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BASIC PURPOSE:The primary function of this position is to schedule and sequence routes in a timely, accurate and efficient manner using computerized programs.Join Our Community of Food People!
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US FOODS® is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promoting from within, excellent training programs, and a continuous improvement focus.
We are looking for a Router who is ready to grow their career while supporting our transportation operations.
- Benefits begin Day One
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
- 401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Strong safety culture
- Career growth opportunities
- Excellent local leadership
- Sunday through Thursday
- 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Schedule and hours may vary based on business needs.
- Overtime may be required.
As a Router, you will support transportation operations by creating safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery routes while helping ensure on-time customer deliveries.
Responsibilities include:
- Utilize routing software to assign customer orders to delivery routes and appropriate trucks.
- Balance trailer loads by weight, size, and pallet configuration to maximize efficiency.
- Build cost-effective routes while maintaining customer service requirements.
- Collaborate with Transportation, Warehouse, and Sales teams to ensure delivery feasibility.
- Prepare and maintain daily routing reports, route change requests, sequence change requests, and new customer requests.
- Maintain routing system parameters within routing software, including RoadNet and other transportation systems.
- Monitor routing efficiency and recommend improvements when appropriate.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
- Primarily office-based.
- Frequent interaction with warehouse and transportation operations.
- Occasional exposure to warehouse environments, including cooler and freezer areas.
- High School Diploma or GED preferred.
- Minimum of six months of routing, transportation, logistics, or related administrative experience required.
- Strong computer skills including data entry, spreadsheets, report generation, and transportation software.
- Basic math skills.
- Strong analytical and organizational abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to resolve routine transportation issues independently.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
- Ability to work scheduled hours and overtime as business needs require.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $28.00 and $33.00 per hour.
This role will also receive overtime compensation, as applicable.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please visit:
https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$15 - $24***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***
Skills Required
- Minimum six months routing, transportation, logistics, or related administrative experience
- Strong computer skills including data entry, spreadsheets, report generation, and transportation software
- Basic math skills
- Strong analytical and organizational abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to resolve routine transportation issues independently
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities
- Ability to work scheduled hours and overtime as required
- High school diploma or GED
- Experience with RoadNet or other routing systems
US Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about US Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by US Foods.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options and day-one eligibility in many roles is highlighted as a relative strong point. Union agreements and company materials reinforce that health coverage is a core part of the total rewards package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives such as overtime, case/stop pay, and uncapped commissions often boost earnings in delivery, warehouse, and sales roles. Earnings can rise notably when hours are heavy or targets are met.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is standard, and recent union contracts add pension coverage in some locations. Together these programs support longer-term financial security.
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What We Do
US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. With 28,000 associates and more than 70 locations, US Foods provides its customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology and business solutions. US Foods is headquartered in Rosemont, IL, and generates more than $28 billion in annual revenue. Visit usfoods.com to learn more. ------------ Rules of Engagement Statement: We are proud to support community engagement on the US Foods LinkedIn page, and we're excited to see your comments, photos and videos. Please note that the views expressed by the community do not necessarily reflect those of US Foods. Before posting, please take a moment to read our rules for community content. We reserve the right to remove content that violates these rules. 1. Don't break the law. Content that appears to break the law or that advocates for breaking the law also is not permitted. 2. Be polite and courteous to everyone, even those you disagree with. This also means you may not post anything that is threatening, harassing, abusive, bullying, discriminatory, profane, sexually explicit, obscene, violent, gruesome, or similarly objectionable. 3. Stay on topic for this community and dialogue. Off-topic content may include but is not limited to irrelevant or out of context material, spam, promotional content, and links to third-party sites. 4. Follow LinkedIn's Terms and Conditions. 5. All posts must be by a real person and from a real profile. Content from fake or anonymous profiles is not permitted. 6. Our employees must also follow all of our applicable policies and guidelines, including but not limited to our Code of Conduct and Electronic Social Networking Policy
