PETER JAMES ROBERT GROVES
Orange
Summary
With a proven track record at Edcon Steel, I excel in multitasking and upselling, enhancing customer satisfaction and sales figures. My reliability and quick learning ability have consistently contributed to my teams' success, driving continuous improvement and achieving targeted deadlines efficiently.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Delivery Driver
Grants Express
05.2025 - Current
- Delivers in both van and truck
- Delivered packages efficiently using GPS and route optimization software.
- Maintained vehicle cleanliness and operational readiness through regular inspections and maintenance checks.
- Communicated effectively with customers to ensure satisfaction and resolve delivery issues promptly.
- Assisted in training new drivers on safety protocols and efficient delivery practices.
Cadia Plumbing
03.2023 - Current
- Dispatching freight
- Onsite deliveries
- Genral warehousing dutys
- Loading and unloading Freight
- Pick packing
- Forklift work
Salesperson
Edcon Steel
02.2024 - 05.2025
- Counter sales
- Preparing quotes for customers
- Finalizing purchase orders
- Answering phone calls and responding to emails
- Quarterly stock take
- Preparing and organizing run sheets
- Prioritizing delivery's
- Eftpos and cash counting
- Working to meet targeted deadlines for clients
- Ordering for stock and specific needs for customers
- Resolved customer complaints and issues promptly to maintain high levels of satisfaction.
- Accurately cutting steel to size
- Loading and unloading trucks
Pybar mining
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Dispatch freight
- Reciting
- Pick packing
- Loading & unloading tracks
- Completing deliveries and pickups
- Stocktake
Sydney tools orange
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Sales
- Dispatch
- Stock takes
- Online and over the phone orders
- General housekeeping
- Pick packing
- Receipting
- General warehousing duties
- Account sales
Blackwoods Orange
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Company Overview: Company Overview: Cadia mines -on site person of contact and salesperson
- Loading and unloading of trucks
- Receival of goods
- Packing and dispatching orders
- Customer service
- Trade sales including invoicing, cash sales and EFTPOS sales
- Account ordering
- Stocktake
- Phone ordering
- Filling of vending machines with safety equipment
- Recalibrating of machines
- Signing out of tools and equipment
- General warehousing duties
- Cadia mines -on site person of contact and salesperson
Area Leading Hand
Westal Windows
03.2016 - 01.2020
- Building and fabrication of aluminium window frames, panels, sashes and door frames
- Glazing
- Sawyer
- Loading and unloading of trucks
- Delivery of products
- Onsite service and fitting
- Planning of daily run sheets
- Organising of staff including prioritising of jobs and work
- Ensuring staff adhere to work health and safety laws and policies
- Ensuring quality control on products
Tobins Transport Orange
06.2015 - 02.2016
- Sorting breakdown
- Loading and unloading of trucks
- Organising of daily runs
- Daily upkeep of delivery van
- Delivery and pick up of various goods to private and commercial locations
- General cleaning of warehouse and yard
Westruss Manufacturing
02.2015 - 03.2015
- Use of power tools such as saws and nail guns
- Use of forklift
- Helped in the manufacturing of frames and trusses
Forklift Driver
Linfox Logistics
01.2009 - 10.2014
- Forklift Driver (variety of forklifts)
- Pick packing
- RF scanning
- Loading and unloading of trucks and containers
- Stacking and wrapping of pallets
- Follow OH&S safety procedures
Rodpak
10.2006 - 01.2009
- Making pallets, boxes and creates
- Pallet repairs
- Sorting masonite and top frames
- Using a variety of power tools
- Loading and unloading of trucks
- Use of a gibbon
Pepes
03.2005 - 10.2006
- Gutting ducks
- Making of boxes
- Use of electric pallet jacks
- Packing of ducks
- Cleaning of warehouse
Skills
- Honest
- Trustworthy
- Quick learner
- Upselling and cross selling
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Willingness to learn
- Continuous improvement
- Teamwork
- Overtime availability
- Multitasking capacity
Certification
- HR licence
- NSW Unrestricted drives licence
- NSW Forklift Licence
- Certificate III Warehousing and Logistics
- White Card
- Certificate II in Construction
Timeline
Delivery Driver
Grants Express
05.2025 - Current
Salesperson
Edcon Steel
02.2024 - 05.2025
Cadia Plumbing
03.2023 - Current
Pybar mining
10.2022 - 03.2023
Sydney tools orange
02.2022 - 10.2022
Blackwoods Orange
01.2020 - 02.2022
Area Leading Hand
Westal Windows
03.2016 - 01.2020
Tobins Transport Orange
06.2015 - 02.2016
Westruss Manufacturing
02.2015 - 03.2015
Forklift Driver
Linfox Logistics
01.2009 - 10.2014
Rodpak
10.2006 - 01.2009
Pepes
03.2005 - 10.2006