Senior Router
- Pay
- $19 – $30 per hour
- Location
- Cookeville, TN
- Listed
- 30 days ago
About the role
ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITE
Join Our Community of Food People!
Basic Purpose
The primary function of this position is to schedule and sequence routes in a timely, accurate and efficient manner using computerized programs.
We help you make it! US FOODS® is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promotion from within, excellent training programs, and a continuous improvement focus.
We are looking for Routers who relish the chance to push their potential, grow and reap the rewards of joining the US FOODS® family.
US Foods® has a lot to offer
- US FOODS® is the company built on YOU Matter, where your hard work is rewarded
- We are committed to compensation, and benefits that respect, and reward our employees for their dedication and hard work
- Service recognition and employee rewards
- Excellent Leadership
Benefits Start Day One
- medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Plan, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) life insurance and paid parental leave. Check out our Benefits by clicking on the link Health Plan Identifier (benefitspricing.com)
- Schedule: Sunday-Thursday, 12pm-8pm
- Main Ingredients of the Job!
As a US FOODS® Router, you will be responsible for scheduling and sequencing routes in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner using computerized programs (RoadNet and Mainframe). These routes will be built cost-effective and will match maintaining customer needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Utilizing specified software, route trucks by matching customer orders to appropriate loads assigned to trucks
- Utilizing specified software, balance loads per trailer by size and weight of product and pallets to be loaded
- Build cost effective routes while maintaining customer needs.
- Work closely with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery feasibility
- Prepare various reports on a daily basis, i.e. route changes request, sequence change requests, new customer request, etc.
- Maintains routing software system parameters (RoadNet and Mainframe)
Additional information
Great Routers are crucial to the US FOODS® team and one of the important faces of our organization. Our Router strives for integrity and reliability while building trust by working directly with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery practicality.
What you bring to the table
Education/Training
- High School Diploma/ GED required
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Your efforts as a Router meet the foundation that defines US FOODS® success based on our pillars of cultural beliefs, work ethic, collaborative spirit, and service.
Pay and benefits
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 $19.41 and $26.00.
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.
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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 $19 - $30
Equal opportunity and legal notices
*EOE - Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status*
From US Foods's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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