Careers

Role Scope:

This position will manage, direct, and coordinate all communication efforts of Skeff Distributing, including updating and maintaining the company website, creating, and editing internal newsletters, and developing a strategic social media plan for the wholesaler.  This position will coordinate communications, marketing, and internal events with the administration team and assist in development of products and materials with the sales team.  This position will also be responsible for serving as a liaison at community events, sponsorships, career fairs, business expos, etc.  This position will also be the pricing coordinator back up. Which will include helping maintain and updating pricing changes/promotions and ensuring all accounts are notified of change.  In addition, this position will support front office duties with communications with customers, reconciling drivers, and assisting with various office duties as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. External Communications

• Manage Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts
  • Respond to customers and inquiries with 24 hours
  • Increase followers and engagements with intriguing creative content
  • 5-7 social media posts per week guaranteed
  • 1-2 social media giveaways quarterly
• Monitor competitive wholesaler websites and social media sites.
• Recruiting for hiring needs
  • Attend job fairs, career fairs
  • Post open positions on Indeed, LinkedIn, Facebook, and internally as needed
  • Transfer received applications to hiring managers
• Community Engagement
  • Attend community events as requested
  • Plan events as requested

2. Internal Communications

• Create and administer internal surveys
  • Team of the Month
  • Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Survey
  • Meeting recaps
• Create, develop, and distribute internal newsletter
• Maintain birthday and anniversary lists, send announcements internally
• Maintain company bulletin boards.
• Manage Team Skeff apparel orders
• Compile Anniversary Awards for All Company Meetings
• Present at Sales and Management meetings

3. Driver Reconciliation

• Balance drivers’ money to deposit
  • Note in detail any driver errors on the invoice
  • Note if an error/Payment on Account (POA) is to be given or if a check is to be issued
  • Verify all drivers’ invoices have been submitted daily

4. Office Duties

• Professional Phone Skills
  • Answer phones from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Always maintain proper greeting
  • Answer 90% of all incoming calls by the second ring
  • Direct calls to employees if available or route to the appropriate voicemail.
• Relay timely, accurate, and complete messages to appropriate personnel
• Identify customers’ needs through active listening and company/product knowledge
• Take accurate beer orders and enter into the computer system
• Route customer complaints to the proper manager. Then follow up on all customer complaints/requests to ensure they have been handled
• Set phone system for holiday greetings
• Keep work area clean and orderly

5. All other duties as assigned by Vice President, Administration & Controller.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• BS degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field (preferred)
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; including the ability to convey professionalism to all stakeholders including internal employees and external customers and retailers
• Strong computer skills
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Survey Monkey
  • Social Media platforms
    • Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn
  • Proficient with VIP (RAS) software
• Must be highly organized with the ability to work efficiently and to set priorities
• Ability to multitask and self-manage assigned projects and daily tasks in an environment with shifting priorities

• Creative marketing and advertising skills with social media for B2B and B2C content
• Beverage industry experience preferred
  • Illinois liquor laws
  • Product portfolio
• General problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and follow-up.
• Cash management.
• 10-key calculator.
• Office equipment operation knowledge.

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Job Description

• Drive commercial delivery trucks, vans, and/or tractor-trailer combinations to deliver the product to retail accounts.
• Follow an outlined itinerary and be willing to work as a part of a team whose account types and delivery routes can change based on daily need
• Collect payments from accounts as needed
• Lift, Stack, and transport cases and kegs of beer of varying weights to accounts
• Build strong relationships with retailers by delivering products in a timely and efficient manner and rotating product as necessary to ensure freshness.
• Complete and submit all required paperwork, invoices, display forms, load sheets, and cash/checks within appropriate time frames.
• Manually load and unload product from side loader truck
• May be assigned to warehouse duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must have valid CDL A license
• 21 years of age
• Ability to lift, load, unload, and move products weighing up to 180 lbs. and fulfill all physical requirements of the job
• Communication skills
• Basic math skills
• Possesses organizational and follow-through abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma
• Beverage industry experience
• Knowledge of basic Illinois Liquor Laws
• Knowledge of territory
• Knowledge of product portfolio

Wage and Benefits

• Schedule: Tuesday-Friday Shift, flexible shift start time
• Benefits: Health Insurance, 401 K, sick time, and paid time off after 1 year of service
• Wage Based on Experience: $19.57 - $26.09 per hour

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Description:

This position is responsible for activities in the warehouse. This includes unloading inbounds, product rotation, cleanliness of facility and equipment, physical inventory, and other duties pertaining to maintaining operating standards for product and the facility as laid out by AB-InBev and Skeff Dist.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Inventory

• Scan all warehouse inventory weekly and transmit it into the Route Accounting System (RAS).
• Enter repaired breakage into the RAS.
• Take breakage out of inventory in the RAS.
• Assist the Sr. Director of Warehouse Operations in recounting.

