Route Driver

Pay: $21.50 hourly

The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

Benefit Information:
ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM 2023 Employee Benefits | Front Line Team Members ( Programa de beneficios de ).

Shift:
Work: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3:00 AM-12:30 PM

Off: Wednesday & Sunday

In support of one of our growing clients in this area, ABM is currently taking applications for a Route Driver. Our client, a subsidiary of a leading producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods in the United States, is rapidly expanding its presence in this area. This leading baking company, through over 40 U.S. subsidiaries, currently produces breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes and pastries, which are distributed fresh to foodservice and retail customers in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southwest, as well as select markets in California and Nevada. The distribution is accomplished in large part through direct-store-delivery (“DSD”) service by over 3,500 independent distributors who own the rights to distribute certain brands of fresh packaged bakery products in their geographic territories.

Essential Functions

• A self-motivated and sales-focused mind-set
• Excellent organizational skills
• A natural ability to deliver excellent customer service

Responsibilities

• Helps product to load and unload merchandise as needed
• Inspects vehicles on a regular basis to find any unsafe conditions or maintenance issues; performs routine cleaning and bus maintenance activities
• Miscellaneous duties as assigned
• Functions and Responsibilities:
• The key functions of a Route Driver will be to deliver, display, and sell company products on assigned sales routes in accordance with established merchandising programs and standards. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Learn and use the basic fundamentals of a DSD system including:
• Display / Merchandising / Ordering Products
• Time schedule / Callbacks / Operating Handheld Device
• Customer Relations
• Know your customers by name, their store policies that affect you, and their basic wants and needs
• Establish a sound, professional relationship with key personnel.
• Maintain a neat professional appearance.

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Must meet all requirements to receive required airport SIDA badge and Customs Seal (if applicable), including ten-year work history if available

Preferred Qualifications:

• Customer Service Experience
• 1 yr of similar work experience