Warehouse Assistant/Delivery Driver

Job Posted: 20 June 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Lake, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: Competitive
• Industries: Distribution Management & Executive Retail

Job Title: Warehouse Assistant / Driver

Solent Beds & Furniture, the Isle of Wight’s leading independent furniture retailer, has an exciting opportunity to join our team at our central distribution facility in Lake.

Main Purpose:
To ensure the smooth running of product movements within the warehouse environment.
To ensure our policies and procedures are followed, and that Good Manufacturing Practices are maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Based in the factory warehouse, assisting with unloading deliveries and loading product orders on a daily basis.
• Supervise the overall warehouse operation and motivate team to achieve performance targets
• Assisting with distribution and rotation of product.
• Ensuring safe systems of work and adherence to Health and Safety regulations.
• Maintaining housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace.
• Collating orders and entering data.
• Passing on completed work to ensure process efficiency.
• Checking all orders for accuracy prior to vehicle loading.
• Liaising with external logistics operators.
• Delivering goods to customers when required.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties. You may be expected to perform different tasks as required by your role and the overall objectives of the business.

Required Qualities:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with team members.
• Competency in stock control systems and basic IT skills
• Punctual, with a high level of timekeeping.
• Self-motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Positive attitude toward problem-solving.

Salary

Competitive Salary + Generous Staff Discounts