About the role
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: * 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.
Preferred Skills & Abilities: * 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.”
Physical Demands & Work Environment * 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.
Benefits: * Beverage product discounts