Route Delivery Assistant Responsible for assisting route delivery drivers, store merchandising, hot shot deliveries. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following: Build and maintain product displays in compliance with Company standards. Utilize personal vehicle to travel between stores on assigned route, with mileage reimbursement. Maintain professional team relationship with co-workers and customers. Maintain merchandising standards while rotating products in designated accounts. Face all products for customer appeal. Stack and un-stack cases of soft drinks weighing between 5 to 40 pounds continuously. Move heavy pallets with hand jacks. Utilize forklift or electric pallet jacks when possible. Follow good manufacturing and housekeeping practices. Follow and comply with all safety guidelines, wear PPE, and comply with all OSHA safety standards. Other duties as assigned or requested. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory responsibilities: None
Requirements
Competencies: Good interpersonal and written/verbal communication skill.
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/or ability required. Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or GED preferred but not required. One (1) year general work experience required working with minimal supervision.
Language Skills:
Ability to read. Ability to respond to common inquiries.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions supplied both written and verbal. Close attention to detail required to verify product stock numbers and date codes.
Computer Skills: None.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid driver's license, current vehicle liability insurance, and driving record within MVR policy guidelines.
Other Qualifications: Ability to operate a manual/powered pallet jack to lift/move product.
Travel required: Required daily.
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 frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch/kneel bend and reach. The employee will be on feet for multiple hours, moving, bending, lifting, stacking, un-stacking, squatting, and stretching in display of product. The employee must lift, push, pull, carry and/or move from 10 to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work environment:
Work environment characteristics 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 not exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