Over-the-Road Trailers

• Work with AB-InBev logistics and external carriers to ensure a steady flow of inbound deliveries.
• Secure and unload Over-the-Road trailers.
  • Use plywood on all pallets stacked 3-high.

• Practice and encourage accurate product rotation.
• Mark the code date on the pallet as laid out in the WEA.
• Verify each package and enter them into the RAS.
• Verify all packages are correct on the bill of lading.
• Note any discrepancies on the bill of lading.
• Sign the bill of lading.

Load Returns to Brewery

• Load and verify the count on return cooperage.
  • Kegs with keg pallets
  • Pallets with bulkheads and spacers.

• Prepare the bill of lading on BudNet system.
• Write the truck number on the bill of lading.
• Enter the Purchase Order in the RAS.
• Place paperwork in the back of the truck with the cooperage.
• Copies should be sent to Sr. VP of Operations & CFO.

Build and Load Pre-Sell Orders/Wholesaler Transfer Orders

• Retrieve picks sheets/load sheets.
• Note any Out-of-Stocks or package changes and make notations on the sheets.
• Check code dates.
• Checkmark each package when putting on a pallet or loading a truck.
• Wrap orders when necessary.
• Mark pallets with note pads, including the pallet number and pallet count for the pick sheet (1-5, 2-5 etc.).

Communication

• Facilitate a shift change meeting to communicate with the Night Shift, ensuring a smooth Day Shift transition.
• Communicate with Lee on any truck issues and substitutions.
• Communicate with Admin and Director, Operations on new product arrival.
• Communicate to Sr. Director of Warehouse Operations any issues evolving throughout the day.
• Communicate on-the-job injuries to Sr. VP of Operations & CFO or VP of Administration & Controller.

General Warehouse Duties

• Wear the proper uniform.
• Practice safety precautions.
• Make sure the warehouse is maintained as laid out in the WEA
• End of Shift:
  • Clean up the warehouse.
  • Secure the building.

All Other Duties as Assigned

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Must have a valid CDL A license
• Ability to demonstrate effective computer skills
• Ability to communicate, both oral and written, to a diverse group of internal customers
• Ability to organize and work efficiently
• Ability to be flexible in order to accomplish tasks when different issues arise
• DOT Health card
• Basic Handheld Use.
• Scanner.
• Freshness Standard (Code Dates, Rotation Process).
• Product Knowledge.
• Inventory Management.
• Knowledge of Territory.
• Basic Illinois Liquor Laws.
• Mathematics.
• Forklift Certification.
• OSHA standards.
• Organizational and Follow-Through Abilities.
• Ability to Self-Start and Work Independently.
• Office Equipment (Copier, Fax, and Phone).
• Basic Computer Skills (Microsoft Office, Email, etc.)
• Lift, Push, and Pullover 180 lbs.
• Familiarity with RAS software

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.57 - $26.09 per hour

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Job Description

This position is responsible for loading truck for the next day's delivereis.  This includes loading orders, properly putting pallets on trucks, handling paperwork and keeping warehouse standards as laid out by Skeff Dist. and AB-InBev. 

Duties and Responsibilites: 

Order Processing (for those who are trained) 

• Check Salesman's orders, select and process the orders
• Generate invoices and send to Driver's handhelds. 
• Generate night reports. 
  • Scan and email key list and off-day deliveries by 5 p.m. to Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing Director, Information Systems, and Director of Delivery & Service Operations
  • Out-of-Stock reports compelted at 5 and 8 p.m. 
  • Sales by salesman compelted at 8 p.m.
  • Sales by Route completed at 8 p.m. 
  • Back Order reports (3) completed at 8 p.m. 
• Sync Driver handhelds after all invoices have been generated. 

