AM Transport Porter in Coatbridge

Job Details

Transport Porter

Location: Coatbridge

Work Pattern: Mon – Fri 15:30 – 21:30 (20 mins break)

29 Hours per week

Salary: £12.96ph

Summary of Role

Alliance Healthcare, part of Cencora, is seeking a dependable and hardworking Transport Porter to join our Coatbridge Distribution Centre. Supporting our wholesale distribution services across Europe, you will play a vital role in ensuring customer orders are accurately sorted, routed, and loaded for delivery. Working as part of a busy transport operation, you will help maintain service levels by ensuring products are handled safely, efficiently, and in line with company procedures.

Responsibilities

• Accurately check orders and totes against route documentation and drop sheets.
• Identify, record, and report any missing orders or totes to the Line Manager.
• Allocate orders and totes to the correct pallet or route cage.
• Prioritise orders according to vehicle departure schedules.
• Load vehicles safely and accurately in line with operational instructions.
• Ensure all bins, boxes, bags, pallets, and cages are handled and stored safely.
• Follow load security procedures to ensure goods remain secure during transit.
• Sort and organise empty totes in designated locations.
• Safely transfer orders to loading bays in preparation for dispatch.
• Carry out re-picks of missing orders when required.
• Adhere to all Health & Safety policies, procedures, and site standards.
• Support with additional warehouse and transport tasks as directed by management.

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced distribution environment.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
• Good communication skills and a team-focused approach.
• Ability to follow processes and instructions consistently.
• Reliable, punctual, and committed to maintaining high standards.

Desirable

• Previous experience within a warehouse, logistics, transport, or distribution environment.
• Experience loading and unloading vehicles safely.
• Understanding of warehouse Health & Safety requirements.
• Experience working to delivery schedules and operational deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Company pension scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Career progression within Alliance Healthcare and Cencora.
• Employee discounts and additional company benefits.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.

Career progression within Alliance Healthcare and Cencora. Employee discounts and additional company benefits. Supportive and collaborative working environment. Join Alliance Healthcare and be part of a team that helps deliver essential healthcare products safely and efficiently across the UK every day.

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.

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.

Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.