Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Exact $27.00
Work Schedule
Day Shifts
Fixed Shifts
Benefits
home in time for dinner with 10-hour routes
early morning starts (2AM-5AM)
Incentive earning potential
Paid vacation and holidays
Retirement benefits
Employee Discount Program
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Job Description
Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiary FreshPoint Connecticut, LLC, is a leading global provider in the foodservice distribution industry. Operating as part of a vast network with over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet surpassing 13,000 vehicles, Sysco manages approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide. The company serves more than 700,000 customer locations, making it a trusted partner for a wide range of foodservice establishments including restaurants, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and hospitality providers. FreshPoint Connecticut operates with a commitment to excellence, offering innovative, high-quality fresh and prepared food products to its customers. Located in Avon, Massachusetts, the local branch emphasizes a supportive... Show More
Job Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- One year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck
- Valid Commercial Driver's License - Class B (Class A preferred)
- Ability to read and speak English sufficiently
- Ability to operate vehicle in various traffic and weather conditions
- Meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the company
- Meet or exceed established cases per error goals
- Demonstrate strong customer relations and problem resolution skills
- Effectively plan and organize work activities independently
- Develop knowledge of product and inventory control techniques
- Maintain inter-department communications on routing, safety, and customer relations
- Communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic
- Able to frequently lift products up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 80 pounds
- Must be able to climb on and off the box of the truck
- Capable of frequent bending, squatting, pushing, and pulling
- Able to work in confined spaces
Job Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- One year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck
- Valid Commercial Driver's License - Class B (Class A preferred)
- Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records
- Ability to operate vehicle in various traffic and weather conditions
- Strong customer relations and problem resolution skills
- Effective planning and organizing work activities independently
- Good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures
- Maintain ongoing inter-department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations
- Proven ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic
- Skills in building customer loyalty, managing work, adaptability, building trust, follow-up, and communication
Job Duties
- Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects
- Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times
- Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas
- Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1-75 pounds, up to 100 pounds
- frequently reach up to 72 inches to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart
- constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer
- Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures
- Contact management for authorization when discrepancies on invoice and communicate all errors/returns
- Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts)
- Handles any customer complaints professionally
- Handles company equipment properly, follows written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection
- Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures
- Organize a truck and make the deliveries efficiently
- Check whether a truck is operating well enough to perform the route
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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