PMTransport Porter - Part time

Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Career progression

Job summary

Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited, part of Cencora, seeks a dependable Transport Porter for Coatbridge Distribution Centre. You will join a busy transport operation, ensuring orders are sorted, routed, and loaded efficiently.

Responsibilities include checking orders, loading vehicles, and maintaining safety and accuracy. Working Monday to Friday, 15:30–21:30 for 29 hours weekly, you will contribute to reliable UK deliveries and customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse, transport or distribution environments desirable.
• Reliable, punctual, with ability to work in a busy team.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Check orders and totes against route documents and drop sheets.
• Allocate orders to pallets or route cages.
• Prioritise orders to match vehicle departure schedules.
• Load vehicles safely and in line with instructions.
• Follow load security procedures during transit.
• Sort and store totes and bins safely.
• Transfer orders to loading bays for dispatch.
• Support additional warehouse tasks as directed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Teamwork

Safety awareness

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.

Transport Porter - Job Details

Location: Coatbridge
Work Pattern: Mon – Fri 15:30 – 21:30 (20 mins break)
29 Hours per week
Salary: £12.96ph

Summary of Role

Alliance Healthcare, part of Cencora, is seeking a dependable and hardworking Transport Porter to join our Coatbridge 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 and 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. Join Alliance Healthcare and be part of a team that helps deliver essential healthcare products safely and efficiently across the UK every day. 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.

Part time

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 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.

About Cencora

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.