Delivery Driver Trainee

The primary responsibility of this role is to develop the skills and knowledge necessary tobecome a safe, professional, and effective CDL-A delivery driver. This position is designed for individuals completing CDL training and gaining hands-on experience with delivery operations,customer service, route execution, and merchandising standards. The individual will be expected to learn and perform all aspects of the delivery process, operate company equipment safely, and represent the company in a professional and customer-focused manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become a safe, professional, and effective CDL-A delivery driver Is familiar with and certified to use all types of delivery equipment, including pallet jacks, docks and dock-levelers, trucks and trailers per company and OSHA standards.
• Learn how to professionally deliver stops in all areas and departments to ensure flexibility.
• Learn how to prepare invoices, collect payments from customers and record transactions on customer receipt.
• Listen to and resolve service complaints.
• Represent the company in a professional manner and provide excellent customer service.
• Maintain a friendly, working relationship with the Manager on each account on allroutes in assigned area
• Confer with Delivery Supervisors to resolve customer problems, opportunities,competitive activity in your market, and potential overage situations
• Check in product with Store Manager, following store policy.
• Restock cold boxes, displays, shelves and other areas where products are available forsale.
• Responsible for keeping back stock, cold box and displays rotated and in a clean and organized manner
• Adhere to company account and merchandising standards in all accounts.
• Responsible for adhering to Overage Beer Policy
• Maintain safe driving record and comply with company driving policy.
• Attending all scheduled meetings and company functions as required.
• Adhere to dress code, including safety non-negotiables,” and be properly groomed.
• Obey all federal, state, and local laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/orability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION Duties require the ability to read, write and understand simple instructions. Requires an understanding of basic math, accuracy in checking, sorting, counting, and other routine procedures. A high school education is not required but would provide the basic skills necessary to learn the job PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with handsand arms and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; climb orbalance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The job entails considerable physical effort consisting of:
• Continuously lifting or moving average-weight material, or
• Continuously lifting or moving light-weighted material in difficult work positions, or
• Frequently moving or lifting heavy-weight material, or
• Frequently lifting or moving average-weight material in difficult work positions, or
• Occasionally lifting or moving heavy-weight material in difficult work positions, or
• In each case expending equivalent effort pulling, pushing, or carrying