Truck Staging and Loading

• Practice accurate product rotation. 
• Check Close-Dated products in drive through.
  • Retrieve and scan picks sheets/load sheets for the night to ensure accurate picking statistics. 
  • Determine if any special instructions are on the sheets
• Note any Out-of Stock or package changes and make a notation on the sheets. 
• Check mark each package when putting them on the pallet or loading the truck. 
• Wrap orders when necessary. 
• Mark pallets with note pads, including the pallet number and pallet count for the pick sheet (1-5, 2/5 etc.)
  • Ensure accurate loading.
  • Ensure adherence to wieght restricitons fore the trucks
  • Manage out-of-sequence deliveries (off-day delieveries)
  • Coordinate loads to make deliveries as efficient as possible (first on, last off). 
• Load draught (if ordered) on truck.
  • Summer months (draught on back of truck). 
  • Winter months (draught with normal load). 
• Load pallet jacks, handcarts and secure the load. 
• Initial all pick sheets. 
• Put pick sheets in the appropriate dirver's mailbox. 

Communication

• Facilitate a shift change meeting to communicate with the Day Shift, ensuring a smooth Night Shift transition.
• Communicate with Lee on truck issues and substitutions. 
• Stay in contact with: 
  • Salesmen about orders, displays, etc. 
  • Director of Operations for special events and/or issues with truck weight. 
• Communciate with dirvers (ex: Call drivers about stacking two stops to ensure time, space and trips are saved in making the delivery). 
• Ensure after-hour warehouse emails are being answered. 
• Communicate to Sr. Director of Warehouse Operations any issues evolving throughout the evening. 
• Communicate on-the-job injuries to Director of Operations & CFO or VP of Administration & Controller. 

End of Shft Activity

• Close out the night: 
  • Clean up the warehouse.
  • Put the necessary paperwork in the dirvers' boxes. 
  • Pull all vehicles and equipment into the warehouse
• Monitor safety precautions for all employees.

General Warehouse Duties

• Stack empties
• Continuously clean and straighten the wareouse (plastic wrap, spillage, etc.). 
• Place breakage in the proper area (in the Repack Room, not the garbage cans).
• Practice truck and equipement safety. 
• Time management
• Do the job right the first time. 
• Control/reduce product breakage.

All Other Duties as Assigned

Minimun Knowledge, Skills and Abilites Required:

• Ability to demonstrate effective computer skills
• Ability to comunicate, both oral and written, to a diverse group of internal customers
• Ability to organize and work efficiently
• Ability to be flexible in order to accomplish tasks when different issues arise
• CDL Preferred. 
• DOT Health card
• Basic Handheld Use. 
• Scanner
• Freshness Standard (Cod Dates, Rotation process)
• Product Knowledge
• Inventory Managment
• Knowledge of Territory
• Basic Illinois Liquor Laws
• Mathematics
• Forklift Certification
• OSHA Standards
• Organizational and Follow-Through Abilites
• Ability to Self-Start and work Independently
• Office Equipment (copier, Fax and Phone)
• Basic Computer SKills (Microsoft Office, Email, etc.)
• Lift, Push and Pull over 180lbs
• Familiarity with RAS Software

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.95- $25.26 (Non CDL)

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Seasonal Position

Job Description

• Assist Driver in unloading deliveries to the customers.
• Follow an outlined itinerary and be willing to work as a part of a team whose account types and delivery routes can change based on daily need
• Collect payments from accounts as needed
• Lift, Stack, and transport cases and kegs of beer of varying weights to accounts
• Move items on and off shelves in the accounts.
• Build strong relationships with retailers by delivering products in a timely and efficient manner and rotating products as necessary to ensure freshness.
• Manually load and unload product from side loader truck
• May be assigned to warehouse duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• 18 years of age
• Ability to lift, load, unload, and move products weighing up to 180 lbs. and fulfill all physical requirements of the job
• Communication skills
• Basic math skills

Preferred Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma
• Beverage industry experience
• Knowledge of basic Illinois Liquor Laws
• Knowledge of territory
• Knowledge of product portfolio

Wage and Benefits

• Schedule: Tuesday-Friday Shift, flexible shift start time between 2:30am - 5:30am
• Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
• Wage- $18.00

Job Type: SEASONAL Full Time

Wage: $18.00

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