Class-A Route Specialist Driver

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated; Northwood (MD); On-site; USD 24,796 - 35,817; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated is seeking a Route Specialist to cover routes, manage orders, deliveries, and unloading at customer locations on designated routes.

You will stock and facing products, rotate stock, and train teammates while collaborating with sales, delivery, and customer management to meet commitments, maintaining safety and service standards.

Qualifications

• Valid driver's license with clean 7-year MVR.
• CDL Class A or ability to obtain; pass DOT requirements.
• Ability to pass DOT physical.
• Experience in route delivery, stocking or retail management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cover vacation routes to maintain sales and customer service.
• Order, fill, merchandise, rotate products on shelves and coolers.
• Perform route duties across bulk, conventional, full service, and cold bottle.
• Train new route teammates and support supervisors.
• Address urgent customer needs promptly and professionally.
• Assist with territory projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Valid driver's license

CDL Class A

DOT physical

Lift 50 lbs

Safety awareness

Route delivery experience

Weekend/holiday availability

Excellent driving history

Retail merchandising

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or GED

CDL certification

DOT knowledge

Tools

Pallet jack

Hand-truck

Material handling equipment

Job description

Overview

The Route Specialist will cover the routes of teammates when they are away and maintain their established routes, including orders, delivery, and unloading our products at customer locations on designated routes, in a courteous, professional, compliant, safe, and timely manner. This fast-paced role is also responsible for stocking and facing products on displays and shelves, in coolers and cold vaults while ensuring that appropriate rotation standards are maintained. The Route Specialist may be asked to train new route sales teammates and to assist the Supervisor, as time permits; handle urgent customer needs to satisfy commitments made to customers, and serve as an ambassador of our company and the world\'s most recognized brands.

Responsibilities

• Cover vacation routes competently to maintain established route standards and sales to prevent missing important opportunities, 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 activities per route discipline (bulk, conventional, full service, and cold bottle).
• Assist the Supervisor in training new route sales teammates and assist supervisors as time permits, focusing on safety, efficiency, and customer service.
• Handle urgent customer needs to meet commitments in a timely, consistent, and professional manner, through collaboration with sales, delivery, and customer management teams.
• Assist the supervisor with projects and tasks across the territory, and other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Able to perform job duties with minimal supervision on a timely basis.
• Dependability, initiative, professional demeanor, and the ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with repetitive lifting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. of product repetitively.
• Availability to work some weekends and some holidays.
• Experience in route delivery, direct store delivery, stocking, merchandising, or retail management is strongly preferred.
• Excellent safety record.
• Ability to push and pull manual and powered material handling equipment (e.g., pallet jack, hand-truck) containing product for a minimum of 100 yards without assistance.
• Ability to read, speak, write, and understand English and perform basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
• Route Specialist is typically a senior role capable of covering any route discipline.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid driver\'s license for your state of residency with an excellent driving history reflected on a 7-year Motor Vehicle Report.
• Commercial Driver\'s License (CDL) or permit (Class A) or the ability to obtain such.
• Ability to pass and maintain DOT physical requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Retail management or merchandising experience.

Work Environment

Work environment will vary, including exposure to weather conditions, coolers, and customer storage areas which may be non-temperature controlled.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.