Customer Delivery Driver, Supermarket Assistant

  • John Lewis Partnership
  • Romsey, Hampshire
  • Jul 25, 2026
Full time Logistics

Job Description

About the role

As one of our Customer Delivery Drivers, you'll be bringing the unique blend of quality Waitrose produce and partner led service right to our customers' doors. When you're not out on the road you'll return to the shop to support the team with daily tasks such as stock replenishment and housekeeping, contributing to the efficient and productive running of the shop.

Key Responsibilities
  • Checking your delivery routes for the day.
  • Loading and preparing your van for deliveries, ensuring all orders are together and can be efficiently delivered directly to customers.
  • Ensuring all vehicle safety checks are complete, maintaining full road compliance, health and safety.
  • Being an ambassador for the Waitrose brand while on the road with great customer service as your number one priority.
  • Helping customers with their shopping and building a rapport based on trust and service.
  • Supporting the wider shop team when required with general shopkeeping tasks.
Essential Skills / Experience
  • Full valid B Category UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 points.
  • Great customer service skills.
  • Time management skills.
  • Ability to cope with the physical requirements of the role (e.g. lifting crates, moving cages).
  • Comfortable working independently with the ability to be self motivated and adaptable.
  • IT literacy.
Desirable Skills / Experience
  • Previous experience in a driving role and knowledge of chilled vehicles would be welcomed.
Working Hours

15 hours of part time work across seven days, including early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends between 06:00-21:30.

Important points to note

It's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.