Route Specialist

CONA Services•Fredericksburg, VA

6d•$232 - $234

About The Position

The Route Specialist covers teammates’ routes during their absences and maintains established route standards, including ordering, delivering, unloading, stocking, merchandising, and rotating products at customer locations. The role works across route disciplines and serves customers courteously, professionally, safely, compliantly, and on time. It may also involve training new route sales teammates, assisting supervisors with territory projects and other tasks, and responding to urgent customer needs in coordination with sales, delivery, and customer management teams. The Route Specialist is typically a senior role capable of covering any route discipline.

Requirements

Able to perform job duties with minimal supervision and on a timely basis.
Past job performance demonstrating dependability, initiative, professional demeanor, and sound judgment.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment involving continuous lifting.
Ability to repetitively lift up to 50 pounds of product.
Availability to work some weekends and holidays.
Excellent safety record.
Ability to push and pull manual and powered material-handling equipment containing product loads for at least 100 yards without assistance.
Ability to read, speak, write, and understand English and perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Valid driver’s license for the state of residency and an excellent driving history reflected on a 7-year Motor Vehicle Report.
Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) or Class A permit, or ability to obtain one.
Ability to pass and maintain D.O.T. physical requirements.

Nice To Haves

Previous route delivery, direct store delivery, product stocking or merchandising, or retail management experience is strongly preferred.
High school diploma or GED.
Retail management or merchandising experience.

Responsibilities

Cover vacation routes while maintaining established route standards, sales opportunities, and customer service.
Order, fill, merchandise, and rotate products on shelves, displays, cold vaults, and cooler equipment according to company standards.
Perform activities specified for bulk, conventional, full-service, and cold-bottle route disciplines.
Assist supervisors in training new route sales teammates, focusing on safety, efficiency, and customer service.
Handle urgent customer needs in a timely, consistent, and professional manner in coordination with sales, delivery, and customer management teams.
Assist supervisors with territory projects, tasks, and other assigned duties.
Deliver and unload products at customer locations as needed.
Stock and face products on displays and shelves, in coolers and cold vaults, maintaining rotation standards.