About this role
We are a tight-knit group with a family feel. We are proud of who we are and where we come from and enjoy helping our community.
Our hard-working team is in need of a full time Class A Route Driver in Woodbury. The ideal candidate will have a positive, “can-do” attitude with relevant driving experience and a current Class A CDL license with air brake endorsement.
Prairie Farms offers the successful candidate a great wage and benefit package, career stability, and opportunity for growth with a successful and secure company.
Set schedule. Home every night!
Responsibilities:
- Drive over established routes or territories to sell and deliver dairy products.
- Maintain existing accounts and work to build strong customer relationships.
- Distribute all authorized products to accounts.
- Maintain company property such as trucks, computers, cell phones, money and etc.
- Required to adhere to company policies.
- Must abide by all D.O.T. and company D.O.T. guidelines.
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds
Requirements:
- HSD/GED required.
- Route Sales Driver must be dependable, responsible, trustworthy, an early riser, and customer service oriented.
- Must have basic skills in math, reading, and writing. Basic math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- The successful candidate will possess and maintain a Class A CDL with air brake and be able to pass a DOT physical including a drug test.
- Route Sales experience preferred.
This person is also responsible for the dairy case at their stops on the route. These duties include keeping the stock rotated properly and ensuring the appearance of the product is acceptable. This person also will have a great amount of customer contact and therefore should have or be able to attain sales skills.
Must be able to drive, stand, walk, kneel, lift and bend required for virtually the entire shift. Balance pulling product, climbing in and out of the truck. Ability to lift and/or move up to six cases on a hand truck. (Cases weigh 20 to 55 lbs.) Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor environments, cold and hot temperatures.
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor will be required.
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Other facts
About Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
Drink Local With Prairie Farms Dairy
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful dairy cooperatives operating in the Midwest and the South. Elements of the cooperative include nearly 600 farm families, 7,000 associates, 48 manufacturing plants, 100+ distribution facilities, and annual sales of over $4.6 billion.
Prairie Farms is a nationally recognized leader in the dairy industry known for milk flavor innovations and producing award-winning milk, cheese, ice cream, and cultured dairy products.
With headquarters in Edwardsville, Ill., the Prairie Farms distribution footprint covers over 30 percent of the United States; products are available in grocery chains, mass merchandiser stores, club stores, convenience stores, dollar stores, drug stores, schools, foodservice outlets, and warehouse distribution centers.
Prairie Farms has proudly adopted the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment, affirming to our customers, our consumers and the global marketplace Prairie Farms' pledge to responsible dairy production as we nourish the communities we serve. For more information about the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment, go to: http://commitment.usdairy.com.
Learn more about our dairy farmers and cooperative by visiting www.prairiefarms.com.
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What you'll do
- The Route Driver is responsible for driving over established routes to sell and deliver dairy products while maintaining existing accounts and building strong customer relationships. Additional duties include maintaining company property and adhering to D.O.T. guidelines.
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