Job Description
Pryes Brewing Company is looking for a dependable, hands-on Delivery Manager to lead the daily work of our distribution team. This role, along with the delivery supervisor team, is responsible for getting drivers and vehicles safely out the door, keeping routes efficient and accurate, supporting drivers throughout the day, and making sure every returning route is fully checked in and balanced.
This is a working manager position, not a desk-only role. The Delivery Manager routes orders, coordinates picking and loading, trains and coaches drivers, oversees the delivery fleet, manages the warehouse and finished-goods cooler, and steps into delivery routes when needed.
The right candidate is organized, calm under pressure, and comfortable holding a team accountable to a consistent process. You must be able to make sound decisions independently, communicate clearly across departments, and lead a culture of safety, accuracy, customer service, and professional growth.
Schedule
The regular distribution schedule generally includes Monday administrative, maintenance, and preparation work, plus opening or closing manager coverage Tuesday through Friday while drivers are on the road. Some schedule flexibility is required for staffing needs, special events, holidays, and seasonal volume.
Responsibilities
- planning and optimizing daily delivery routes, schedules, and driver assignments
- managing the daily work of delivery staff, including scheduling, training, coaching, performance expectations, and accountability
- interviewing, onboarding, and training new delivery drivers
- conducting driver ride-alongs and route audits to reinforce safe driving, product handling, customer service, and standard operating procedures
- reviewing invoices, delivery notes, and routing exceptions
- preparing load sheets, manifests, pick lists, clipboards, and route materials
- coordinating the picking, palletizing, and safe loading of delivery vehicles
- verifying product quantities, special items, vehicle inspections, and route instructions before releasing drivers
- monitoring routes throughout the day and responding to delivery problems
- coordinating hot-shot deliveries and driving routes or covering driver absences when needed
- checking in returning drivers and counting returned product, empty kegs, and breakage
- processing product returns, refused deliveries, invoice adjustments, and inventory discrepancies
- balancing load sheets and verifying checks, cash, credits, invoices, keg deposits, and route documentation
- overseeing the company’s delivery fleet, including vehicle inspections, maintenance schedules, repairs, registrations, cleanliness, and overall readiness
- ensuring drivers are properly licensed, trained, and following safe driving and vehicle inspection procedures
- maintaining a safe, clean, and organized warehouse, finished-goods cooler, loading dock, and distribution work area
- managing finished-goods inventory and ensuring beer, returned product, empty kegs, breakage, pallets, and distribution supplies are stored and recorded correctly
- conducting regular inventory counts, investigating discrepancies, and making or coordinating necessary inventory adjustments
- establishing and enforcing safe warehouse, cooler, loading, lifting, and product-handling procedures
- maintaining accurate customer, delivery, route, vehicle, and inventory information in Encompass
- supporting draft maintenance, festival deliveries, mobile draft equipment, and other distribution projects
- working closely with the sales, operations, production, and finance teams to provide accurate and dependable service
- representing Pryes Brewing Company in a professional and friendly manner
Requirements
- valid MN driver's license. Good driving record. No CDL required
- experience using Encompass software preferred, but not required
- ability to operate vehicles in a variety of weather and traffic conditions
- experience operating a forklift and/or experience in a warehouse a plus
- ability to lift over 160 pounds dozens of times every day
- attention to detail and quality in products, customer experience, and job performance
- professionalism as defined by the ability to make deliberate, intentional decisions, and a desire to grow your competence and skills
- a combination of creativity, exceptional execution, and personal character to set the standard of what the MN craft beer experience should be
Physical Demands and Work Environment
This is a physically demanding position. The employee must be able to stand or walk for extended periods and continuously reach, bend, lift, carry, and stoop. Work takes place in warehouse, loading dock, vehicle, customer, and outdoor environments in a range of weather conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $28.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Tell us about your experience leading delivery drivers, warehouse staff, or another hands-on operations team.
- Are you a safe driver with a valid Minnesota driver's license and a good driving record? Are you comfortable driving primarily in the Twin Cities metro area and occasionally to greater Minnesota?
- Are you comfortable planning and adjusting multiple delivery routes while balancing delivery windows, mileage, vehicle capacity, and driver workload?
- Are you able to follow, teach, and consistently enforce a standard delivery process for every stop and every route?
- Are you able to repetitively lift and maneuver heavy kegs and cases of beer with a dolly?
- Are you available for a full-time schedule Monday through Friday with flexibility for events and seasonal coverage?
Work Location: In person
