Transportation Router

Performance Foodservice; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

401K Employer Matching

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Performance Foodservice is seeking a Router to design and manage delivery routes across our food distribution network. This role reports to the Transportation Manager and typically works a Sunday through Thursday shift.

You will interact with drivers, sales, warehouse, and customer service to ensure efficient, on-time deliveries using Roadnet and other routing tools. The position requires attention to detail, strong routing knowledge, and proficiency with MS Office.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of distribution, logistics, or transportation routing experience.
• Basic to intermediate computer skills with common software (MS Office).

Responsibilities

• Establish cost-efficient routes compliant with DOT guidelines.
• Create and maintain routing procedures and schedules for optimal resources.
• Maintain Roadnet routing data and ensure accuracy of locations, windows, and driver assignments.
• Produce reporting on routing costs, off-days, and KPI metrics.
• Recap previous days routing results and adjust standard routes as needed.
• Create driver maps and driving instructions for unfamiliar routes.
• Generate nightly driver manifests for distribution teams.
• Perform other routing-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Routing experience

MS Office

Basic computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Roadnet

MS Excel

Outlook

Job description

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Job Description

We Deliver the Goods:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Position Summary:

The Router position is an individual contributor role responsible for creating routes, managing routes, calculating delivery routes, times of deliveries and makes the necessary adjustments for drivers and customers. The Router role reports to the Transportation Manager or Routing Supervisor and normally works a Sunday through Thursday shift. The Router role works with numerous routing and software systems. The Router role requires strong attention to detail and process skills. The Router may interact with drivers, sales, transportation, warehouse and customer service personnel at management discretion. The Router functions as a team member within the department and organization, as required, and performs any duties assigned to best serve the company.

Position Responsibilities:

• Establish delivery routes which are cost effective and compliant with Federal DOT guidelines while still maintaining an acceptable level of customer service, quality and satisfaction. Utilize Roadnet application to ensure Delivery costs are held to company expected run rates year over year.
• Establish routing procedures and schedules which allow for the optimum use of personnel and equipment while keeping a strong emphasis on driver safety.
• Perform Roadnet application routing maintenance daily to ensure all locations have accurate, timely, and up-to-date information: Standard Routes and Customer Delivery Requirements, Geo-Coding, delivery days, time windows, service time types, service time overrides, account types, meal beaks, Route start times, pre/post trips, starting/ending depot, travel modes, color for mapping, assigned driver, equipment and DOT road checks, Plan Maintanence equipment with regards to costing, restrictions and capacities.
• Perform and provide costing, off-days, maintenance, scorecard, customer and KPI reporting on scheduled intervals.
• Perform recap of previous days actual routing results; make necessary changes/adjustments to the standard routes, if required.
• Make maps and print driving instructions for drivers that are not familiar with the route assigned.
• Produce driver manifest report and distribute nightly.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent Experience
• 5 years distribution, logistics, transportation routing experience.
• Basic/Intermediate computer skills including various software applications and MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)