Daytime Despatch Porter

**About The Role**:
Our service centres play a pivotal role in the success of our business and are responsible for ensuring that we deliver potentially lifesaving medicines to an extensive network of local customers on a twice daily basis. You will be responsible for accurately sorting and allocating orders that will contain potentially live saving medication into correct van routes and areas; unloading and reloading trunkers correctly and safely and transferring loads to the despatch bay. You will need to help maintain high standard of health and safely at all time in accordance with company procedures.

**About You**:
You will take a pride in the accuracy of your work because you know how important it is to get the orders right. You will need the physical ability to stand, bend and lift light goods. You will need to be Health and Safety conscious and have the ability to work un-supervised at times. You will have good communication skills, both written and verbal. You will also have good numeracy and literacy skills.

You will have previous experience with a similar role and the ability to identify areas for improvement to processes, supported by a sound business case.

**About The Company**:
Alliance Healthcare is a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products, serving over 16,200 pharmacies, hospitals and dispensing doctors throughout the UK on a twice daily basis.

We have an essential role to play in the medical supply chain and everything that we do as a company will ultimately impact upon the end user, the patient. It is our responsibility to offer a reliable service that ensures that our customers receive the right product, in the right place, at the right time.