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About Us

Everything you need to know about Book Distribution

Hachette UK Distribution is part of the Hachette UK publishing group. Historically, we had Two distribution centres, LBS and Bookpoint, and these were joined by the new Hely Hutchinson Centre (HHC) which opened on 20th August 2018. HHC is one of the most advanced distribution centres in Europe, with leading-edge automation and modern systems which will ensure world-class service to customers and publisher clients. It will ultimately become Hachette UK’s sole distribution centre and the publishers currently served by LBS and Bookpoint will migrate to it as part of a managed transition between 2018 and 2020. Hachette provides comprehensive distribution services to over 45 publishers, many of which are third party clients from outside the Hachette UK group. We ship in excess of 60 million books globally each year and supply one out of every four books to the UK trade.

MEET THE TEAM

Matt Wright

CEO Hachette UK Distribution

I have been with Hachette since 1999 working in various publishing finance roles. I became Managing Director of Hachette UK Distribution in 2011 and the business has gone from strength to strength in that time. First and foremost Hachette is a people business and that applies equally to Hachette UK Distribution. In fact our whole offer is based upon effectively managing relationships between publishers, customers, and staff. Those conversations are what make the job fun. Of course my life is made a lot easier by having such a great team around me, but I’ll let them tell you that…

Jo Westbrook

COO Hachette UK Distribution

I joined Hachette in 2014 having previously spent 10 years in senior supply chain and commercial roles in Entertainment, Food and Drink and Books.

Ray Webb

Client Development Manager

I joined Hachette in 2010 having previously worked at both Macmillan and Penguin and have now been in the industry for over 30 years. My background is very much Customer services with a strong emphasis on Client relations. My long experience of distribution led to the publication of my book ‘the Book Distribution Handbook’ in the mid 1990’s, although I’d have to say the Industry has come a long way since then. My role is to work alongside our publishers and our senior management team helping our clients to translate their strategies into practice and to facilitate change.

James Linney

Finance Director Hachette UK Distribution

I joined Hachette in 2006 after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in an accounts practice based in Reading. Due to the exciting and acquisitive nature of Hachette I have had a number of opportunities within the company and have been the Group Financial Controller and Director of Accounting Services within the Group Finance function. Becoming the Finance Director of Hachette UK Distribution in 2018 was another exciting opportunity with the changing business structure of building a new modern automated warehouse and implementing SAP for our sales order processes. Hachette has been a great company to work for and the people have been some of the friendliest and most passionate I have ever encountered.

Jon Swan

Head of Credit Services

I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management and regularly lecture at Credit forums across Europe. I head the Hachette Credit Services team. I have over 30 years’ experience in credit management and have held senior positions at several major companies in an international capacity as well as running my own credit management consultancy and training company.

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JOBS / CAREERS

We are rapidly growing and expanding our service and distribution business, which means you can look forward to a secure and rewarding future in an increasingly successful company aiming to be the best in the business. At Hachette UK Distribution we truly believe our employees are key to this success by providing a first class service to our customers and clients.

WHY JOIN US?

We offer competitive salaries, rewards and benefits in addition to comprehensive induction, training and development programmes. This includes apprenticeships in our admin and operational departments.

Benefits Include:

Holidays commencing at 25 days p.a. plus bank holidays
Static shift patterns available
Group Company Pension Plans, sick pay and life assurance schemes
Free car parking/tea and coffee
Full training and development – with opportunities to progress
Hachette Rewards – offering discounted shopping or cash back from over 900 national retailers including high street brands, supermarkets, internet retailers and travel/hotel operators
Generous staff discount on books we publish
Childcare vouchers and cycle to work schemes
Social club and company events programme. Recent events include summer and Christmas parties, fish and chip day, quiz nights, annual employee awards ceremony, charity and sporting events and more…

COME AND JOIN US!

Office – We often have opportunities to join our Customer Services and Credit Services teams at entry and Team Leader level, where the standard working hours are 9am-5pm.

Warehouse – We’re currently looking for Warehouse Operatives and VNA Drivers to join our friendly and hard working team. Opportunities are available in many different departments on various shift patterns. Previous experience and MHE (Manual Handling Equipment) licenses are not always necessary.

We also have a vacancy for an Operations Team Leader to join us on a fixed term contract until the end of March 2019. The closing date for this role is Friday 12th October 2018.

Interested? Send us your CV or completed Application Form stating the role you wish to apply for to hukd.resourcing@hachette.co.uk

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