Delivery & Warehouse Associate

Elite Brands of Colorado, Inc.; Montrose (CO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Elite Brands of Colorado, Inc. is seeking a Western Slope Delivery Associate to help complete beverage distribution tasks on a fast-paced route. You will receive orders, pick and deliver to restaurants, bars, and retailers, and assist with inventory accuracy and reporting.

The role requires reliable, safety-minded individuals with 1–2 years of related experience, valid driver's license, and strong communication skills. A team-oriented environment and professional conduct are expected.

Qualifications

• Language ability: read, write and present information clearly to customers and coworkers.
• Math ability: perform basic arithmetic and interpret measurements.
• Reasoning ability: apply common sense to follow instructions and solve routine problems.
• Experience: 1-2 years in related roles.
• Certificate and Licenses: Driver's License and acceptable driving record.

Responsibilities

• Deliver products to restaurants, bars and retail accounts on a scheduled route.
• Execute routes efficiently while providing excellent customer service.
• Ensure accurate delivery per customer invoices and maintain inventory accuracy.
• Unload trucks and containers using appropriate equipment (hand trucks, pallet jacks, forklifts).
• Operate vehicles (GVWR 26,000 lbs) safely and maintain clean vehicles.

Skills

Language ability

Math ability

Reasoning ability

Education

Experience: 1-2 years

Job description

Title: Western Slope Delivery Associate

Reports To: Western Slope Delivery Manager

Anticipated Schedule: FULL-TIME

Summary

The Western Slope Delivery Associate assists with completing all aspects of a beverage distribution operation. Duties include receiving internal and external orders, maintaining inventory with accuracy, picking orders for delivery, and completing assigned deliveries. The job is fast paced and will require excellent communication, time, and task management skills. Success in this role will always require open and honest feedback to all members of the team.

Essential Duties

• Deliver product to restaurants, bars, and retail accounts on the Western Slope
• Execute assigned routes efficiently while providing excellent customer service
• Ensure accurate delivery of appropriate merchandise in accordance with customer invoices, while providing great customer service to our clients.
• Unloads trucks and containers using appropriate equipment (hand trucks, pallet jacks, and forklifts).
• Use a dolly, ramp, and proper techniques to move full (165 lbs.) and empty (30 lbs.) kegs
• Follows proper inventory rotation methods, transfers goods from bulk storage to picking locations.
• Records and reports inventory discrepancies in system and/or to manager and assists in inventory audits and physical counts.Support other warehouse functions such as packing, shipping, or returns as needed.
• Pull merchandise from inventory using voice pick system, lifting and carrying merchandise and packaging merchandise securely to avoid damage.
• Loads delivery trucks in order of route manifest in a secure manner that minimizes product damage and creates a safe environment for all employees.
• Operates company vehicle with GVWR of 26,000 lbs. in a professional, safe and courteous manner.
• Ensures delivery of vehicles are clean and in good working conditions.
• Assists in maintaining a neat and clean workplace at all times.
• Provides customers with receipts or credit form for merchandise to be picked up.

Remember, you are a representative of Elite Brands of Colorado, and being professional and courteous to all employees and customers is part of the responsibility of this position!

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Language Ability: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Education/Experience: One to two years related experience and/or training.
• Certificates and Licenses: Driver's License and acceptable driving record.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; outdoor weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold (non-weather); risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equipment

• Box Truck (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 26,000 lbs.)
• Pro-Master Van (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 9,350 lbs.)
• Hand Truck
• Electric Pallet Jack

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands; reach using hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 165 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.