Multi Drop Van Driver

**Job Details**:
This role is in support of Cencora's wholesale distribution services in Europe

operating through our Alliance Healthcare business.

**Salary**: £35,642.88 pa

Hours: 48 per week

Days: Monday - Saturday am.

Job Purpose:
To ensure the speedy, efficient and accurate delivery of assembled product and invoices to the customer within the corporate guidelines.

Key Accountabilities
- To maintain a safe a competent standard of driving, observing speed limits and other traffic signs and giving due regard to other road users.
- To have a daily check to ensure that your vehicle is in a roadworthy condition including a check of the lights, brakes, coolant, etc.
- To report any faults, breakdowns, accidents or delays.
- To maintain the internal and external condition of the vehicle together with the cleanliness of the vehicle.
- To ensure sufficient quantities of fuel have been taken for the day's work.
- To maintain the security of the vehicle and its contents at all times.
- To check all orders shown on the drop sheets and ensure all orders are loaded on the vehicle.
- To collect goods returned for credit, mail, delivery bins and their safe return to the branch at times instructed by the branch management.
- Ensure damages/breakages are dealt with promptly and correctly with due regard to special procedures for Hazchem's.
- To maintain a smart appearance at all times.
- To help maintain good customer relations.
- To be involved in other duties including warehouse tasks as defined by the Management.
- Meet all Health & Safety requirements.

Competencies
- Building Customer Loyalty - Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- 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.
- Contributing to Team Success - Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
- Initiating Action - Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
- Safety Awareness - Being aware of conditions that effect employee safety.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
Essential
- A full driving license must be held relevant to the vehicle being driven
- For insurance purposes, all drivers must be over 21 years of age
- Whilst we do not ask for a clean license, we will assess the risk of employing applicants who have points on their license and this may affect our decision to shortlist
- Existing employees must update fleet services accordingly with any changes to their license status e.g. points on their license, driving bans etc
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent Customer care
- Intermediate Numeracy and Literacy

Desirable
- Previous experience of multi-drop delivery driving is highly desirable
- Route planning experience

Key Dimensions:
No managerial responsibility and no direct influence on budget

Key Working Relationships:

- Constant interaction with external customers
- Regular liaison with other drivers and members of the transport team

Level of Decision Making:

- Required to act on own initiative and work unsupervised
- Required to monitor the condition of own vehicle and report and damages or faults
- Serious faults or damages may result in the driver making the decision the

vehicle is not roadworthy


Manual Handling

It should be noted that manual handling tasks such as lifting and bending are “essential requirements” of this role.

Whilst Alliance Healthcare is committed to developing positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment, we have a duty of care to ensure we do not instigate or worsen any conditions that would prevent the employee from carrying out manual handling duties.

Existing employees should keep their line manager informed of any changes that may affect their ability to carry out such duties.

Additional Information:
Drivers are required to maintain a smart appearance due to their constant interaction with external customers

**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 qualifie