Despatch Operative

at  Hovis

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

THE ROLE:

A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for a Despatch Operative to join our team at our site in Bradford and to be the driving force behind the best quality brand in bakery.

KEY PURPOSE AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• To ensure continuous and efficient running of the warehouse operation
• Comply with the company and legal standards (safety, hygiene and environment)
• Be active in the teams delivery of quality, value, safety, hygiene, environment and customer service