Driver

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $22 / Hourly

Primary Function :

Deliver Company products and services to its customers in a safe and timely manner.

Wage :

Training Wage : $22.00 Hr

Completion of training : $25.00 Hr

Sign on bonus : $1,000 ($400 @ 6 months, $600 @ 12 months)

Primary Responsibilities :

• Ensures accounts are properly rotated according to rotation policies and promptly removes overage product so that it never reaches the consumer.
• Communicates changes and / or opportunities in the individual accounts and the general market to the Pre-Sales Personnel, Route Supervisor and the Area Sales Manager
• Develops a working knowledge of credit, State and Federal laws and regulations, and all Company policies relative to the completion of his / her duties.
• Ensures that delivery and merchandising standards are achieved according to company standards.
• Executes the pre-planned objectives assigned by the Sales Representative for each account.
• Directs the activity of a helper if applicable.
• Executes pre-trips and post-trips properly on all equipment that will be used to complete that day’s delivery.
• Reports any problems with equipment encountered during pre-trip, delivery schedule and post-trip promptly to the Fleet Manager.
• Operates all equipment in a safe manner and keeps all equipment, including trucks and trailers clean.
• Ensures that his / her daily paperwork involving invoices and collections are done in a neat and understandable way.
• Balances his / her daily paperwork to ensure that collections match invoices.

Relationships :

Delivery Supervisor and Delivery Manager

Maintains open communication ensuring that he / she is informed of all matters pertaining to the assigned accounts, so that appropriate decisions regarding service strategies may be made.

Warehouse Manager :

Maintains open communication to ensure that all problems regarding loading, unloading, shortages and overages are promptly reported in either written or verbal form.

Public Relations :

Seeks to create and maintain goodwill on behalf of the Company and its brands with retail accounts, supplier representatives and the public at large.

Physical, Mental and Environmental demands :

Must be able to bend, reach, kneel, twist and grip items as needed. Must be able to carry up to 50 lbs and lift up to 170 lbs