Delivery Driver

Farmers Home Furniture•Lumberton, NC

15d

About The Position

This classification performs seasonal delivery and warehouse activities. The Delivery Driver loads and unloads trucks and drives a delivery truck to deliver merchandise to customers’ homes or businesses. The role also supports warehouse and store operations, customer service, vehicle safety and maintenance, and the company’s delivery standards and H.O.M.E. values.

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 DOT requirements, such as Medical Examiner’s Certification and maintaining a driver’s DOT qualification file.
Ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling moderately heavy objects up to 100 pounds and occasionally heavier objects.
Ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades, sounds, depth, and visual cues or signals, and to communicate orally.
Ability to work in conditions that may include dirt, dust, temperature extremes, electric currents, or toxic agents or chemicals.
Ability to process and tabulate data according to a prescribed plan; provide guidance and assistance on procedures and standards; operate equipment, machinery, tools, or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments; use reference and descriptive information; perform basic arithmetic and potentially calculate decimals and fractions; follow written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions; and exercise judgment in standardized work.

Responsibilities

Drive a truck in an assigned zone or area to deliver products purchased by customers and assist delivery truck drivers in safely directing trucks into unloading areas.
Load trucks for daily deliveries, unload merchandise at customer locations, and set up merchandise as necessary.
Obtain customer signatures on receipts for pickups or deliveries.
Record deliveries and submit delivery records to appropriate management.
Monitor vehicle maintenance and regular safety inspections, perform general vehicle maintenance, and record and report fuel and fluid usage.
Unload merchandise from warehouse and freight trucks.
Maintain the cleanliness of the store or warehouse interior 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 or store.
Perform customer service inspections and 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: 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.
Assist in other store departments and perform other related duties as required.