Local Delivery Driver - CDL A

Pepsico•Ellijay, GA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves delivering products to stores on an established route or via dynamic dispatch to various customers, including convenience and gas stores, small supermarkets, and drug stores, averaging 15-20 stops per day. The driver is responsible for operating the delivery vehicle, unloading products, and bringing them into the store. Key duties include ongoing rotating and stocking of products on store shelves, displays, vending equipment, and in coolers, as well as building displays and setting up promotional materials like pricing signs and banners. The role also requires generating invoices and daily settlement of cash and charges, with frequent interaction with store management. This is a labor-intensive position, demanding repeated lifting, loading, and pushing/pulling a high volume of cases (20-45 pounds per case) during work hours. It also involves reaching, squatting, and bending while delivering and merchandising products in stores and across diverse weather conditions. During peak seasons, such as summer, long work hours may be required.

Requirements

21 years or older
Pass the required drug test and physical capabilities test (if applicable)
Valid U.S. CDL with Non-Excepted Interstate Status (if applicable)
In all California locations except Stockton, both non-excepted intrastate and non-excepted interstate status are accepted for this position. In Stockton, CA, only non-excepted interstate status is accepted.
Pass DOT physical and DOT Road Test
Follow DOT Regulations

Nice To Haves

Operating trucks requiring a Valid U.S. CDL license (e.g., performing basic functions like driving forwards, driving backwards, maneuvering in tight spaces, backing into dock spaces, etc.)
Delivering products directly to stores (e.g., order-entry, sale/distribution of products directly to store rather than 3rd party, working as part of an account team, etc.)
Merchandising products (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive on shelves, rotating product, cleaning shelves, replacing out of stocks, removing out of date products, etc.)
Operating handheld computers (e.g., inputting data, entering transactions, printing, etc.)
Operating equipment (e.g., pallet jacks, hand trucks, breakdowns, etc.)
Working in a warehouse environment (e.g., product storage, product staging, forklifts, etc.)

Responsibilities

Deliver products, serve customers, and execute all promotions to multiple stores each day
Operate trucks requiring an appropriate CDL license (e.g., performing basic functions like driving forwards, driving backwards, or maneuvering in tight spaces, etc.)
Service all scheduled customers by the end of the daily shift
Merchandise and rotate all accounts to local standards (e.g., filling shelves, building displays, making products look attractive on shelves, rotating products, cleaning shelves, refilling out of stocks, removing out of date products, removing/returning shells, etc.)
Push and pull pallet jacks, hand trucks and breakdowns to move products to and from truck
Establish positive working relationships with primary contact at each account
Comply with operating procedures (e.g., scan-in/scan-out, following designated route, etc.)
Serve customers (e.g., communication, rapport building, attentiveness to customer needs, etc.)
Follow DOT regulations
Regular, reliable, predictable attendance