Jon James: Delivery Driver to Logistics Manager

In this weeks episode Steve chats with Jon our Logistics Manager all about his early job and love of football, to becoming Logistics Manager at Sussex Beds. Plus they talk about the challenges of the role, how delivery has changed over the years, the story behind Jon returning to SB and life outside of work!00:00 Intro02:08 Life growing up04:30 Jons love for playing football 07:27 His first job & taking the leap into a managerial position10:30 Dealing with his first job going into administration 13:10 Finding a new job - Coming to Sussex Beds as a driver14:58 How our transport & way we deliver has changed18:11 Why Jon decided to move on19:22 The story behind Jon coming back to SB23:22 Biggest challenges of being a logistics manager25:49 Fantastic feedback about our delivery guys27:20 Why Delivery experience matters30:30 Jons wife Zoe & what they have learnt from her business32:15 Most stressful part of Jons job35:50 How Jon de stresses37:37 Quickfire questions44:05 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.