Route Sales Representative (Delivery Driver)

Alsco Uniforms; Calgary; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Registered pension plan

Job summary

Alsco Uniforms in Calgary seeks a Route Sales Representative to meet customer needs through up-selling and cross-selling while delivering superior service. Shifts are 10 hours per day, 4 days per week, reporting to the District Manager.

Responsibilities include soliciting new customers, managing routes, ensuring timely deliveries, and maintaining vehicle safety. Base plus commission and benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Maintain a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Proven customer service and route sales experience.
• Strong time management and multitasking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Solicit new customers and up-sell across service lines.
• Ensure timely, accurate route deliveries and paperwork.
• Provide exceptional customer service and resolve concerns.
• Maintain vehicle cleanliness and safety checks.
• Report to the District Manager and follow company policies.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Driving

English communication

Time management

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Classification

Exempt for Base plus Commission routes, Non-Exempt for hourly routes.

Job Summary

The Route Sales Representative meets our customers needs through up-selling/cross-selling and provides superior customer service through proactively managing all route responsibilities. Performs other duties as required. Reports to the District Manager. Scheduled shifts are 10 hours per day, with 4 days of work per week.

Essential Functions

• Solicit new customers, up-sell/cross-sell/sample all lines of service or product and ensure a profitable product mix.
• Actively participate in promotions and contests, training and audits.
• Follow company policies and procedures regarding installation of new customers, managing customer needs and all aspects of service. Performance goals must be met on a regular basis.
• Ensure customer loyalty, retention and provide outstanding customer service. Build relationships, communicate openly, educate customers, manage customer needs and proactively resolve concerns in cooperation with supervision.
• Safely operate a delivery vehicle on each trip, following all applicable laws and company policy. Maintain vehicle cleanliness and perform regular vehicle inspections.
• Handle and process customer payments. Keep route paperwork current.
• Ensure timely and correct deliveries of complete textile loads, pick up soiled textiles and maintain proper inventories in accounts. Service items such as facility maintenance products.
• Monitor and report competitive activity. Keep service agreements current and renewed.
• Return from route and off load soiled textiles in the receiving area of facility.
• Accurately prepare route paperwork and follow check-in procedures.
• Follow written and verbal instructions and perform other tasks as directed by supervision.

Additional Functions

• May work with and support other service personnel as required by supervision.

Qualifications

• Have and maintain a valid drivers license.
• Have and maintain a driving record free of chargeable accidents, speeding or safety violations.
• Demonstrate excellent skills in the operation of vehicles and have a verifiable minimum one year experience of safe and successful driving.
• Demonstrate excellent skills in customer service and route sales.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, ability to comprehend and follow direction, as well as good time management skills and team player.
• Recognize colors, sizes and types of product and count, add and subtract accurately.

Education

• High School graduation or similar experience.

Travel Requirements

• Daily, by delivery vehicle within a route.

Typical Environmental Conditions

• Operating vehicles on public roads, in and out of customer locations, loading areas of a typical industrial laundry facility, Service Center or depot.
• Indoor and outdoor areas of a typical industrial facility.

Typical Physical Activity

• Physical Demands - sitting, grasping, driving, stooping, climbing stairs, moving carts up to 500 lbs, lifting up to 75 lbs, standing, walking, writing, speaking, hearing.

Compensation

• $26.10 per hour pay plus commission bonuses based on the revenue that the assigned route generates.
• Health and Dental Insurance provided.
• Registered Pension Plan provided.