Driver Helper Seasonal

Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC; Garden City (KS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Driver Helper to assist with route deliveries and merchandising. This role is crucial for ensuring product quality and freshness while providing excellent customer service. You will work closely with the Driver Merchandiser, transporting products and maintaining displays. The position offers a chance to be part of a team that values its people and community, with a commitment to quality and service excellence. If you enjoy a dynamic work environment and are ready to contribute to a leading beverage distributor, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Wellness Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED preferred with at least one year of work experience.
• Customer service skills and ability to travel between accounts required.

Responsibilities

• Assist Driver Merchandiser with deliveries and merchandising.
• Provide excellent customer service and product rotation.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Ability to Lift 50 lbs

Mobility

Communication Skills

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

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

Disability Accommodation for Applicants

Heartland Coca-Cola is committed to providing individuals with disabilities with reasonable accommodations in its job application and hiring process. If you have difficulty using our on-line application system because of a disability, you may contact us at the following email address and phone number: [e-mail] or [phone].

This email address is reserved for individuals who require an accommodation due to a disability only. The Heartland Coca-Cola representative who monitors this email account will not have access to existing profiles in the system and will be unable to provide any application status updates.