Driver Helper Seasonal

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Garden City (KS); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Driver Helper, where you'll assist in delivering and merchandising products for a leading beverage distributor. This seasonal role offers the chance to engage directly with customers, ensuring that products are fresh and well-presented. With a focus on excellent customer service and teamwork, you'll be part of a company that values its employees and the community. Enjoy competitive pay and benefits while contributing to a company that prides itself on quality and service. If you're ready to take on a rewarding role in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you!

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Wellness Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills are required.
• Prior experience using powered pallet jack preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist Driver Merchandiser with route deliveries.
• Merchandise and rotate products according to standards.
• Provide polite customer service through positive communication.

Skills

Customer Service

Product Merchandising

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Powered Pallet Jack

Job description

Join the team at Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company!

Days/Hours of Work: Monday- Friday 4am- until completion

Seasonal position- end date September 5, 2025

Job Summary

The Driver Helper is responsible for assisting the Driver Merchandiser with route deliveries and additional merchandising of all products. Excellent customer service skills are required. Driver Helpers monitor product date codes and rotate our products to ensure the best quality and freshness for our customers.

Job Responsibilities

• Rides with the Driver Merchandiser to the accounts on the route. While at the account, helps transport product from the truck/trailer to the customer's backroom or beverage area.


• Merchandise, display, and rotate product according to company standards.


• Provide polite and cordial customer service skills through positive in-person communication.


• Picks up company property from customer locations and collects returns

Job Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED preferred.


• Minimum of one year of work experience required.


• Capable of traveling constantly between customer accounts.


• Prior experience using powered pallet jack preferred. Ability to obtain PIT (Powered Industrial Truck) certification upon hire is required.

Physical Requirements

• Speaking: Constantly with customers (investigates, negotiates, recommends, reports, etc.)


• Acute Vision: Constantly (observing both near and far, reading documents)


• Typing: Frequently using electronic devices for day-to-day business (order confirmation, instant messaging, texting)


• Mobility: Frequent travel throughout customer locations (Walking in backrooms, aisles, greeting customers)


• Bending/Squatting: Frequently (lifting and placing product from the truck to the ground or from pallets to shelf)


• Lifting: Frequent- Lift 50 lbs. or less (full cases of product)


• Pushing/pulling: Frequent use of manual carts


• Climbing: Frequent entering and exiting the cab of a truck

Pay:$16.50 an hour

About Heartland Coca-Cola

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best tasting Coca-Cola and Monster Beverages across the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our brand offerings provide multiple beverage options in non-alcoholic categories including sparkling soft drinks, water, ingredient enhanced, isotonics, tea, energy, juice, coffee and nutrition.We value our people, customers and community which drives our passion to work and win together as a team.

Benefits and Other Information

We offer a competitive benefits package to full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, wellness programs and tuition reimbursement. Part-time employees are eligible for paid time off, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement.

Pre-employment background check is required.

Heartland Coca-Cola is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and any other class protected by law. Veteran friendly.

Requisition ID: 217180

Company:Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC