Route Sales Driver

Core Requirements

• Must have a Class A or B commercial driver's license
• Minimum Age: 21, as per Federal D.O.T regulations
• Must be able to pass a D.O.T. Physical and Drug Screen

Experience

• Past route sales experience and a good driving record preferred

Responsibilities

• Drives truck over established route to deliver and sell products or render services of the dairy industry to customer's place of business
• Follows all Department of Transportation regulations
• Collects money from customers, makes change, and records transactions on customer receipt
• Writes customer order and instructions
• Records sales or deliveries information on daily sales or delivery record
• Calls on prospective customers to solicit new business
• Prepares order forms and sales contracts
• Informs regular customers of new products or services
• Listens to and resolves service complaints
• Loads and unloads product at destination
• Places stock on shelves or racks
• Sets up merchandise and sales promotion displays
• Issues sales promotion materials to customers
• Collects or picks up empty containers or rejected or unsold merchandise
• Stacks and unstacks items weighing 50 pounds from a height of approximately seven feet to the ground and back continually as well as drags stacks of milk weighing approximately 240 pounds, throughout the shift
• Loads and unloads truck and carries merchandise
• Keeps the inside of the truck clean
• Performs routine maintenance on truck
• Works and drives in a safe, courteous and efficient manner