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Route Sales Specialist

Schwan's Company

Richmond, VAFull-time$59–61K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$59–61K/yr
Location
Richmond, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Class B CDL With Airbrake EndorsementMedical Certification RequirementsDOT Physical

Job overview

Schwan's Company is hiring a Route Sales Specialist to provide route coverage, deliver products, place orders, and merchandise grocery products. The role includes using handheld technology and sales software, building in-store relationships, and maintaining truck and DOT compliance. It offers a Monday–Friday schedule with occasional weekend travel and early morning starts, along with opportunities to develop leadership skills.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Product DeliveryOrder PlacementProduct MerchandisingHandheld TechnologySales SoftwareRelationship BuildingTruck InspectionsSafe Lifting

Qualifications

Previous DSD, Grocery, Delivery, or Warehouse ExperienceHigh School Diploma or EquivalentClass B CDL With Airbrake EndorsementMust Be 21+Medical Certification RequirementsPre-Employment Background CheckDrug TestDOT Physical

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Immediately Hiring

If you are interested in building your career in a growing company with popular retail brands such as Red Baron®, Tony's®, and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith's® and Edwards® desserts; bibigo® and Pagoda® Asian-style snacks, this role is for you!

What We Offer

  • Pay: $59000 - $61000

  • Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and 401K with Company Match

  • Paid vacation and holidays

  • Company uniform and footwear allowance provided

  • Opportunities for career advancement into leadership positions

What You Will Do

In this CDL Class B position, you provide route coverage while delivering product, placing orders, and merchandising product to ensure our products are available on store shelves for grocery shoppers. In addition, this position provides opportunities to develop the leadership skills needed for leadership positions.

  • Work a Monday -- Friday schedule (some weekend travel required at times); early morning start time

  • Unload products, place product in the back room, and collect proof of delivery

  • Place orders and drive additional sales by gaining display space and promoting new products

  • Merchandise product, maintain display space, and rotate product

  • Use handheld technology and sales software to complete daily work

  • Build in-store relationships and work effectively with co-workers in a fast-paced environment

  • Maintain DOT rules and regulations and perform truck inspections

What We Look For

  • Previous DSD, grocery, delivery, or warehouse experience

  • High School diploma or equivalent

  • Class B CDL with airbrake endorsement and ability to meet medical certification requirements; must be 21 years or older

  • Ability to safely lift 35 pounds and move frozen product using appropriate equipment

  • Ability to meet pre-employment background check, drug test, and DOT physical requirements

The employing subsidiaries of CJ Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, veteran status, national origin, or other protected class.

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How this job compares

Set against the 983 open Delivery jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$59–61K/yr
  • US median$154–304K/yr292 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $60K, is 73% below the US median midpoint ($226K) — in the lowest quarter of Delivery salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 34 open Delivery jobs in Virginia and 983 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Delivery postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 10 years (352 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 310 of the 983 open Delivery jobs (32%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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