Greco - GRECO - CDL B Local Delivery Truck Driver

Sysco

About The Position

The CDL B Local Delivery Truck Driver runs daily routes with frequent stops, loading packages onto hand trucks and unloading product at each stop in the order designated by the Transportation Department Manager. The driver operates in a cross-dock model, picking up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and returning the empty truck to the assigned lot at the end of the route. The role may occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager. The position requires efficient route completion, customer-facing deliveries, safe handling of company equipment, and compliance with Department of Transportation regulations and Sysco policies. Drivers verify deliveries and obtain customer signatures, report invoice discrepancies, errors, and returns, and handle complaints professionally. Product handling involves unloading by hand or hand cart and placing items in designated customer storage areas, sometimes using ramps, stairs, or docks and working in all weather conditions.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
One year of route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck.
Valid Commercial Driver’s License – Class B.
Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.
Ability to operate a vehicle in a variety of traffic and weather conditions.
Ability to meet or exceed company productivity levels and established cases-per-error goals.
Strong customer relations and problem-resolution skills.
Ability to plan and organize work independently of direct supervision.
Ability to develop a good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures.
Ability to maintain interdepartmental communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
Ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic.
Ability to lift, push, or move product weighing 1–75 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds, and to frequently reach up to 72 inches while stacking and unstacking pallets and hand carts.
Ability to climb on and off the truck box; frequently bend, squat, push, and pull; and work in confined spaces.

Nice To Haves

Class A Commercial Driver’s License preferred.
Experience handling money preferred.

Responsibilities

Run routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
Unload product from the trailer by hand or using a hand cart and place it in designated customer storage areas.
Verify deliveries with customers and obtain proper signatures.
Contact management for authorization when invoice discrepancies arise; communicate errors and returns.
Call in when a customer does not receive the entire order.
Handle customer complaints professionally.
Handle company equipment properly and follow written driver safety rules.
Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with DOT regulations and Sysco policies and procedures.
Occasionally assist with loading trucks, palletizing product, and other duties assigned by a supervisor or manager.
Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.