Distribution Manager - Des Moines

Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Des Moines, IA seeks a Distribution Manager to oversee the branch's route delivery operations, mentor the delivery team, and ensure compliance with DOT and safety regulations while maintaining high service levels.

The role requires a Valid Class A CDL, extensive route experience, and strong leadership to recruit, train, and manage staff, coordinate with warehouses, and drive improvements in efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of route/delivery experience; an associate degree or higher is preferred.
• Valid Class A CDL with air brakes required; assistance to obtain may be provided.
• No more than 2 moving violations and no OWIs in the last five years.
• Minimum 3 years of previous personnel management experience preferred.
• Excellent customer service and professional appearance to uphold brand image.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills; able to handle on-site issues under stress.
• Consistent, regular attendance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain delivery standard procedures and ensure drivers follow work orders, safety and SOPs.
• Serve as senior mentor and coach for the route delivery team; schedule rides and visit customer locations.
• Oversee recruitment, training, performance management, scheduling, motivation, discipline, and development.
• Act as corporate liaison to meet customer and company performance expectations while reflecting Coca-Cola brand.
• Coordinate communication between departments to complete distribution activities like delivery, shelf filling, stock rotation, displays, and credits.
• Identify short- and long-term planning to improve efficiencies and customer service levels.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Route/delivery experience

CDL Class A

People management

Customer service

Problem-solving

Verbal/written communication

Team player

Flexibility

Attendance

Education

High school diploma/GED

Associates degree preferred

Job description

Overview/Function: The Distribution Manager is responsible for the branch's route delivery, ensuring route delivery activities are operating efficiently. The manager is the liaison to the Warehouse and Merchandising teams, working to ensure timely and accurate deliveries with responsibility for training and development activities to ensure service levels meet customer and Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company performance expectations.

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintain Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling's delivery standard procedures, and ensure drivers are following work orders, safety and DOT regulations, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and remain in compliance.
• Act as the senior mentor and coach for the route delivery team, scheduling rides with delivery staff, visit customer locations, and provide on-going coaching and feedback.
• Direct management responsibilities including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, training, performance management, schedules, motivation, discipline, and personnel development.
• Act as corporate liaison and ensure professional contact to meet customer and Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company performance expectations, while positively reflecting the company and iconic Coca-Cola brand image.
• Ensure effective communication between departments to effectively complete distribution activities such as delivery of product, filling of shelves, rotating stock, building displays, and receiving unsold product (credits).
• Proactively develop and recommend short and long term planning to help develop efficiencies and cost-savings, and to improve customer service levels.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

Experience & Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of route/delivery experience. Related experience will be considered. Associates degree or greater is preferred.
• Valid Class A CDL with air brakes is required. (We can help candidate to obtain.)
• No greater than 2 moving violations, and no OWIs in the last five years.
• At least 3 years of previous personnel management experience is preferred.
• Excellent customer service communication skills in order to interact with customers. Must provide professional contact and appearance with customers which upholds Atlantic Bottling's brand image.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and effectively solve on-site problems, while under potentially stressful situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent teacher and motivator.
• Excellent team-player.
• Flexible with the ability to adapt to varying situations.
• Consistent, regular attendance is an essential job function.

Additional:

• The role is mostly office-based, but will spend considerable time in a warehouse-environment and will travel to various customer sites; as a result each environment will vary.
• This position is very active and requires regular standing, walking, twisting, grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, sitting, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climb stairs. The employee may frequently lift and/or move items over 55 lbs. and will also push/pull approximately 150 lbs. of product using moving equipment. (Moving equipment and tools will be provided to reduce strains and injury.) Some manual finger, hand, and arm dexterity, and to potentially work around cramped and tight spaces will be needed. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Some regional day travel is required with this role.
• The role will frequently interact with customers.
• This role is considered a safety sensitive position.

Note: No posting can contain a fully comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required in this role. Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company offers a dynamic, ever-changing environment requiring flexibility and a willing, team-based attitude. Some duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

To ensure the safety of our employees, our customers, and our products, Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company offers a drug-free workplace. Employees are subject to pre-employment/post-offer drug and random drug testing.

EOE