Delivery Route Driver - CDL/A - Beverage Distribution

Coastal Beverage Company Inc; Elizabeth City (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Dental insurance

S125 plans

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Coastal Beverage Company Inc in North Carolina is seeking a Delivery Route Driver – Full Service to safely deliver, unload, stock, and maintain our beverage products at customer accounts. You will represent CBC with professional appearance, strong time management and outstanding customer service.

This field-based role requires adherence to DOT regulations, proper material handling, and accurate route settlement.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to read safety rules and operating manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Basic math: add, subtract, multiply, divide; compute rates and percentages.
• Ability to obtain and maintain beer/wine sales license.
• Must have valid driver’s license and driving record compliant with company standards.

Responsibilities

• Visit accounts as scheduled to deliver product.
• Be present at customer accounts during standard business hours.
• Maintain safe handling per CBC policy and DOT regulations.
• Drive safely, perform vehicle inspections, and attend safety training.
• Rotate product per policy; stock shelves and merchandise back stock.
• Ensure accurate settlement of daily route and handle payments securely.

Skills

Customer service

Time management

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Route accounting system

Email software

POS systems

Job description

Coastal Beverage Company Inc

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Delivery Route Driver – Full Service

Join the COASTAL CREW! Coastal Beverage Company, Inc., the leading beverage distributor in Eastern North Carolina is looking for a DELIVERY ROUTE DRIVER-FULL SERVICE. If you are a service driven professional looking for a solid career with a growing company, then we invite you to join our CREW!

As a DELIVERY ROUTE DRIVER-FULL SERVICE, you will be responsible for safely delivering, unloading, stocking and maintaining our beverage products in our customer accounts. Professional appearance, excellent time management, and outstanding customer service skills required.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Visit accounts as scheduled to deliver product.
• This is a field-based role requiring consistent presence in customer accounts throughout the day during designated standard business hours to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Ensure all sales, transactions, and POS are in compliance with ABC regulations.
• Work safely and comply with CBC policies and processes to ensure proper material handling techniques and defensive driving; use appropriate PPE; and, attend all required safety training.
• Comply with all DOT regulations. Follow all policies and procedures associated with daily vehicle inspections, driving, substance abuse, and hours of service requirements.
• Establish positive working relationships with primary contact at each account and with CBC sales staff. Represent CBC in a professional manner by professional appearance and communication. Communicate timely and effectively with sales staff and management team to elevate any customer concerns or issues.
• Rotate product in compliance with customer, supplier, and CBC policy. Stock shelves, build displays, and merchandise/organize back stock, shelves and coolers.
• Remove out of date and/or damaged product on a pre-approved management exception; remove all empty kegs and pallets.
• Price product (for specific accounts designated as driver-priced).
• Verify ticket and product information, obtain customer signature, and collect payment; secure cash and checks in safe and locked cab of truck to prevent theft.
• Responsible for daily, accurate settlement of route.
• Responsible for the care and maintenance of company-assigned property and equipment.
• Responsible for providing guidance and direction to route assistants on the route.
• Responsible for regular and punctual attendance to ensure product is delivered timely to CBC customers.
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Possess and display Coastal Beverage Company's Core Values at all times:
  • Craft It
  • Own It
  • Protect It
  • Celebrate It
• Possess education equivalent to a high school diploma.
• Possess the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Possess the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Possess basic mathematical skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, use whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Possess the ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
• Possess ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Possess computer skills requiring knowledge of e-mail software, route accounting system, and Internet.
• Possess the ability to maintain regular and punctual in-person attendance to regularly support delivery operations and service customer accounts.
• Possess ability to obtain and maintain an active beer and wine sales license.
• Possess ability to drive, valid driver's license, and a driving record compliant with company standards.

Physical Requirements

Regularly/constantly (>66% of workday)

• Employees must regularly/constantly handle/grip, hear, see. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, eye-hand coordination, acuity, and ability to adjust focus.

Frequently (34-66% of workday)

• Employees must frequently sit, stand, walk, climb, lift kegs up to 160 pounds and cases up to 46 pounds, push and pull exerting forces up to 65 pounds (hand truck), and talk.

Occasionally (<34% of workday)

• Employees must occasionally balance, stoop, crouch, kneel, twist of trunk, lift one-handed, reach below knee, reach knee to shoulder, reach above shoulder accessing items 72 inches high, finger and pinch.

Coastal Beverage Company offers a competitive salary and benefits package including 401(k) plan, health, dental, S125 plans, life, and disability coverage.

All candidates must consent to pre-employment inquiries and tests including criminal background, MVR check, physical assessment (job simulation) and drug tests.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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