Driver Trainee

G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.•Hamilton, OH

19d

About The Position

The Driver Trainee is trained to perform duties across different positions within the sales team and provides coverage for those positions during absences. The role serves customers by delivering, stocking, rotating, displaying, and maintaining products at customer locations; maintaining customer inventory; invoicing customers and collecting payment; and handling alcoholic products. The position requires effective communication with customers and internal teams, adherence to company and safety standards, and completion of required paperwork, including DOT logs. The schedule is either four 10-hour shifts per week or five 8-hour shifts per week, with a start time of 2 a.m. or 5 a.m., depending on the schedule offered. Overtime may be needed.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED.
6–12 months of previous sales experience with a consumer product line and customer relations experience.
Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License; must be insurable to operate a vehicle as a condition of initial and continued employment.
Knowledge of stocking, rotating, and displaying products; the retail sales environment; product line; and beverage industry.
Skill in providing service in a variety of settings.
Ability to work quickly and efficiently without direct supervision; solve problems; multitask; and adapt to changing tasks and priorities.
Ability to be trained on a two- and four-wheel hand cart, pallet jack, straddle stacker, handheld computer and printer, and other mechanical equipment.
Ability to drive a combination vehicle, repeatedly lift heavy product, accurately count inventory on a vehicle, and read diagrams, maps, and planograms and write.

Responsibilities

Deliver, stock, rotate, display, and maintain products at customer locations according to established standards.
Build positive relationships with customers, consumers, Territory Account Managers, Territory Delivery Managers, and internal Pepsi teams.
Invoice customers and collect payment.
Handle, stock, and organize alcoholic products.
Communicate effectively with retailers, Pepsi management, supervisors, and co-workers.
Follow company policies, safety requirements, AIB and Pepsi standards, and applicable laws; wear required PPE.
Maintain customer inventory by delivering appropriate product quantities between scheduled deliveries.
Complete required paperwork, including DOT logs, and protect confidential pricing, promotion, and customer information.
Work the assigned schedule, maintain regular attendance, work overtime as needed, and perform other duties as assigned.