Yard Assistant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Beatsons Building Supplies

Beatsons Building Supplies

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Yard Assistant

About Beatson's Building Supplies Ltd
Beatson's Building Supplies is one of Scotland's largest independent Builders Merchants.

We trade as Beatson's Building Supplies but have three other trading divisions of Beatson's Direct our ecommerce business, Beatson's Concrete our ready-mix concrete business and Skyline Roofing Supplies our specialist roofing merchant business.

We employ around 140 people across our 6 sites in Alloa, Cumbernauld, Dunfermline, Penicuik, Errol & Stirling.

This role is combined with working between the yard and the warehouse therefore you'll often be working outside. This role would be a great opportunity for people who love working outdoors.

Full PPE and workwear will be supplied.

Your key responsibilities include:

Product knowledge to enable you to offer advice and help to customers
Check incoming deliveries and report missing or damaged products
Maintain stock levels in both the shop and yard areas, assisting the Group Stock Control Manager when carrying out regular stock counts
Make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work
Welcome and greet customers to the branch taking an active interest in their projects
Assist in the preparation of customer orders including loading and unloading customer and supplier vehicles using a Forklift Truck to minimise manual handling (training will be provided)
Experience of manual handling equipment would be beneficial

You will need to be:

Ideally have knowledge of building supply products
You will have the ability to use you own initiative and will provide ideas on driving the business forward.
An excellent team player who can also work on your own initiative
A coolheaded multitasker
An excellent communicator, oral and written
Approachable, positive and polite
Motivated, energetic and passionate about your work
Full Clean UK Driving licence
Forklift licence preferable
Minimum 1 years' builders merchant experience is desirable

Salary:
depending on experience

Hours of Work:
Monday to Friday 7:30 - 17:00 and every second Saturday 7:30 - 12:00

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Experience:

- builders merchant: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:
- forklift licence (preferred)