Location: Ceres, CA
Pay: $70,304 per year
Schedule: Full-Time | 5:00 AM Start Time
Position Type: Direct Store Delivery (DSD) / Route Sales
We are currently hiring an experienced DSD Relief Associate / Relief Route Sales Representative in Ceres, CA. This position is responsible for covering open DSD routes, delivering products to retail customers, maintaining inventory and merchandising standards, and providing excellent customer service.
This is a route-based position involving extensive driving, physical product handling, merchandising, and sales.
Key Responsibilities
- Run open DSD routes and efficiently deliver products to assigned retail customers.
- Promote and upsell company brands and products while servicing accounts.
- Complete service calls and respond to customer concerns in a timely and professional manner.
- Check in with store decision-makers and receivers upon arrival.
- Obtain required signatures and proof of delivery.
- Use a handheld device to process transactions, orders, backstock, returns, credits, and customer information.
- Manage route inventory and balance daily route activity.
- Collect customer payments and protect company equipment and assets.
- Unload and transport products throughout stores using carts, pallets, and other equipment.
- Stock merchandise and ensure backstock reaches the sales floor.
- Organize and maintain back-room inventory.
- Rotate products and remove expired, damaged, or defective merchandise.
- Process product returns and credits with store receivers.
- Maintain clean, organized shelves, displays, and backstock areas.
- Break down boxes and properly dispose of waste.
- Assemble and remove promotional materials, including signs, banners, and displays.
- Merchandise store displays and ensure accurate inventory, pricing, and date-code rotation.
Requirements
- Bilingual required.
- Previous DSD or truck-to-store sales experience required.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 1 year of related experience preferred.
- Previous sales experience strongly preferred.
- Clean DMV record and ability to meet company insurability requirements.
- Strong verbal communication and customer service skills.
- Comfortable working independently and managing a route.
- Basic computer, handheld device, data-entry, and math skills.
- Ability to work an early schedule with a 5:00 AM start time.
- Must be comfortable with extensive daily driving.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
This is an active, physically demanding position that requires frequent standing, walking, bending, crouching, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and carrying.
Candidates must be able to:
- Frequently lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Safely move products using carts, pallets, and related equipment.
- Work around operating equipment and other conditions requiring appropriate safety precautions.
- Work on various surfaces and in different retail and delivery environments.
- Perform repetitive physical activities throughout the workday.
Pay: $70,304 per year
If you have previous DSD, route sales, delivery, or truck-to-store sales experience and are looking for a full-time opportunity in the Ceres area, we encourage you to apply.