Warehouse Delivery Driver

Job Description

Job Description

About the Warehouse Role

You will:

• Be responsible for counting, verifying, and receiving incoming vendor

shipments and customer return material.

• Act with a high attention to detail to ensure the highest levels of customer

satisfaction.

• Identify nonstock, special-order material, and damaged material and store

in proper warehouse locations.

• Load and unload trucks, operate warehouse forklift and other material

handling equipment safely.

• Inform immediate supervisor of stock depletions, count discrepancies, or

damaged/defective/nonsaleable merchandise that could impact customer

service levels.

• Ensure security and controls are in place and upheld to protect Profit Center

assets.

• Maintain warehouse cleanliness, order, and safety. Remove empty cartons,

metal bands, pallets, and other debris. Inform immediate supervisor of

safety issues.

• Perform all job functions in accordance with the company’s Safety

Standards.

• Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as

assigned.

• Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate

supervisor and other management as required.

About the Delivery Driver Role:

You will:

• Operate trucks safely and in compliance with Company rules, applicable

laws, and regulations. Destinations include job sites, customer facilities,

vendor facilities, other locations, facilities of other wholesalers, or other

locations as directed by management.

• Load the truck at the Profit Center with merchandise to be delivered. Secure

the load properly so that nothing will shift, get damaged, or fall from the

truck. Ensure that the necessary equipment to safely unload the

merchandise is available.

• Understand the shipping documents that are associated with the

merchandise for each delivery and have accurate directions to each delivery

destination.

• Review shipping documentation and ensure order accuracy.
• Unload correct merchandise from the truck and place it where the receiving

party wants it. Obtain legible signature for all merchandise delivered per

Company policy and procedure.

• Collect and secure outstanding payments for all cash sale deliveries prior to

releasing the material to the customer.

• Work with customers at the delivery site to resolve shipping discrepancies

quickly and accurately.

• Load the truck at other locations with merchandise. This includes

merchandise picked up at vendor locations, returned by customers, and

purchased from other wholesalers.

• Provide sales leads by noting prospective customer names and addresses

discovered in the course of making deliveries.

• Inspect the truck and required parts and accessories to determine safe

operating condition prior to departure. Keep truck clean of debris in cab and

body.

• Advise management of any mechanical problems with the truck. At the end

of the workday, complete the Driver’s Daily Vehicle Inspection Report when

driving a delivery vehicle with a gross vehicle weight (GVWR) of 10,001 lbs. or

more if a defect or deficiency is found.

• At the end of the workday, remove keys from the truck and store keys in the

approved location.

• Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as

assigned.

• Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate

supervisor and other management as required.

About You:

• 1 year warehouse receiving and material handling experience
• Knowledge of products sold at the Profit Center preferred
• Be able to drive a vehicle over 10,000 lbs.

As a non-CDL driver, you must:

• Be at least 21 years old
• Possess a proper and valid driver’s license
• Have a driving record that meets the criteria for being an Authorized Driver

in accordance with Company policy.

• Be able to pass a Department of Transportation physical examination before

beginning work and again at least every two years while employed and

performing this job function.

Our ideal candidate will also:

• Know the laws, rules and regulations governing driving motor vehicles in

general, and commercial motor vehicles subject to Department of

Transportation regulations in particular.

• Know of, be able to apply, and practice safety precautions in a warehouse

and material handling environment.

• Be able to build and maintain a positive working relationship with

customers, vendors and co-workers.

• Be able to remain calm and function effectively in stressful, unexpected,

and/or emergency situations.

• Be able to learn to operate warehouse material-handling equipment.
• Be able to learn and operate the computer related systems used in the

delivery process.

• Read, write, speak and understand English.
• Be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, using whole numbers,

common fractions, and decimals.