Multi Drop Delivery Driver

Cencora; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Perks at Work: Discounts on top brands

Employee Assistance Programme

20 days’ holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Multi Drop Van Driver in East Grinstead. The role involves delivering company products safely and promptly, acting as a key customer contact with high standards of service. You will be responsible for vehicle checks, route accuracy and adherence to health and safety requirements.

The position is full-time, with a 38-hour week and overtime opportunities. Excellent driving and communication skills are essential, along with a professional appearance and customer-focused

Qualifications

• A full driving licence relevant to the vehicle.
• Points on licence may affect shortlist.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer care.
• Intermediate numeracy and literacy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe and competent driving, observing speed limits and traffic signs.
• Perform daily vehicle checks to ensure roadworthiness.
• Report faults, breakdowns, accidents or delays promptly.
• Maintain vehicle cleanliness and internal/external condition.
• Ensure sufficient fuel for the day’s work and secure vehicle contents.
• Check orders on drop sheets and load them accurately.
• Assist with warehouse tasks and other duties as required by management.

Skills

Full driving licence

Verbal and written communication

Customer care

Numeracy and literacy

Job description

Job Details

Job Title: Multi Drop Van Driver

Location: East Grinstead

Hours per week: 38hrs, Monday to Friday, with overtime available up to 48hr.

Who are we?

MWI Animal Health UK: Founded by veterinarians, for veterinarians. MWI Animal Health, part of AmerisourceBergen (within the Fortune Top 10) has a wealth of experience delivering a quality wholesale service, a secure supply chain and business continuity for customers across the UK.

Combined with marketing-leading, innovative practice technology and one of the largest group purchasing organizations, we work in partnership to support veterinary practices, animal owners, manufacturers and retailers.

Job Summary

This role is a multi-drop delivery driver role and the person will be responsible for delivering company products to the customer in a safe and timely manner. You’ll be a representative of the company and be one of the first point of contacts for our customers, so a high standard of customer care must be maintained at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 HazChems.
• To always maintain a smart appearance.
• 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.

Essential

Skills Knowledge and Experience required

• A full driving license must be held relevant to the vehicle being driven
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Perks at Work (Discounts on top brands)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 20 days’ holiday + bank holidays, increasing with service length

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: Centaur Services

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