Driver (Small Format)

Driver (Small Format)

The Driver (Small Format) role is responsible for delivering smaller loads of products to our local store locations and merchandising the product within the store location. This route requires fingerprinting of the freight.

Primary Responsibilities

Servicing:

• Transport products from the warehousing locations to the store locations
• Manage, rotate, and maintain stock at retail.
• Sort and pick up all breakage/empties.
• Create, develop, and maintain goodwill in every account.
• Honor all business and personal commitments with your customers.

Merchandising and Quality Assurance:

• Rotate, stock, and merchandise product at every retail outlet.
• Build, merchandise, and maintain all displays with proper POS (Point of Sales).
• Merchandise and stock all coolers, backrooms, retail floor areas, and cold or warm shelves to effectively sell company products.
• Rotate products and adhere to company "Quality Assurance Policy" guidelines and other company policies in all accounts.

Related Duties:

• Complete all route settlement responsibilities neatly, accurately, and within the company guidelines.
• Follow correct check-out and check-in procedures.
• Be accountable for any product or monetary inaccuracies.
• Maintain a neat and professional appearance, abiding by company policy.
• Drive your vehicle safely and with courtesy, obeying all laws, DOT requirements, and company policies.
• Report vehicle damage and required maintenance to management.
• Keep vehicle neat and clean at all times.
• Report competitive activities to your supervisor.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Obey company procedures and safety policies.
• Perform other related duties as instructed by management.

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Valid Class A CDL required.
• DOT Med Card required.

Additional Qualifications and Competencies:

• Self-motivated to be safe and effective on the job, including compliance with all DOT and FMCSA requirements
• Desire to work in an individual atmosphere for a large percentage of the worktime.
• Customer focused mentality and strong desire to meet retailer needs through on time product delivery.
• Meet the following insurance and alcohol board criteria (required):
• Aged 21 years or older
• Verifiable CDL driving experience
• No felonies within the past two years
• No alcohol or controlled substance related offenses within the past two years
• No theft within the past two years
• No more than one reckless driving charge within the past three years

Work Environment

This position requires exposure to all seasonal weather conditions, traffic noise, automotive fumes and cramped quarters. This job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 160 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel

No anticipated overnight travel. Daily local travel is expected.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.