Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLC ("Heartland Coca-Cola") produces, sells, and distributes the highest quality and best tasting Coca-Cola beverages across Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Our success is rooted in the guiding principles of putting PEOPLE first, serving our local COMMUNITY, and providing great brands to our CUSTOMERS and consumers. We work and win together as a team by promoting a culture that values how our people think, feel, and act.

Job Summary

The Driver Helper is responsible for assisting the Driver Merchandiser with route deliveries and additional merchandising of all products. Excellent customer service skills are required.
Our Driver Helpers monitor product date codes and rotate our products to ensure the best quality and freshness for our customers.

• Rides with the Driver Merchandiser to the accounts on the route. While at the account, helps transport product from the truck/trailer to the customer's backroom or beverage area.
• Merchandise, display, and rotate product according to company standards.
• Provide polite and cordial customer service skills through positive in-person communication.
• Picks up company property from customer locations and collects returns

• Speaking: Constantly with customers (investigates, negotiates, recommends, reports, etc.)
• Acute Vision: Constantly (observing both near and far, reading documents)
• Typing: Frequently using electronic devices for day-to-day business (order confirmation, instant messaging, texting)
• Mobility: Frequent travel throughout customer locations (Walking in backrooms, aisles, greeting customers)
• Bending/Squatting: Frequently (lifting and placing product from the truck to the ground or from pallets to shelf)
• Lifting: Frequent- Lift 50 lbs. or less (full cases of product)
• Pushing/pulling: Frequent use of manual carts
• Climbing: Frequent entering and exiting the cab of a truck

• High School Diploma/GED preferred.
• Minimum of one year of work experience required.
• Capable of traveling constantly between customer accounts.
• Prior experience using powered pallet jack preferred. Ability to obtain PIT (Powered Industrial Truck) certification upon hire is required.