CDL B Local Delivery Truck Driver

FreshPoint a Sysco Company; Charlotte (NC); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a CDL Box Truck Delivery Driver, where you will play a vital role in ensuring local businesses receive their products on time. This dynamic position involves running daily routes, managing deliveries, and providing excellent customer service. You will enjoy a competitive starting pay, incentives, and an industry-leading benefits package, all while maintaining a work-life balance with local routes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and love engaging with customers, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Industry-leading benefits package

Local routes

Paid by the class

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• One year of route delivery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Run daily routes efficiently with frequent stops.
• Unload products and verify delivery with customers.
• Handle customer complaints and follow safety protocols.

Skills

Customer service skills

Problem resolution skills

Driving skills in various conditions

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Adaptability

Education

High School or GED

Tools

Commercial Driver’s License - Class B

Job description

CARVE OUT YOUR FUTURE WITH FRESHPOINT RALEIGH, A Sysco Company
Hiring Immediately: CDL BOX TRUCK DELIVERY DRIVER
$21.00 STARTING PAY plus Incentives

• Balance the priorities important to you
• Industry-leading benefits package
• Local routes that have you home in time for dinner
• Keep businesses in your neighborhood running
• Paid by the class

Apply today at: https://wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/sysco/syscocareers/job/Freshpoint-Charlotte/CDL-B-Local-Delivery-Truck-Driver_R163955

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.
• Run 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 errors/returns.
• Call in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts).
• Handle any customer complaints professionally.
• Handle company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and perform 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:

• 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.
• Customer service experience strongly preferred.

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.