Bakery Shop Assistant / Delivery Driver - Scarrots Lane Bakery

Job Posted: 15 April 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full or part time
• Salary: £12.21
• Industries: Catering, Hospitality & Bar Retail Miscellaneous

We are looking for friendly and dedicated sales assistant/delivery driver, with a full driving licence, who can provide outstanding customer service to join our Scarrots Lane bakery team! 

You must have a full and clean driving licence for this role. 

Salary £12.21 per hour - Part-time hours to be discussed. 

Main tasks and duties

• A mix of shifts both in the shop and out delivering to businesses
• Helping customers in the shop with their purchases
• Handling cash payments and operating the till system ensuring transactions are accurately entered
• Answering the telephone and dealing with phone enquiries
• Driving our sandwich van to various businesses on our delivery route and selling goods to customers.
• Delivering stock to wholesale customers   
• Making up sandwiches/rolls for sale
• Packing, sealing and labelling of items
• Preparation of pies other bakery items
• Driving our delivery van, delivering wholesale orders to work premises.
• Controlling stock by:
• Checking items are not damaged and are hygienically packaged
• Checking sell by dates when relevant
• Stock rotation – ensuring older stock is displayed to the front and newer stock at the back
• Good product displays
• Cleaning shop areas on a daily basis
• Check the temperatures of the chiller unit and freezers and recording the temperature in the Temperature book
• Other actions that support the shop supervisor to ensure that we meet environmental health and safety at work requirements.
• Cashing up tills at the end of the day
• Getting change from the bank when required
• Any other duties that support the running of the business
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This is a varied role and you will be trained to cover all areas of the business.