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What you will be doing
Job Title: LGV Driver
Department: Transport
Location: Service Centre
Reports To: Fleet & Transport Manager and Driver Team Manager.
Hours - 48 per week
Days: Monday-Saturday
Salary:£37.140.48 per annum
Job Purpose:
To ensure the speedy, efficient and accurate delivery of assembled products and invoices to the customer within corporate guidelines.
All staff are expected to understand the principles of Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use (2013/C 68/01) which is reflected in our SOP – REF Chapter 1 AHDL GDP 1.1. It will be a requirement for all staff to be trained in this SOP and have an annual refresher. All other GDP training will be job specific and as per your personal training matrix
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 abide by all tacho-graph laws and ensure daily/weekly rests are taken as required
- Ensure all Proof of Deliveries listed on drop sheets have been delivered to customers and report any shortages to the transport department before leaving the customer.
- Upon receipt of collection request, collect goods returned from external customers as instructed by the transport staff.
- 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.
- Ensure all trailer seal numbers are logged before departure and before opening at the service centre or external customer.
- 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 maintain at all times good communications with the transport staff based at the service centre.
- To be involved in other duties as may be defined from time to time 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
- 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
- Previous experience of multi-drop 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.
On that basis, for this role we cannot make “reasonable adjustments” for any applicant who is unable to carry out such duties. If you are unsure as to whether this applies to your application, you must detail on your application form and discuss at interview any information you feel may be relevant.
Existing employees should keep their line manager informed of any changes that may affect their ability to carry out such duties.
It should also be noted that all LGV Drivers will be asked to apply for a DPA police check if successful at interview.
Additional Information:
Drivers are required to maintain a smart appearance due to their constant interaction with external customers
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What your background should look like
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
What Cencora offers
All team members globally are provided with basic life insurance, personal accident insurance, business travel accident insurance, and EAP resources at no cost. Additional country-specific benefits such as healthcare, sick leave, death and disability, retirement, as well as perks and allowances may be provided. Details of programs vary by location.
Schedule
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Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services LimitedEqual 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 hrsc@amerisourcebergen.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned
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