Driver Trainee

G&J Pepsi•Hamilton, OH

18d

About The Position

The Driver Trainee serves customers by training to perform duties across the sales team and providing coverage for team members during absences. The role delivers, stocks, rotates, displays, and maintains products at customer locations; builds relationships with customers and internal teams; invoices customers and collects payments; and handles alcoholic products. The position also maintains customer inventory, completes required paperwork including DOT logs, protects confidential information, and follows company policies, safety requirements, AIB and Pepsi standards, and applicable laws. Required PPE must be worn. The schedule is either four days per week with 10-hour shifts or five days per week with 8-hour shifts. Start times vary by schedule and are either 2 a.m. or 5 a.m. The employee works the assigned schedule, maintains regular attendance, and works overtime as needed. G&J Pepsi is a family-owned Pepsi bottler serving Ohio and Kentucky for more than 100 years, and describes its workplace culture as built on dignity, respect, and integrity, with an emphasis on career growth and employee support.

Requirements

High school graduate or General Education Degree (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; the product line; and the beverage industry.
Ability to work quickly and efficiently without direct supervision, solve problems, multitask, and adapt to changing tasks and priorities.
Ability to drive a combination vehicle, lift heavy product repetitively, and accurately count inventory on a vehicle.
Ability to read diagrams, maps, and planograms, and to write.
Ability to be trained on a two- and four-wheel hand cart, pallet jack, straddle stacker, handheld computer and printer, and other mechanical equipment.

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, and work overtime as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.