Multi Drop Delivery Driver - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Cencora

Cencora

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

What you will be doing
Job Title: Multi Drop Delivery Driver

Department:
Transport

Location:
Newcastle Service Centre

Reports To:
Driver Team Manager

Salary:
£32,448

Hours per week:48

Days:
Monday-Saturday

Job Purpose:

To ensure the speedy, efficient and accurate delivery of assembled product and invoices to the customer within the corporate guidelines.

Key Accountabilities

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 dropsheets 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 maintain a smart appearance at all times.
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.

Competencies

Building Customer Loyalty _Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty._
Communication _Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message._
Contributing to Team Success _Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals._
Initiating Action _Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive._
Safety Awareness _Being aware of conditions that effect employee safety._

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
Essential

A full driving license must be held relevant to the vehicle being driven
For insurance purposes, all drivers must be over 21 years of age
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
Existing employees must update fleet services accordingly with any changes to their license status e.g. points on their license, driving bans etc
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent Customer care
Intermediate Numeracy and Literacy

Desirable

Previous experience of multidrop delivery driving is highly desirable
Route planning experience

MANUAL HANDLING
It should be noted that manual handling tasks such as lifting and bending are "essential requirements" of this role.

Whilst Alliance Healthcare is committed to developing positive policies to promote equal opportunities in employment, we have a duty of care to ensure we do not instigate or worsen any conditions that would prevent the employee from carrying out manual handling duties.

Existing employees should keep their line manager informed of any changes that may affect their ability to carry out such duties.

Key Dimensions:
No managerial responsibility and no direct influence on budget

Key Working Relationships:

Constant interaction with external customers
Regular liaison with other drivers and members of the transport team

Level of Decision Making:

Required to act on own initiative and work unsupervised
Required to monitor the condition of own vehicle and report and damages or faults
Serious faults or damages may result in the driver making the decision the vehicle is not roadworthy

Additional Information:
Drivers are required to maintain a smart appearance due to their constant interaction with external customers
What your background should look like

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day.

In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness.

This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.

To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resource