Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today Job Details Despatch Loader - Location DE55 2DT. Rate of pay: £12.56 per hour Shift pattern: Monday to Friday 1630 - 0030 - 39 hours per wk Job Purpose: To load / unload vehicles safely and accurately and to aid in the despatching of all vehicles on time. Key Accountabilities: Ensuring all Fork Lift Truck daily checks are performed for both ride on and pedestrian vehicles, reporting any failures to Despatch Supervisor. Ensuring the health, safety and welfare of colleagues internally and externally are considered at all times regarding despatch and loading activities. Ensuring all loads are positioned correctly and safely secured for in transit outbound journeys. To ensure the correct use of appropriate equipment of retaining bars and straps. Ensuring loading schedules are followed to ensure correct pallets are despatched to Service Centres within the Network. To accurately record and administer information that supports KPI’s, quality, equipment and load traceability. Ensuring trailers are unloaded safely and deliver inbound consignments to correct locations making sure any accompanying paperwork is accounted for and submitted to the Despatch Supervisor. Managing known 3rd Party consignments safely and accurately along with any additional communicated ad-hoc work streams that come through the network. Ensure all issues are communicated immediately to the Despatch Supervisor and support remedial action for positive outcome. To work with, communicate effectively and co-operate with colleagues to ensure despatch runs productively and effectively to achieve optimum service and results. Ensure all good housekeeping principles are maintained in consideration of trailers, the transport yard and within the warehouse. Competencies: (The key behaviours required to achieve high levels of performance) Leadership - Keeping the organisations visions and values at the forefront of associate decision making and action – Manages and understands self while undertaking day to day activities Customer focus - Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships - Shows a real interest in customers and makes them feel welcome Developing Self and Others - Develops self, other colleagues and teams to optimise potential and support the achievement of business objectives - Identifies and acts upon own development needs Managing change - Welcomes change as part of working life and actively looks for ways to improve business performance - Has a positive attitude to change and spots opportunities to improve own performance Decision Making - Analyses and interprets data and situations to make informed business decisions - Gathers relevant information and uses it to make routine decisions Communication - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message - Communicates in an open and effective manner with others on day to day issues Planning & Organising - Plans, manages and organises time, tasks and resources to achieve business deadlines and targets - Plans and organises own workload on a day to day basis Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required: Skills / Knowledge: Capacity to use initiative and work under pressure regarding despatch and loading activities Excellent communication both verbal and written Excellent own time management with key focus on schedules and departure deadlines Good all round knowledge of the Service Delivery Department to include Manual, Despatch, SRDC and Bulk functions To be flexible and carry out any reasonable requests as determined by SC Management Be self motivated, responsible with a commitment to Compliance and Health & Safety Level of Decision Making: This role does have some autonomy in decision making. The person employed in this role will be expected to use their initiative in managing their own workload. Additional Information: An agreed element of flexibility will be required in relation to weekly shift patterns, weekend working and Bank Holidays to ensure all vehicles depart out to the network – to be specified by Transport Manager, Senior Supervisor or Supervisors. alliancehealthcare. As Part of Cencora, Alliance Healthcare is a leading pharmaceutical wholesaler distributor in the UK. Supplying medical and healthcare products, serving over 17,000 pharmacies, hospitals and dispensing doctors throughout the UK. Founded as UniChem in 1938, we have a vast amount of history and experience in this sector. At Alliance Healthcare UK, our vision is to create a diverse and inclusive culture where we value all team members, enabling greater collaboration and innovation and inspiring us to help people across the UK lead healthier and happier lives. alliancehealthcare What Cencora offers Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements. Full time Affiliated Companies Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited Equal Employment Opportunity Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsccencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned