Sobre esta vaga de Associate Operator, Warehouse Operations na Cencora
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Job Details
Job Title: Warehouse Operative - Loading Bay
Location: Preston
Salary: £13.07 per hour
Summary of Role
Join our busy distribution team and play a vital role in ensuring essential healthcare products and potentially lifesaving medicines reach pharmacies, hospitals, and healthcare providers across the UK. As a Warehouse Operative, you will be responsible for accurately sorting, loading, and dispatching customer orders while maintaining the highest standards of safety, accuracy, and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Accurately sort and allocate customer orders into the correct delivery routes.
- Unload and reload vehicles safely and efficiently.
- Transfer goods to the appropriate dispatch areas.
- Ensure orders are handled carefully and accurately at all times.
- Maintain high standards of health and safety in accordance with company procedures.
- Support the smooth and efficient operation of the service centre.
- Identify and report any issues relating to stock, routes, or processes.
- Assist with general warehouse duties as required.
Skills and Knowledge
- Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics, or distribution environment.
- Good attention to detail and accuracy when handling orders.
- Ability to work independently and manage tasks effectively.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong numeracy and literacy skills.
- Awareness of health and safety practices within a warehouse environment.
- Physical ability to stand, bend, and lift light goods throughout the shift.
- Reliable and committed with a strong work ethic.
Desirable
- Experience working within a pharmaceutical or healthcare distribution environment.
- Knowledge of warehouse management processes and procedures.
- Experience loading and unloading delivery vehicles.
- Ability to identify opportunities for process improvement.
- Understanding of route allocation and dispatch operations.
- Experience working within a fast-paced environment.
- Confidence working with minimal supervision.
- Basic IT skills and experience using warehouse systems.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Company pension scheme.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Career progression within a leading healthcare organisation.
- Supportive and collaborative team environment.
- Access to employee wellbeing initiatives.
- Opportunity to contribute to a service that positively impacts patient care across the UK.
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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.
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Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services LimitedEqual Employment Opportunity
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