Company Description

Contract Type: Permanent / 37.5 Hours Per Week
Salary: £28,274.89
Location: DPD Middleton, Satellite Park, Middleton, Oldham, M24 1RU
Days of Work: Monday to Friday
Hours of Work: 07:30 - 16:00

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

Purpose of Position

To support the regional finance team and operations team by providing an administrative service in the area of depot operations and ensure the processes are maintained to an excellent standard in line with company policy.

In this role, you will work closely with the Regional Finance Team, Fleet team, P&T team, Payroll team, and Depot Quality Manager (where applicable).

Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility

• Ensuring the day-to-day cost reporting for your depot(s) is dealt with in a timely and effective manner
• Weekly Payroll management and processing for depots under your remit
• Accurately recording any purchase orders, processing, and coding of invoices for external resources
• Keeping the absence management records up to date
• Providing cover and being cross-trained with the rest of the finance administration team within the network
• Administer the stocks of uniforms and operational stationery by identifying needs and raising authorised orders via the computerized stock ordering system. Order other stock as requested and apply cross charges where applicable
• Add all new starters, agency, and cover drivers to training platforms
• Administer the complete self-employed process daily, which includes additional payment processing, stop merging, updating vehicle mileage records, and financial reconciliation to depot reports
• Carrying out Driver Licence, validate own van driver documentation, and Forklift Truck certificate checks and organise refresher training
• Administering fuel stocks and orders
• Carrying out local operational quality audits and maintaining operational controls
• Comment on the SOP of vehicles not being used
• Upload compliance and HGV documentation to data studio
• Check driver-reported defects have been actioned for fleet vehicles by using the defect book and app
• Supporting completion of Employee New Starter Onboarding
• Carrying out administrative tasks in relation to Absence Management
• Draft letters as required in relation to D&G and AMP processes.
• Collation of information and communication to HR Admin for processing on HR employee matters (ie. Maternity, Paternity, Change of Hours, Change of Work Pattern, Leavers)
• Adhoc duties as required.