Retail Delivery Class A CDL Merchandiser - PEN

About the role

Buffalo Rock is an award-winning Pepsi-Cola Bottler founded in Birmingham, AL, more than 100 years ago. The Delivery Merchandiser (DM) is a key member of the Retail Sales team and is responsible for selling in, delivering, and merchandising all beverage products found in our extensive portfolio of PepsiCo, Dr. Pepper, and Buffalo Rock private label brands under the Team Rock Concept following the AIM Selling Guidelines. For more than a century, we have never forgotten our reason for being: the customer. From our early beginnings as a grocery store to today’s bottling operation, fountain and coffee services, and full line of beverage and snack vending, ours is a story of serving our local communities.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit a high level of ethical and moral conduct while at work or in attendance of any off-site function during work hours or after work hours while representing the Buffalo Rock Company.
• Perform specific activities of the assigned route – This includes but is not limited to the selling in of new products, incremental displays, additional merchandising space, and promotions.
• Service all accounts in accordance with the AIM Selling Process.
• Develop and maintain positive professional customer relationships.
• Honor and follow through on all personal and business commitments.
• Ensure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect the safety of self, customers, Buffalo Rock Property, and customer property.
• Ensure that every reasonable precaution is taken to protect the Company from possible damages, theft, or other liabilities.
• Consistently review all existing policies/procedures for possible change.
• Communicate all transshipping activity in accordance to Company Policy and Procedures, and visit weekly all transshipping accounts to pick up pallets, trays, etc.
• Take ownership of the Team concept to ensure the group's success.
• Communicate to the ADC / ASM all new accounts in your assigned sales area.
• Notify ADC / ASM of any change to an existing account, including ownership or closure.
• Properly complete all required paperwork to Company Policy and timeline.
• Monitor all assigned accounts for CDA compliance.
• Communicate daily with ADC any product shortages, product returns, refused orders, changes to next delivery order, account information changes, or any operational items.
• Achieve required percentage of Strategic Execution Objectives.
• Maintain required AIM Certification goals per account.
• Execute and achieve all account program key objectives.
• Properly rotate all products in accordance with the AIM Certification criteria.
• Remove all damaged products and UTC's on each account visit following Company policy and procedure.
• Ensure pallets, trays and CO2 are picked up on each visit, entered into the Norand, and documented by proper paperwork.
• Assist management in reporting competitive activity, achieving sales goals and metrics, and promoting the Team Rock concept.
• Follow all DOT Regulations, Company Policy and Procedures as they relate to truck check-out, truck check-in, and all settlement processes.
• Required to work weekends, non-traditional hours and Holidays as needed.
• Attend all scheduled meetings requiring your presence and / or participation.
• Adhere to customer policies for vendors or suppliers, which may include but is not limited to business conduct policies, business ethics policies, legal policies, and delivery and merchandising policies.
• May be required to perform additional tasks or assigned additional duties not listed in this document.
• Responsible for continuous self-improvement through the knowledge and use of all Buffalo Rock provided training