About Savona
We aim to be the friendly face of foodservice, and create long-standing relationships that make our customers smile, and help build their profits. Founded in 1960, the company has grown from strength to strength, from annual sales to number of customers, digital innovation to quality of service.
- 220 people, most of whom have been with us for many years
- 3 depots
- 340,000 products delivered per month
- A Customer base of schools, care homes, hospitals, pubs, hotels, restaurants and leisure parks.
- Every month our 42 drivers make 13,650 deliveries across 32 counties.
The Role
We pride ourselves on honest, transparent relationships both internally and with customers, and our entire operation is with a customer-centric focus, with the aim to maintain outstanding service. We’re on the look out for exceptional staff across a number of departments to play an important role in offering outstanding service to our customers.
You’ll be part of a close-knit team of multidrop drivers who work together to get the job done. This isn’t a lonely, long-distance driving role. You’ll be delivering great food and other catering products to a huge range of customers across the region. Once there, you’ll be delivering the goods straight to the chefs and managers who make the orders – so building up a good rapport with them is important. You’ll also be the one transferring the goods from your lorry to the customer – on cages, pallets or by sack truck. Some orders can be very large and time consuming, so it’s a job with a real physical element.
The Person
We are looking for someone who is efficient and organised; you need to enjoy the challenge of being given a lorry full of goods and getting it to the right people at the right time. Personality is key. You’ll interact with the customers at every drop off – so you’ll need to be sociable, polite and respectful, even when under time pressure. Qualifications-wise, you need a category C HGV License. You’ll also have your digital tachograph driver card and your Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). We’ll pay for ongoing CPC development to help you keep these qualifications up to date and provide you with free uniform to maintain professionalism at all times.
Previous experience in multidrop Wholesale Food Distribution is an advantage but not essential.
Start times between 4 am and 6 am Monday to Friday with an opportunity to work every other Saturday as overtime.
This job role will require a Basic DBS Check.
