CDL Class B Route Driver - Lexington, KY

Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.•Lexington, KY

73d•Onsite

About The Position

The route sales driver will be responsible for driving over established routes or territories to sell and deliver dairy products. This role involves maintaining existing accounts, building strong customer relationships, and distributing authorized products. The driver will also be responsible for the dairy case at their stops, ensuring proper stock rotation and acceptable product appearance. Significant customer contact is expected, requiring sales skills. The position also includes collecting money, making change, recording transactions, writing customer orders, and soliciting new business. The driver will perform duties that require climbing, crawling, and walking in various positions to load/unload product, stock shelves, set up displays, issue promotional materials, and collect returns. The role involves significant physical demands, including stacking and unstacking items weighing up to 50 pounds from a height of seven feet, and dragging stacks of milk weighing approximately 240 pounds. The driver will work in extreme temperatures (over 100°F and below 32°F) and primarily outdoors in various weather conditions. The successful candidate must maintain the truck's interior, perform routine maintenance, and operate the vehicle safely and efficiently. Understanding and adherence to company policies, D.O.T. guidelines, and essential job functions are required. Being banned from a customer account may lead to immediate discharge.

Requirements

Must have a Class A or B commercial driver’s license
Minimum Age: 21, as per Federal D.O.T. regulations
Must be able to pass a D.O.T. Physical and Drug Screen
Must possess and maintain a CDL Class B with Airbrake
Must have basic skills in math, reading and writing. Basic math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Nice To Haves

Past route sales experience
Good driving record
Should have or be able to attain sales skills

Responsibilities

Drive over established routes or territory to sell and deliver dairy products.
Maintains existing accounts, works to build strong customer relationship.
Distributes all authorized products to all accounts.
Maintain company property such as trucks, computers, cell phones, money and etc.
Required to adhere to company policies.
Must abide by all D.O.T. and company D.O.T. guidelines.
Responsible for the dairy case at their stops on the route, including keeping stock rotated properly and the appearance of the product acceptable.
Collects money from customers, makes change, and records transactions on customer receipt.
Writes customer orders and instructions; records sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
Calls on prospective customers to solicit new business.
Prepares order forms and sales contracts.
Informs regular customers of new products or services.
Listens to and resolves service complaints.
Load and unload product at destination.
Place stock on shelves or racks.
Set up merchandise and sales promotion displays.
Issue sales promotion materials to customers.
Collect or pick up empty containers or rejected or unsold merchandise.
Stack and unstack items weighing 50 pounds from a height of approximately seven feet to the ground and back continually.
Drag stacks of milk weighing approximately 240 pounds, throughout the shift.
Load and unload truck and carry merchandise.
Keep the inside of the truck clean.
Perform routine maintenance on truck.
Work and drive in a safe, courteous and efficient manner.