Local Delivery Driver - CDL A

About the role

Delivers product to all types of customers including Foodservice. Drives the delivery vehicle, delivers product to the store, and is responsible for ongoing rotating and stocking of product on store shelves, displays, in coolers and vending equipment. Builds small displays and sets up promotional materials such as pricing signs and banners. Generates invoice and is responsible for daily settlement of cash and charges. Frequently interacts with store management and store receiving personnel for acceptance of load as required.

Primary accountabilities

• Deliver product and execute all promotions
• Service all scheduled customers by the end of shift
• Merchandise all accounts to local standards
• Establish positive working relationships with primary contact at each account

Responsibilities

• Unloads pallets of product from the delivery vehicle with an electronic pallet jack or 2-wheel hand truck and puts the product in a designated area in the store’s backroom
• Lifts and loads cases ranging from 20–45 pounds repeatedly during work hours
• Pushes/pulls using 40–150 pounds of force occasionally
• Reaches, squats, and bends while delivering and merchandising products in the store

Basic qualifications

• 21 years or older
• Pass the DOT drug test and DOT physical
• Valid U.S. CDL with Non-Excepted Interstate Status (if applicable)

  Note: In all California locations except Stockton, both non-excepted intrastate and non-excepted interstate status are accepted for this position. In Stockton, CA, only non-excepted interstate status is accepted.

Helpful experience

• Operating trucks requiring a valid U.S. CDL license (e.g., driving forwards, driving backwards, maneuvering in tight spaces)
• Adhering to all DOT regulations (e.g., reading and comprehending documentation or maintaining current documentation such as medical cards)
• Merchandising products (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, rotating product, cleaning shelves, eliminating out of stocks and out of date products)
• Using equipment to aid in hauling loads (e.g., operating pallet jacks, using dock plates, using load bars and straps)
• Operating equipment (pallet jacks, lift gates on trailers, hand trucks, breakdowns, etc.)
• Documenting DOT regulations (e.g., reading and comprehending documentation or maintaining current documentation such as medical cards)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English

Because the material job duties of this role involve regular field work away from a physical Company location, including visiting customer locations and interfacing with employees, vendors, customers, and the general public, a conditional offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug screening.