- Location
- Jerome, ID
- Type
- Part-time
- Department
- Transportation
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
Who We Are:
Watkins Distributing is a family owned and operated beverage distribution company that has serviced Idaho and Montana for four generations.
Job Summary:
Driver helper/merchandisers support our delivery and merchandising teams by helping drivers with local deliveries within a defined territory and by traveling to grocery stores and other beverage outlets to ensure our products are stocked, displayed, and rotated correctly in accounts along their route.
Key Responsibilities:
Watkins Distributing is a family owned and operated beverage distribution company that has serviced Idaho and Montana for four generations.
Job Summary:
Driver helper/merchandisers support our delivery and merchandising teams by helping drivers with local deliveries within a defined territory and by traveling to grocery stores and other beverage outlets to ensure our products are stocked, displayed, and rotated correctly in accounts along their route.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help deliver product in a safe, timely, and professional manner.
- Unload product from trailer using a pallet jack and/or hand truck.
- Handle a wide array of different beverage products, safely and efficiently.
- Fill all cooler space, shelf space, displays, and backstock areas with beverage products.
- Rotate stock to comply with “sell-by” dates and company freshness standards.
- Build, maintain, and dismantle branded promotional displays and endcaps.
- Install signage, decals, and promotional point-of-sale materials.
- Pick up empty keg shells, damaged items, or mis-ordered product for credit.
- Drive a company or personal vehicle between stops.
- Communicate effectively with delivery drivers, sales representatives, merchandising supervisor, and store personnel, and follow directions they communicate.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Self-motivated, as they will not always have a supervisor on site.
- Organized, with strong time management, excellent attention to detail, and communication skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Must be able to navigate a hand truck full of product.
- Ability to utilize standard hand-held computer input/output devices.
- Enjoys a position where they are active and moving around often.
- Prefers a flexible, dynamic position, as this is not a 9-5 “office job.”
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record with no major violations.
- Reliable transportation to use throughout workday and proof of auto insurance. Mileage reimbursement provided.
- Must be able to lift and move cases ranging from 20 - 30 lbs. regularly and 160 lbs. to waist level. Tasks include bending, squatting, reaching, and standing for extended periods.
- Work independently across multiple retail locations, including early mornings and during weekends or peak holiday periods.
- Operate delivery vehicle safely in frequently varying weather conditions.
- Beverage product discounts
Skills
Customer ServiceMerchandising