Delivery Driver

Farmers Home Furniture•Greenville, AL

15d

About The Position

The Delivery Driver performs delivery and warehouse activities, including loading and unloading trucks and driving a delivery truck to transport merchandise to customers’ homes or businesses. The role also supports warehouse and store operations through stocking, assembling merchandise, maintaining vehicles and facilities, assisting customers, and performing other assigned duties. The employee is expected to uphold the company’s Delivery Standards and H.O.M.E. values: Helping others, developing Ordinary people to do extraordinary things, being a Motivated owner that cares, and Ensuring that excellence is a habit personally and for those entrusted to them to lead.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, six months of experience in a distribution or warehouse environment, or a combination of training, experience, and education that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license.
Have general familiarity with the delivery area.
Meet Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements, such as Medical Examiner’s Certification and maintaining a Driver’s DOT qualification file.
Ability to assemble, process, and tabulate data according to a prescribed plan.
Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation about applying procedures and standards to specific situations.
Ability to operate equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials that require complex and rapid adjustments.
Ability to use a wide variety of reference and/or descriptive data and information.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic and, as needed, calculate decimals and use fractions.
Ability to carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and perform semi-routine standardized work with some independent judgment.
Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving repetitive or short-cycle operations conducted according to set procedures.
Ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling moderately heavy objects up to 100 pounds, and occasionally handling heavier objects exceeding 100 pounds.
Ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades, sounds, depth, and visual cues or signals; some tasks require oral communication.
Ability to work in conditions that may include dirt, dust, temperature extremes, electric currents, or toxic agents or chemicals.

Responsibilities

Drive a truck within an assigned zone or area to deliver products purchased by customers, and assist delivery truck drivers in directing trucks into unloading areas to support safe vehicle operations.
Load trucks in preparation for daily deliveries; unload merchandise at customer locations and set it up as necessary.
Obtain customer signatures for pickups or deliveries.
Record deliveries and submit delivery records to appropriate management.
Monitor vehicle maintenance and regular inspections for safety compliance; perform general vehicle maintenance and record fuel and fluid usage for management.
Unload merchandise from warehouse and freight trucks.
Maintain cleanliness of store or warehouse interiors and grounds and uphold the company’s Delivery Standards.
Place stock on shelves or racks and set up merchandise and sales promotion displays.
Assemble merchandise as required.
Assist with repossessions of goods.
Perform general maintenance and groundskeeping for the warehouse and/or store.
Perform customer service inspections and/or repairs as needed.
Make collection field calls to delinquent customers at management’s request.
Uphold and promote the company’s H.O.M.E. values.
Assist in other store departments as required.
Perform other related duties as required.