CDL A/B Local Delivery Truck Driver (Houston)

Sysco•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The CDL A/B Local Delivery Truck Driver runs daily routes with frequent stops, loading packages onto hand trucks and unloading product at each designated stop. Drivers operate away from the operating company at a domiciled location closer to the customer marketplace. This is a customer-facing role, responsible for picking up uploaded trucks from nightly deliveries at the assigned loading dock and returning empty trucks at the end of the route. Occasional assistance with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a Supervisor or Manager may be required. Early morning delivery start times are expected.

Requirements

High School or GED or equivalent.
One year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck.
Valid Commercial Driver’s License – Class B.
Commercial Vehicle Drivers must have the ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
Operate vehicle in a variety of traffic and weather conditions.
Meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company.
Meet or exceed established cases per error goals.
Demonstrate strong customer relations and problem resolution skills.
Effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision.
Develop a good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Maintain ongoing inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
Proven ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic.

Nice To Haves

Class A CDL preferred
Experience in handling money preferred

Responsibilities

Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas.
May include transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks, in all weather conditions.
Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1-75 pounds, up to 100 pounds; frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures.
Contact management for authorization when discrepancies on invoice and communicate all errors/returns.
Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts).
Handles any customer complaints professionally.
Handles company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection.
Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures.
Organize a truck and make the deliveries efficiently.
Check whether a truck is operating well enough to perform the route.