Route Specialist - Toledo, OH

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Toledo, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Route Specialist covers teammates’ routes when they are away and maintains established route standards, including ordering, delivering, and/or unloading products at customer locations. The role includes stocking and facing products on displays and shelves, in coolers and cold vaults, and maintaining product rotation standards. Route Specialists may train new route sales teammates, assist supervisors, respond to urgent customer needs, and represent the company and its brands while providing courteous, professional, safe, compliant, and timely service. The role typically is a senior position capable of covering any route discipline, including bulk, conventional, full service, and cold bottle. The listed pay range is $25–$30, salaried, depending on experience.

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 lift up to 50 pounds of product repetitively.
Availability to work some weekends and holidays.
Excellent safety record.
Ability to push and pull manual and powered material-handling equipment, such as pallet jacks and hand trucks, carrying 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 seven-year Motor Vehicle Report.
Commercial Driver’s License or Class A permit, or ability to obtain one.
Ability 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 and maintain established route standards and sales while ensuring a high level of customer service.
Order, fill, merchandise, and rotate products on shelves, displays, cold vaults, and cooler equipment according to company standards.
Perform route-specific activities across bulk, conventional, full-service, and cold-bottle disciplines.
Assist supervisors with training new route sales teammates, focusing on safety, efficiency, and customer service.
Handle urgent customer needs 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, as well as other assigned duties.