Route Specialist - Toledo, OH

VetJobs•Toledo, OH

4d•$25 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

The Route Specialist covers teammates’ routes when they are away and maintains established route standards, including ordering, delivery, unloading, stocking, and merchandising products at customer locations. The role ensures products are filled, faced, and rotated on shelves, displays, in coolers, and in cold vaults according to company standards. Route responsibilities may vary across bulk, conventional, full-service, and cold-bottle disciplines. The Route Specialist handles urgent customer needs by coordinating with sales, delivery, and customer management teams; may assist with training new route sales teammates; and supports supervisors with projects and other assigned work. The position requires a courteous, professional, compliant, safe, and timely approach to customer service and represents the company and its brands.

Requirements

Able to perform job duties with minimal supervision and on a timely basis.
Past job performance must reflect dependability, initiative, professional demeanor, and sound judgment.
Able to work in a fast-paced, continuous-lifting environment.
Able to lift up to 50 pounds of product repetitively.
Available to work some weekends and holidays.
Excellent safety record.
Able to push and pull manual and powered material-handling equipment containing product loads for at least 100 yards without assistance.
Able 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 the ability to obtain one.
Able to pass and maintain Department of Transportation 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, and customer service.
Order, fill, merchandise, and rotate products on shelves, displays, cold vaults, and cooler equipment according to company standards.
Perform activities specific to bulk, conventional, full-service, and cold-bottle route disciplines.
Assist the Supervisor in training new route sales teammates, with a focus on safety, efficiency, and customer service.
Respond to urgent customer needs and meet customer commitments in a timely, consistent, and professional manner by partnering with sales, delivery, and customer management teams.
Assist the Supervisor with projects and tasks across the territory and perform other duties as assigned.
Deliver or unload products at customer locations on designated routes as needed.