Administration Assistant, Central Transport

About the role

Location: Aylesford RDC, on site working 

About the role

As an Administration Assistant, you will support the John Lewis Partnership’s Commercial Vehicle Fleet (vans and trucks) to achieve the Central Transport maintenance strategy. You will ensure parts stock available and levels are maintained, as well as ensuring the timely booking on in-house and 3rd party fleet maintenance and repair. You will update the Fleet Maintenance system with all relevant information, ensuring excellent communication at all stages. 

Essential skills you’ll need

• Good communication and Customer Service skills

• Intermediate level IT skills 

• Good attention to detail

Desirable skills you could have

• Full UK driving licence

• Advanced Excel skills and JAAMA system

• Commercial fleet administration experience 

• Parts management

• Experience of Fleet management systems

• Contractor handling

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting. If required, you’ll find out more about vetting throughout the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

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.