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Route Specialist 5Day NU

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated

Lexington, KYFull-time$220Seen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$220
Location
Lexington, KY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Class A CDL Or Permit Or Ability To ObtainState Driver's License

Job overview

The Route Specialist covers teammates’ routes and maintains established service standards, including ordering, delivering, unloading, stocking, and rotating products at customer locations. The role also handles urgent customer needs and may assist with training new route sales teammates and supervisor projects. Work is scheduled Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends and a 5:00 a.m. start time.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Route DeliveryDirect Store DeliveryProduct StockingMerchandisingRetail ManagementDependabilityInitiativeProfessional DemeanorSound JudgmentLiftingPushing and PullingEnglishBasic Math

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDState Driver's LicenseExcellent Driving HistoryClass a CDL or Permit or Ability to ObtainDOT Physical Requirements

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance

Full job description

Experience Required

None

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma/G.E.D.

Compensation

$7.25 / hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

First (Day)

Job Description

Requisition ID: 269684

Locations: Lexington

Pay: $220.00 daily rate

Schedule: Monday - Friday; occasional weekends - 5:00am start time

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Job Overview

The Route Specialist will cover the routes of teammates when they are away and maintain their established routes, including orders, delivery, and, or unloading our products at customer locations on designated routes, in a courteous, professional, compliant, safe, and timely manner. This fast-paced role is also responsible for stocking and facing products on displays and shelves, in coolers and cold vaults while ensuring that appropriate rotation standards are maintained. The Route Specialist may be asked to train new route sales teammates and to assist the Supervisor, as time permits; handle urgent customer needs to satisfy commitments made to customers, and serve as an ambassador of our company and the world's most recognized brands.

Duties & Responsibilities

Covervacation routes competently to maintain established route standards and sales to prevent missing important opportunities, ensure a high level of customer service is maintained

Order, fill, merchandise, and rotateproducts on shelves, displays, cold vaults, and cooler equipment, according to company standards

Specified activities per route discipline (bulk, conventional, full service, and cold bottle)

Assistthe Supervisor in training new route sales teammates and assist supervisors as time permits, focusing on safety, efficiency, and customer service.

Handleurgent customer needs to meet commitments made to customers in a timely, consistent, and professional manner, through partnering with the sales, delivery, and customer management teams

Assist supervisor with projects, tasks across the territory, and other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Able to perform job duties with minimal supervision on a timely basis

Past job performance must reflect dependability, initiative, professional demeanor, and the ability to exercise sound judgment

Ability to work in a fast-paced continuous lifting environment

Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. of product repetitively

Availability to work some weekends and some holidays

Previous route delivery, direct store delivery, stocking, merchandising products, or retail management experience is strongly preferred

Excellent safety record

Must have the ability to push and pull manual and powered material handling equipment (i.e., pallet jack, hand-truck, etc.) containing product loads for a minimum of 100 yards without assistance

Ability to read, speak, write and understand English to perform basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

Route Specialist typically is a senior role capable of covering any route discipline.

We currently have multiple payment types across the company

Minimum Qualifications

Valid driver's license for your state of residency with an excellent driving history reflected on a 7-year Motor Vehicle Report

Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or permit (Class A) or the ability to obtain such

Ability to pass and maintain D.O.T. physical requirements

Preferred Qualifications

High school diploma or GED

Retail management or merchandising experience

Work Environment

Work environment will vary, includingexposure to weather conditions, coolers, and customer storage areas which may be nontemperature controlled

Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

Not specified

Veteran Preference

No

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

1440817700

How this job compares

Set against the 6,213 open Merchandiser jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$220
  • US median$66–85K/yr364 salary ranges
  • Kentucky median$10/hr118 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 147 open Merchandiser jobs in Kentucky and 6,213 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
Merchandiser postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (919 postings).
Education
133 of the 6,213 open Merchandiser jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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