Driver

General Summary

This position is responsible for driving a commercial vehicle covering established route to deliver products

to accounts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drives side-bay or box truck to deliver products safely and efficiently to assigned accounts daily.
• Safely unloads and delivers products into retail accounts.
• Collects payment from accounts and records transactions on customer receipt. Reconciles payments and prepares deposit to banking institution.
• Completes all assigned deliveries promptly in an organized and efficient manner.
• Rotates delivered products in a customer’s place of business to ensure product freshness.
• Collects empty containers, rejected and/or unsold merchandise from accounts.
• Informs regular customers of new products and services.
• Performs daily pre and post trip vehicle inspections and completes report. Cleans inside of truck and keeps it organized.
• Listens to and resolves service complaints.
• Mandatory Overtime (MOT) there may be instances that require working past regularly scheduled hours, there will be exceptions made for family/personal appointments.

• Attend staff and other mandatory meetings/trainings, as required/per policy
• Understands and observes all safety rules and practices to prevent injuries and/or damages
• Adhere to all Company rules, policies, procedures and exceptions
• All other tasks as assigned.

Skills/Experience/Training/Certification Required:

• Possess a valid Class A or B license
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous material handling preferred
• Pallet jack and/or forklift experience preferred
• Demonstrated communication skills to effectively interact with managers, sales staff and customers.
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Ability to speak, read and write English at high school level
• Ability to perform basic math functions
• Basic computer skills

Physical Demands/Work Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Regularly use hands to handle or feel; reach forward and overhead with arms; and talk or hear.
• Regularly lift and/or carry 50 pounds and push/pull 50 pounds; frequently lift up to 167lbs.
• Frequently stand, walk, bend, stoop, or crouch.
• Frequently sit, climb, or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Frequent exposure to cold / heat / weather.

• Frequent exposure to wet, slippery surfaces.
• Frequent exposure to loud, unexpected beeping of equipment and sound system.

• Work requires exposure to daily temperatures to usual beer cooler temperatures of 38 degrees.
• Moderate to High stress experienced based upon seasonal demands.