what they want, when they need it.You’ll be part of a team that is data-driven and judgement-focused, always the first to identify and address any issues or ambiguities. A culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and continuous improvement drives us to deliver market-leading product availability and operational excellence, and fuels our innovation.Our Supply Chain team calls for people who champion change, are customer-obsessed, data-driven, and excel at collaborating and communicating effectively – because those people can go a very long way.Transport AssistantPlease Read: The role is 4 on/off rotating days and nights (07:00 19:00 & 19:00 07:00)Location:You dont get to be one of the nations largest and most loved supermarkets without a brilliant team and our Transport colleagues are central to keeping our operations running smoothly, ensuring our customers can buy the goods they need in store.Its about helping your community eat, shop, and live better, all while being part of a family thats 187,000 people strong. After all, making the best-quality products available in-store for our customers is what were about. Just ask the millions of people up and down the country who choose to shop with us every week.As a Transport Assistant, you will assist in the smooth operation of the Transport Office, compiling and maintaining documentation and managing information. Youll ensure our drivers depart and arrive on time, processing vital information, issuing journey details, and booking staff on and off shift.Were currently recruiting for a Transport Assistant on a permanent contract, working an average of 42 hours per week on a 4 on, 4 off rotating days and night shift, with the flexibility to fit the needs of our operations where required.More about youYou have excellent communication skillsYoure articulate and well organisedYou use your initiative and can stay on top of several tasks at onceYou have strong PC skillsYou have a knowledge of transport hours and regulationsMore about the roleBriefing and debriefing our drivers on both departure and return from each journeyEffectively communicating to customers and Sainsburys Depots, ensuring incoming calls are answered and dealt with promptlyAssisting the management team in providing a professional serviceWorking well within the transport team function to ensure deadlines are metGenerating driver journey sheets from in-house computer systems and issuing to driversProducing reports, such as missing volume, debrief status, and unconfirmed ordersCollating weekly information for Transport auditing purposesYour benefitsPre-planned shiftsSeason ticket loan after youve completed 12 weeks of service and passed your probationDiscount card after 12 weeks that gives you 10% off your Sainsburys, Argos and Habitat shoppingSpecial offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and moreCycle to work scheme availableFull PPE providedWe know that candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that normal office hours arent always doable, and while we cant accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but arent sure if you are 100% there yet why not apply and see how it goes?Here at Sainsburys Argos were a proud equal opportunities employer that values diversity at every level of our business. Inclusion and Diversity are fundamental to our culture and values, fostering an innovative, collaborative and fast paced work environment that means we can build a better future for our colleagues and our customers. Everyone is welcome at Sainsburys Argos. Want to find out more? Then visit our Diversity & Inclusion page on our Careers site www.argos.careers/diversityandinclusion…