Router

Ready to build a career with a company that’s leading the food service industry?

Monday-Friday

12PM-9PM

40 hrs/wk

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $19 to $29. The starting pay is $28/hr.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please :

US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and a continuous improvement focus.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilizing specified software, route trucks by matching customer orders to appropriate loads assigned to trucks.
• Utilizing specified software, balance loads per trailer by size and weight of product and pallets to be loaded.
• Build cost effective routes while maintaining customer needs.
• Work closely with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery feasibility
• Prepare various reports on a daily basis, i.e. route changes request, sequence change requests, new customer request, etc.
• Maintains routing software system parameters (Road Net and Mainframe)

SUPERVISION :

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal:
Transportation Supervisor and/or Transportation Manager;
Sales and Warehouse Dept. associates;
Delivery Drivers, Dispatchers, and department clerks.

External:
Customers.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training:
High School Diploma/GED preferred.

Related

Experience:

A minimum of 4 years in related environment

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Must be able to read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and to the safety regulations. Must have computer skills – data entry, general report generation, spreadsheet design, data manipulation, mainframe downloads. Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply and divide). Possess ability to resolve a variety of issues of fairly non-routine nature with some independence.

Ability to work scheduled hours and any required overtime.

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