Job Description
**Hourly rate: $22.00hourly plus incentive and overtime pay
Drivers are home every night, routes are local. **
_**Come join the team at Greco and Sons! Be a part of a dynamic organization
by working for one of Syscos specialty companies where we provide food and
restaurant related items, giving customers dependable quality, selection, and
freshness.**_
_**BENEFITS**_
- Competitive pay
- Ongoing job skills training, leadership development training
- Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Generous retirement benefits
- Employee discount programs
- Referral Bonus
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Safety programs
- Service recognitions and employee rewards
- Cross training opportunities
- More benefits, too many to name
_**Job Summary:**_
All drivers run daily routes with frequent stops and are required to load
packages onto hand trucks and unload product at each stop on the assigned
route in the order they are designated by the Transportation Department
Manager. The candidate will operate successfully in a cross-dock model picking
up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and
returning the empty truck back to the assigned lot at the end of the route.
May be required to assist occasionally with loading-trucks, palletizing
product, and performing other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager.
**_RESPONSIBILITIES_**
- Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
- Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times
- Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas. May include transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks, in all weather conditions.
- Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1-75 pounds, up to 100 pounds; frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
- Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures. Contact management for authorization when discrepancies are on invoices. Communicate all errorsreturns.
- Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts)
- Handles any customer complaints professionally
- Handles company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection. Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures
** _QUALIFICATIONS_**
_**Education**_
* DegreesCertificates Minimum Required:
* High School or GED or equivalent
_**Experience**_
- One-year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck
- Valid Commercial Driver’s License – Class B (Class A preferred)
- Must be able to read and understand English.
_**Skills**_
- Operate vehicle in a variety of traffic and weather conditions.
- Meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company.
- Meet or exceed established cases per error goals
- Demonstrate strong customer relations and problem resolution skills.
- Effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision.
- Develop a good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures.
- Maintain ongoing inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
- Proven ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic (Experience in handling money preferred)
- Building Customer Loyalty
- Managing Work
- Adaptability
- Building Trust
- Follow-up
- Communication
_**OTHER INFORMATION**_
- Frequent lifting of product up to 50 lbs. during the shift, infrequent lifting to 80 lbs.
- Must be able to climb on and off the box of the truck
- Frequent bending, squatting, pushing, and pulling
- Must be able to work in confined spaces
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Local area, Shift work, Night shift,