Route Specialist NU

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Day NU role at Coca‑Cola Consolidated

Locations:
Roanoke

Pay Range: 200.00 – 203.07 Daily, depending on experience

Schedule:

(Open Field)

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• Career Growth:
  Clear pathways to advance and develop your career
• Competitive Benefits: 401(k) match + health coverage + employee stock purchase plan
• Purpose‑Driven:
  Create meaningful impact in the communities you serve
• Professional Development:
  Dedicated training + personalized mentorship

The Route Specialist will cover the routes of teammates when they are away, maintaining established routes, including orders, delivery, and unloading our products at customer locations on designated routes. This fast‑paced role also involves stocking and facing products on displays and shelves, in coolers and cold vaults, ensuring rotation standards are maintained. The Route Specialist may be asked to train new route sales teammates, assist the Supervisor, handle urgent customer needs, and serve as an ambassador of our company and the world’s most recognized brands.

• Cover vacation routes competently to maintain established route standards and sales, preventing missed opportunities and ensuring high customer service.
• Order, fill, merchandise, and rotate products on shelves, displays, cold vaults, and cooler equipment, according to company standards.
• Perform activities per route discipline (bulk, conventional, full service, and cold bottle).
• Assist the Supervisor with training new route sales teammates and other supervisory tasks, focusing on safety, efficiency, and customer service.
• Handle urgent customer needs to meet commitments in a timely, consistent, and professional manner, partnering with sales, delivery, and customer management teams.
• Assist supervisor with projects, tasks across the territory, and other duties as assigned.

• Perform job duties with minimal supervision on a timely basis.
• Past job performance reflects dependability, initiative, professional demeanor, and sound judgment.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, continuous lifting environment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs of product repetitively.
• Availability to work some weekends and holidays.
• Previous route delivery, direct store delivery, stocking, merchandising products, or retail management experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent safety record.
• Must push and pull manual and powered material handling equipment (e.g., pallet jack, hand‑truck) carrying product loads for a minimum of 100 yards without assistance.
• Read, speak, write, and understand English to perform basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
• Senior role capable of covering any route discipline.

• Valid driver’s license for your state of residency with an excellent driving history reflected on a 7‑year Motor Vehicle Report.
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or permit (Class
  
  A) or the ability to obtain such.
• Ability to pass and maintain D.O.T. physical requirements.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Retail management or merchandising experience.

Work environment will vary, including exposure to weather conditions, coolers, and customer storage areas that may be non‑temperature controlled.

Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.