Delivery Driver - Trainee- Beverages

PepsiCo•Aberdeen, SD

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Delivery Driver - Trainee delivers, sells, and merchandises beverage brands by driving a route to local stores. The role involves unloading products, merchandising them to local standards, and building positive customer relationships to help ensure communities have access to beverages safely and on time. The trainee learns route driving and delivery practices through hands-on and classroom training alongside a professional Driver Trainer. The work is fast-paced and hands-on, with the employee on the go for most of the day. Following successful program completion, the employee is intended to transition, based on role availability, to a Relief Driver, GEO Box Delivery, Driver D-Bay, or Delivery Driver position. The position is based in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The schedule is Tuesday through Friday, starting at 6:00 a.m.; the end time varies according to business needs. Pay is $21.90 per hour. PepsiCo describes this as a full-time role with competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities to build a long-term career.

Requirements

Be at least 21 years old.
Hold a valid CDL Class A Permit with Non-Excepted Interstate Status and follow DOT regulations. The posting notes that, in California locations other than Stockton, both non-excepted intrastate and non-excepted interstate status are accepted; in Stockton, only non-excepted interstate status is accepted.
Communicate effectively in English.
Be able to repeatedly lift, load, and push or pull a high volume of cases weighing 20–45 pounds during work hours, with or without accommodation.
Be able to reach, squat, and bend while delivering and merchandising products, and deliver products across a wide variety of weather conditions, with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

Train alongside a professional Driver Trainer to learn safe, confident route driving and delivery best practices.
Deliver products, serve customers, and execute promotions at multiple stores each day.
Merchandise and rotate products to local standards by filling shelves, building displays, rotating inventory, and removing out-of-date items.
Follow operating procedures, including scanning in and out, following the designated route, and maintaining required records using provided tools.
Use pallet jacks, hand trucks, and breakdowns.
Build positive relationships at each account.
Follow DOT regulations.