DPD Group UK
Depot Administrator - Register your interest
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Company Description
Contract
Permanent or Fixed Term
Salary
circa £26,300
Location
Stockport
Days of Work
5 from 7
Hours of Work
eg 08:00 to 17:00
Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast-paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career.
DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive, and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job, and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
Job Description
Register your interest to join us as an experienced and reliable Depot Administrator, to join our high-performing and friendly depot team.
In this role you will work closely with the Site Manager and Finance Manager to ensure the day-to-day administration for the depot is dealt with in a timely and effectively manner. As well as this, you will be responsible for accurately recording any purchase orders, the processing and coding of invoices, and liaising with our credit and billing department to resolve any queries.
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You’ll also be responsible for:
- Helping process weekly payroll and keeping petty cash records up to date.
- The administration of any new starters and leavers to the Depot.
- Collating personnel and training records.
- Any secretarial duties, including typing confidential documents and letters.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for
- Proven and demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced administrative role, ideally with payroll data entry experience.
- Strong communication skills with a confident telephone manner and the ability to build a quick rapport with the customer.
- Polite and professional at all times with a willingness to go the ‘extra mile’ to help your depot achieve their targets.
- Excellent administration skills with the ability to use Google Suite / Microsoft Office programmes.
- Demonstrate a high level of accuracy, self-motivation, and organization.
- Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring, and Accountability.
Additional Information
About our benefits
We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
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- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Free onsite car parking for all employees
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Vitality at Work
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses.
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.
Job Title: Depot Administrator
Function: Administrative
Vacancy Type: Admin Purposes (only to be used as part of configuration)
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