Night Shift Transport Porter

Job Title: Night Shift Transport Porter

Location: Preston
Work Pattern: Sunday -Thursday 2200pm-0200am & 0200am-0600am

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.
  • FLT Desirable.

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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

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

• Additional Job Description

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.

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High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience required. 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.

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

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