Route Delivery Driver

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence-which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

As the Route Delivery Driver, you will service customers by thoroughly understanding and providing accurate product and pricing information, taking orders, and ensuring product is delivered in a safe and efficient manner. You will be responsible for growing and building sales with both new and existing accounts, and providing premier service to each customer, every delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Understand the process of picking and packing orders

Knowledge of and adherence to all company, state and federal rules, regulations, policies and procedures

Ensure goods are loaded into trucks in a safe and logical order communicate needed changes to supervisor/router/manager

Ensure the load is properly secured at all times

Verify order to ensure correct products loaded, and delivered

Deliver orders to customers as routed/scheduled. Communicate any needed routing changes to supervisor/router/manager

Responsible for handling merchandise in a safe and efficient manner

Unload products from delivery truck and place product as the customer directs

Provide efficient, accurate and productive service to the customer at all times

Ensure all necessary delivery paperwork is completed accurately and in full. Complete credit/debit documentation accurately

Return all shipping documents, return product and credit documentation to designated area on completion of deliveries

Maintain cleanliness of vehicle and report any maintenance problems to manager

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the company-customer relationship as it applies to the scope of the job function.

Work in tandem with assigned route/territory sales rep(s) in developing strategy for increased sales

Develop new customers through personal sales calls

Generate own leads, as well as excellent follow-up on company furnished accounts

Initiate and control sales processes with new clients

Provide guidance, assistance and service to customers

Sell products at maximum profit margin with consideration given to current market pressures

Utilize negotiation skills and apply established company pricing standards

Create, maintain and execute a successful territory sales plan

Attend and actively participate in all sales meetings

Communicate and support administrative personnel in keeping customers within credit terms

Understand and positively communicate all company policies and procedures

Monitor sales volumes, distribution margins and related measurements (plan vs. actual)

Report variances with corrective actions to the Sales Manager /Supervisor once per period

Utilize order and pricing guides; prepare quotes

Support daily push and extra value items

Maintain working knowledge of company product lines and services to enhance sales efforts and increase sales volumes with both existing and new customers.

Identify opportunities for line-item growth and communicate to sales reps. This will include information on competitive activity, distribution of Point of Sale (POS) material as required

Address and/or communicate customer issues and requests in a timely manner to the appropriate individuals to facilitate resolution

Perform all other duties, as may be assigned

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required:

High school diploma or GED.

A minimum of one year of related experience in delivery and sales of perishable food products.

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