Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether its baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Radial Driver to join our award-winning team, to enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of being the best quality brand in bakery.
As an C1/C Driver, you will contribute to the Distribution Objectives and be responsible for the delivery of products to Hovis sites and to other third-party customers as required.
Welcome to Hovis.
Our brand is iconic and loved by many. We’re all about baking, with over 130 years of experience under our belts. Every day, we’re churning out around 1.3 million delicious loaves of bread and bakery products throughout the UK and Ireland.
More about Hovis Logistics
We have an ambition for Hovis to be recognised as a great Logistics company that makes bread and are disrupting the Bread industry in pursuing this.
We encourage our people to be the best that they can be, leading to many nominations, awards, and promotions for our drivers. In the last 4 years, we have supported 98 of our people step-up to the next level of their career.
We have developed a very clear culture of Honesty, Respect and Recognition, based upon a consistent and relentless drive to put our people at the heart of all our success.
We partner with specialist providers to support our drivers with their compliance (in 2023 our drivers achieved an 80% reduction in infringements).
We have been recognised on the national awards stage for our commitment to low carbon operations.
We have been recognised as a gold standard employer and placed within the top 50 Inspiring Workplaces Awards 2024 in the UK and Ireland.
Do you have?
- Cat C1 or C Licence.
- Experience within FMCG or fast-moving goods distribution environment with some driving experience.
- Knowledge and experience of a short shelf-life products and daily delivery operations.
- Knowledge of products and customer requirements.
- Basic IT literacy skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience of shift working.
- NVQ/GNVQ Equivalent (advantageous)
Benefits Baked In
All colleagues can choose from a wide range of benefits in addition to salaries, based on their individual needs.
- Three levels of pension scheme to choose from – employer contribution of up to 7.5%
- Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace App includes: ‘at home’ Annual Health Check, Digital GP consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinions and much more
- Enhanced parental leave (and flexibility where possible to suit your needs)
- Access to funded physiotherapy sessions
- Wellbeing support and campaigns to help you stay active and healthy, be financially prepared, and support your mental wellbeing
- Opt in plans for money back towards the cost of opticians, dentist, physiotherapist and more
- A benefits platform for all, Hovis Choice:
- £££ Savings and cashback offers on day-to-day spending
- Eyecare vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
Skills:Class 2 HGV driving
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