Edward Preston has over 20 years of experience in sales, delivery, and customer service roles. He is currently a Sales Service Delivery Driver for Gordon Food Service where he ensures safe, timely, and efficient deliveries while maintaining customer relationships. Previously, he held similar delivery driver roles at Lipari Food Service and G&J Pepsi Cola where he collaborated with teams to provide excellent customer service. He also has experience as a Machine Operator at Geers Finishing. Preston has a Printing Technology Degree from Kentucky Technical College and a high school diploma from Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky.

1. Edward Preston
209 Cypress Way •Georgetown, Kentucky 40324
(859) 576-2951
edwardpreston1978@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GORDONS FOOD SERVICE, Lexington, Kentucky
Sales Service Delivery Driver February 2015-Present
• Ensures safe, accurate, timely, and efficient deliveries of products to customers
• Builds and maintains customer relationships
• Services equipment as needed
• Completes service logs and inspections on all relative equipment (trucks and trailers) daily
• Assists other sales service drivers as needed
• Collaboratively works with team members to ensure best customer delivery service
• Maintains safe driving record and CDL Class A licensure
• Follows all DOT regulations
Additional/Non-duty related
• Solicited former food service customers upon new hire with one former customer now an
established new account for Gordon Food Service
LIPARI FOOD SERVICE, Lexington, Kentucky
Delivery Route Driver May 2010-February 2015
• Ensured safe, accurate, timely, and efficient deliveries of products to customers
• Built and maintained customer relationships
• Serviced equipment as needed
• Completed service logs and inspections on all relative equipment (trucks and trailers) daily
• Assisted other sales service drivers as needed
• Collaboratively worked with team members to ensure best customer delivery service
• Maintained safe driving record and CDL Class A licensure
• Followed all DOT regulations
G&J PEPSI COLA, Lexington, Kentucky
Enhanced Route Driver June 2002-May 2010
• Responsible for the daily delivery and selling of product in designated route area
• Established positive working relationships with primary customer contacts
• Collaboratively worked with team members to ensure best customer service and assisted
other route drivers as needed
• Maintained safe driving record and CDL Class A licensure
• Followed all DOT regulations
• Solicited new business to increase volume and distribution and utilized networking customer
sales skills daily
• Identified customer sales opportunities to increase volume and distribution within assigned
area boundaries and within newly acquired accounts

2. • Grew sales, market share, product distribution, and space allocation within all assigned or
newly acquired accounts
• Identified customer sales opportunities, sold and executed product promotions, placed
equipment, and sold sufficient products to address all sale opportunities
• Utilized point of purchase materials to stimulate sales
• Generated sales by maintaining and/or increasing shelf facings and rotated and maintained
product as appropriate
• Served as a key point of contact for all customer inquiries and concerns in order to deliver
best customer service
• Provided excellent service to assigned accounts and maintained communication, rapport,
and attentiveness with all customers to ensure all customer needs were met
• Merchandized product sections and built displays to stimulate sales
• Completed all required paperwork in an accurate and timely manner
• Utilized hand held devices to input orders
GEERS FINISHING, Lexington, Kentucky
Machine Operator January 1998-June 2002
• Operated all printing machines and devices, meet all deadlines, developed product images,
and delivered various printing products to customers
EDUCATION
Printing Technology Degree, May 1998
KENTUCKY TECHINICAL COLLEGE, Lexington, Kentucky
High School Diploma, May 1996
TATES CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, Lexington, Kentucky