Delivery Driver

Job Description

Job Description

This position is responsible for deliveries to the restaurants and bakeries, ensuring excellent service with an emphasis on the ensuring timely and professionally delivered goods; following company expectations while ensuring standards are maintained, policies and processes are followed.

The core, critical and essential work duties, functions and responsibilities of the position are as follows:

• Primarily responsibility for timely and accurate delivery of orders to their designated location, ensuring safety practices are followed, in a courteous and professional manner
• Works closely with the Commissary to ensure only the highest quality food is delivered to the restaurants and bakeries
• Loads/Unloads truck; assists in inventory and stocking of incoming supplies as directed
• Maintains a clean and safe vehicle, removing trash routinely
• Drives safely and courteously at all times, following all laws and company policies
• Assists in restocking and replenishing of products and supplies
• Performs crossfunctional duties of coworkers for continuing service and coverage during absences
• Maintains professional working relationships with coworkers, vendors and the general public
• Working with all management to address safety concerns and ensures overall safety of customers, coworkers and the general public
• Takes a proactive, positive and sincere interest in our customers, ensuring continuity of the company’s longstanding relationship with the community
• Complies with all company policies, standards and protocols, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), Departmental Checklists and other required rules and practices
• Follows safety and security practices and protocols; and ensures these processes are timely, sufficiently and consistently followed; successfully completes and complies with all daily and other routine Departmental Checklists (Ex: Opening Checklist, Closing Checklist, Cleaning Checklist, etc.) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), adhering to these with the utmost attention to details related to cleanliness and safety
• Complies with all training (inperson, video, classes, etc.) and successfully participates in and completes/passes all required trainings; follows all Departmental Checklists and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Other projects and duties as assigned
Position Rules:
• The incumbent will abide by all state laws, including but not limited to: oNo texting while operating a motor vehicle
• No distracted driving
• No unauthorized individuals in vehicles
• No eating or smoking in the vehicle
• No personal use of vehicle and no personal stops or errands without prior management approval
• To maintain clean vehicle, free of refuse or rubbish
• Responsible handling of money and accurate, daily reconciliation of money due back to the store
• To immediately call law enforcement if a vehicular accident occurs, following law enforcement’s direction, then contacting management as soon after law enforcement is notified
Position Requirements and Qualifications:
• Must be Eighteen (18) Years of Age
• Valid, Current Driver’s License (No more than Four (4) Points on current State Driving Record)
• Work experience in vehicle deliveries service
• Maintains current knowledge of safe and healthy practices for food handling and preparation; and maintains the current required food handling permit, obtaining ServSafe Certification as directed
• Demonstrated knowledge of local driving area
• Demonstrated customer service experience working with the general public, and the ability to tactfully and professionally address public concerns and complaints
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with other employees, exercising tact and professionalism in all matters
• The following physical demands are requirements and must be met in order for the successful performance of the job position: This position requires the incumbent to speak, hear, see, sit and/or stand for long periods of time, walk frequently and use full reach and range of motion in arms, hands and fingers, with continual use of manual dexterity and gross motor skills with frequent use of bimanual dexterity and fine motor skills, to bend, stoop, kneel, carry, push, pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to adhere to regular and routine attendance and to work evenings and/or weekends and holidays
• Ability to maintain a satisfactory and required attendance, punctuality and ability to work flexible schedules

This job description is not designed to provide a comprehensive listing of duties and activities, which may change within the timeframe of the job description.