Night Shift Transport Porter

Cencora, Inc.; Preston; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Training and development opportunities

Career progression within Alliance/ Ce

Job summary

Alliance Healthcare, part of Cencora, is seeking a dependable Transport Porter for our Preston Distribution Centre. You will help sort, route, and load orders for delivery while maintaining safety and efficiency in a busy transport operation.

Role requires accuracy, reliability, and the ability to work to tight schedules in a warehouse setting. Shifts are night-time, Sunday to Thursday, totaling 20 hours per week.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment

Organisational skills

Communication

Process adherence

Reliability

Warehouse experience

Loading/unloading experience

Health & Safety knowledge

Delivery schedule awareness

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Job Details

Job Title: Night Shift Transport Porter

Location: Preston

Work Pattern: Sunday -Thursday 22:00pm-02:00am & 02:00am-06:00am

Hours: 20 hrs

Vacancy : 4

Summary of Role

Alliance Healthcare, part of Cencora, is seeking a dependable and hardworking Transport Porter to join our Preston 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 & 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.

Company Culture & About Us

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.

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.

Additional Job Description

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required.
• 2+ years of experience in logistics, transportation, operations, or a related field required.
• Certification in logistics, transportation operations, transportation systems, or dispatch tools or equivalent preferred.
• Less than 2 years of experience in warehouse support, distribution operations, shipping, receiving, inventory control, material handling, or a related field required.
• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), or equivalent certification preferred.
• Knowledge in warehouse operations processes, including receiving, storage, picking, packing, staging, and shipping.
• Knowledge in inventory control principles, stock movement tracking, and material traceability requirements.
• Knowledge in temperature-controlled handling and cold chain support requirements for sensitive products and materials.
• Knowledge in packaging materials, reusable shipping assets, and replenishment practices within warehouse operations.
• Knowledge in shipment documentation, operational recordkeeping, and transaction processing requirements.
• Knowledge in safe material handling practices and the use of warehouse equipment and tools.
• Ability to follow established warehouse procedures and standardized work instructions.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and update operational information in warehouse systems and logs.
• Ability to identify inventory, packaging, shipment, and material handling exceptions for further action.
• Ability to support timely and accurate order preparation and material movement activities.
• Ability to manage multiple routine tasks across warehouse workflows while maintaining accuracy.
• Ability to work with temperature-sensitive materials in line with defined handling requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Accommodations

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.