Driver Salesman at Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd

Job Description    

• To ensure service delivery of bakery products to existing customers through on time and in full deliveries and bakery sales growth on route as per agreed targets in collaboration with the bakery sales team.

Key Responsibilities

• Bread sales (maintain current client base and upselling to existing and new products.
• Truck housekeeping – ensuring trucks are always neat and clean.
• Incident and accident reporting – ensuring all incidents and accidents are reported to management timeously.
• POD control – all POD’s to be signed, stamped and accounted for
• Fuel consumptions – meet targets as per company standard policy.
• Stock control – monitor the offloading and loading of all stock from the truck and ensure 100% accuracy.
• Crate control – monitor the offloading and loading of all Trays from the truck and ensure 100% accuracy.
• Daily Vehicle Checklists – trucks to be checked daily, checklists completed, defects reported and signed and handed to the fleet controller/supervisor.
• Document control – POD’s, fuel slips, toll slips, trip sheets, etc.
• Management of crew on the truck.

Qualification Requirements    

• Grade 12 – Essential.

Experience Requirements    

• Heavy vehicle (2.5-4 tonnes) driving experience (1-3 yrs.) - Essential.
• Sales and or retail experience (1-3 yrs.) - Desirable.
• Driver's License code 10/C1 with PDP - Essential.

Skills and Competencies    

• Basic Etiquette
• Baking Product Knowledge
• Personal hygiene requirements
• Food handling principles
• Stock control principles
• Customer relationship building
• Product demonstration skills
• Merchandising according to planogram
• Persuading and Influencing
• Dealing with customer complaints
• Basic reporting
• Good communications skills

Working Conditions    

• Pressurized environment, 6-day position.
• Required to work weekends and public holidays as per roster.
• Work with heavy products/equipment.
• Required to work shifts and overtime