Delivery Driver Job at Class A Drivers in Paterson
Class A Drivers, Paterson, NJ, United States, 07544
Position Overview
Annual salary: $61,910. Click here to view our Driver Job Preview Video.
This position involves delivering products to stores on established routes or via dynamic dispatch to various customer locations, including convenience stores, gas stations, small supermarkets, and drug stores, with an average of 15-20 stops per day. The driver is responsible for unloading products, stocking store shelves, displays, vending equipment, and coolers, as well as building displays and setting up promotional materials like signage and banners. Additionally, the role includes generating invoices and managing daily cash and charge settlements, with frequent interaction with store management.
This role is labor-intensive, requiring lifting, loading, and pushing/pulling a high volume of cases (20-45 pounds each) multiple times a day. It also involves reaching, squatting, and bending during deliveries and merchandising, often under various weather conditions. During peak seasons, longer work hours may be necessary.
Primary Accountabilities
- Deliver products, serve customers, and execute promotions across multiple stores daily.
- Operate trucks requiring an appropriate CDL license, including basic maneuvers like driving forward, backward, and navigating tight spaces.
- Service all scheduled customers by the end of each shift.
- Merchandise and rotate products according to local standards, including filling shelves, building displays, and removing out-of-date products.
- Push and pull pallet jacks, hand trucks, and breakdowns to move products to and from the truck.
- Establish positive relationships with primary contacts at each account.
- Comply with operating procedures, including scan-in/scan-out and following designated routes.
- Communicate effectively with customers, building rapport and attentiveness to their needs.
- Follow DOT regulations.
- Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.