Router

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Division Router

Distribution Center Address: 6200 Gordon Food Service Drive, Concord NC

Are you all about planning and maintaining efficient transportation routes? Join our logistics team as a division router! You’ll be responsible for routing customer orders in the most efficient way possible for multiple shipping facilities, collaborating with Transportation Manager on set-up and maintenance of route groups, creating and distributing reports, and more! Be part of a skilled team that offers respect, expertise, and professional development.

Pay: Salary starting at $68,000 depending on experience

Work Schedule:

• Sunday - Thursday, Sunday is 8am-12pm, Monday - Thursday 10am-7pm

• Flexibility with work schedule. Would need to be able to help other days to support while others are on vacation.

Total Rewards at GFS

• Affordable benefits plans start day one!

• Weekly pay 

• Wellness reimbursement 

• Profit sharing & 401(k) with company match 

• Emergency child and elder care 

• 95% of leadership is hired from within GFS - start your career here!

Does this look like you?

• Two to five years of experience in the distribution/wholesale industry

• High school diploma or equivalent required

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates multiple shipping sites through implementation of RoadNet or Appian software to maximize efficiency of routes on a daily basis.

• Routes all customer orders in the most efficient way for multiple shipping facilities/branches while under constant time and accuracy constraints while adhering to established procedures, protocols, and customer commitments.

• Creates and distributes reports to internal and external customers, including completion of internal logs and reports necessary to the operation of the department.

• Collects and evaluates customer orders downloaded throughout the day.

• Performs manual entry of cross-dock orders into the routing software 

• Analyzes daily and/or weekly routing solutions to point out possible inefficiencies.

• Accommodates special customer requests/needs when possible.

• Collaborates with Transportation Manager on set-up and maintenance of skeleton route groups in Roadnet/Appian routing package.

• Notifies appropriate parties via phone or E-mail of completed routing files which may include external customers.

• May be required to fill in for others from time to time on different shift or day.

• Performs weekly maintenance in routing files of new or closed customers

• Assists in archiving of route and order information throughout the week.

• Imports final route information into workbench.

• Collaborates with leadership team to help create efficient use of rolling stock

• Collaborates with Transportation Manager in scheduling of all Drivers.

• Collaborates with Customer Service and Sales Team to solve customer issues as they arise.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Reasoning - ability to analyze traffic route and develop changes/improvements

• Communication - standard & technical reading and writing skills, conversational and customer service oriented speaking skills 

• Self Management - ability to work individually and in team environment

• Vocational - knowledge of DOT, OSHA, and smith systems (keys to driving)

• Must have experience with a mid to large size company  with volume of 60+ routes

• Excellent experience with MS Office

• Ability to pro