Yard Operative - Brighouse, United Kingdom - Myers Group
Description
Are you a customer focused, enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in a busy trade environment?
We have an opportunity for an experienced
Yard Operative to join our team in
Brighouse on a
full time, permanent basis.
Myers Building Supplies has 16 branches throughout Yorkshire and is part of the family-owned Myers Group. We are looking to recruit a motivated individual with a positive attitude to join our committed and experienced team supplying a whole range of building materials including kitchens and bathrooms. This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful family business with strong links to the local community.
The successful Yard Operative will receive a competitive rate of pay plus fantastic benefits including;
- Excellent Holiday Allowance (including day off on your birthday) which increases with length of service
- Pension Scheme
- Training & Development Programs to help meet your career ambitions
- Staff Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
Applications for this Yard Operative role are invited from individuals who:
- Are enthusiastic with a positive attitude
- Enjoy working with customers in a busy trade environment
- Have a desire to progress further with their careers
- Are adaptable with a desire to learn and develop with the business
- Have knowledge of building products or timber sales or related trades
- Are customer focused
- Enjoy working as part of a team
- Forklift truck experience would be an advantage although training will be provided
Duties and Responsibilities
- Contribute to the delivery of the MBS sales and margin targets whilst maintaining a value proposition for the customer
- Contribute to a proactive culture of H&S, ensuring everyone in the team complies with the Company HSE policies and procedures
- Take direction from the Yard Supervisor on all matters relating to yard activities and keep them informed of any matters that may impact the branch
- Maintain stock in the yard ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and in full
- Maintain safe and efficient yard operations to ensure a consistent high standard of appearance, safety and security:
- Flow of traffic
- Unloading, loading and despatch
- Equipment and plant inspections
- Housekeeping
- Maintain display areas in the yard in order to maximise customer engagement and sales
- Liaise proactively with customers on a day to day basis and undertake relevant yard duties in order to fulfil customers' needs
- Identify and act on opportunities for increasing sales, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
- Communicate efficiently with all members of the team
- Seek and continuously develop product knowledge
- Any other reasonable duties which may be required by the Company from time to time, as instructed by or under the direction of your line manager
Skills and Attributes
- Must have clean Driving Licence
- Must be PC literate
- Builders Merchant experience preferred
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight schedules
- A professional attitude, demeanour and experience in customer service
- Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Must be selfmotivated, with a 'Can Do' attitude
- Must have strong interpersonal skills and can solve problems at source
- Must possess excellent organisational skills and good time management
- Must be selfdriven, genuine with a positive attitude and clear focus
- Must be sufficiently mobile and flexible to work beyond the call of duty to achieve results.
- Ability of operate mobile plant as required
- Have a suitable health and fitness level to conduct work appropriately
If you feel you have all the skills and knowledge required to join our team as a
Yard Operative, please click
'Apply' today.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£10.81 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
Experience:
Builders Merchant: 1 year (required)
Work Location:
One location
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