Associate Driver, Logistics & Transportation

MWI Buying Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a logistics professional to execute pickup and delivery activities, ensuring timing, handling, and documentation standards are met.

The role requires safety-focused candidates with a high school diploma and up to 2 years in transportation or related fields; certifications in dangerous goods or vehicle operation are preferred; responsibility includes communicating status and maintaining records.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required.
• Less than 2 years of experience in transportation, logistics, courier operations, delivery services, or a related field required.
• Certification in dangerous goods awareness, licensure in operation of the applicable vehicle class, cold chain handling, or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Executes pickup and delivery activities for assigned shipments in accordance with timing, handling, and documentation requirements.
• Verifies shipment details, secures required signatures or proof of delivery, and maintains accurate transport records.
• Transports materials, products, and medical samples in line with route plans, temperature controls, and applicable transportation regulations.
• Communicates delivery status, delays, and shipment exceptions to support timely issue resolution and service continuity.
• Supports loading, unloading, packaging, and labeling activities to protect shipment integrity and readiness for transport.
• Monitors vehicle condition and packaging supply levels, and escalates maintenance needs or stock shortages to reduce operational disruption.
• Provides support for specialized transport activities, including transfer-point, airport, hand-to-hand, and adjusted schedule assignments, as required by service needs.

Education

High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience

Job description

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.

Job Details

This job profile description is a standardized, non-contractual reference description and global reference tool provided for organizational consistency and talent architecture purposes across Cencora. It does not alter actual job duties, responsibilities, reporting lines, working conditions, grading, compensation, or other essential terms and conditions of employment. Actual duties and responsibilities may vary based on business needs, local requirements, and operational practices. Where a team member's role is governed by an employment agreement, local terms and conditions, prior job description or collective bargaining agreement, those documents shall prevail in case of any inconsistency. Mandatory local laws shall also prevail.

• Executes pickup and delivery activities for assigned shipments in accordance with timing, handling, and documentation requirements.
• Verifies shipment details, secures required signatures or proof of delivery, and maintains accurate transport records.
• Transports materials, products, and medical samples in line with route plans, temperature controls, and applicable transportation regulations.
• Communicates delivery status, delays, and shipment exceptions to support timely issue resolution and service continuity.
• Supports loading, unloading, packaging, and labeling activities to protect shipment integrity and readiness for transport.
• Monitors vehicle condition and packaging supply levels, and escalates maintenance needs or stock shortages to reduce operational disruption.
• Provides support for specialized transport activities, including transfer-point, airport, hand-to-hand, and adjusted schedule assignments, as required by service needs.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required.
• Less than 2 years of experience in transportation, logistics, courier operations, delivery services, or a related field required.
• Certification in dangerous goods awareness, licensure in operation of the applicable vehicle class, cold chain handling, or equivalent required.

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.

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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 [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned.

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.