Case Study: Multidrop

Our customer is one of the leading parcel home delivery companies in the UK, operating from 54 depots across the country, and one of largest users of temporary drivers.

Multidrop Case Study

Our customer is one of the leading parcel home delivery companies in the UK, operating from 54 depots across the country. They are also one of largest users of temporary drivers and were experiencing significant growth in their requirements with more unplanned spikes and fluctuation in demand for temporary multi-drop drivers.

“The service that we have received from Driver Hire has been of the highest standard. In recent years we have struggled to source decent agency drivers capable of carrying out our line of work and meeting our business standards, until now… Working with Driver Hire has made our job so much easier and long may it continue”

Staffing Lead – South East

 

Their Requirements

  • High quality candidates with excellent multidrop experience (c50 drops minimum)
  • Candidates that have been fully vetted prior to engagement (bespoke vetting process, including DBS check, taking up to 14 days)
  • Reactive supply, adapting to their changing demands
  • Accurate invoicing & timesheet processing
  • Greater visibility and understanding of candidate availability
  • Bookings cascaded and managed centrally

Our Solution

Quality Candidates

  • The customer reported that the candidates we provided were of a higher standard than the other agencies supplied
  • 22% of our candidates have been taken on by the customer permanently
  • Candidates from our top performing offices averaged 70 drops daily, outperforming all the other agencies
  • In a 12 month period, our average candidate tenure was 6 months

Our Network of 105 offices

  • In areas where recruitment was challenging, or requirements particularly large, Driver Hire would operate a ‘hub and spoke’ model. One Driver Hire office would take the lead in supplying and neighbouring offices would support
  • We increased supply from 78 Multidrop drivers in 25 locations to 260 Multidrop drivers in 40 locations over peak

Technology

We gave the customer access to dhDashboard, our agency management system, so they could approve their own timesheets, as well as giving them instant and accurate costings each week

Account Management

Following regular conference calls with the customer, the Account Management Team would coordinate, distribute and manage all peak bookings. To help the customer better plan their operation, we would also provide a report detailing:

  • Number of candidates in registration
  • Number of candidates submitted for vetting
  • Names of candidates currently working
  • Names of candidates cleared and available to start working

At a Glance…

260

Multidrop drivers supplied through peak

100%

of all planned peak bookings fulfilled

99%

vetting accuracy (against customer expectation of 85%)

99%

invoice accuracy

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