What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dispatcher - Control Tower position at GEODIS?
Dispatcher - Control Tower
Multiple Shifts: 2nd and Weekend Shift
Who We Are: GEODIS specializes in unlocking business value in a complex world, ensuring seamless movement of goods worldwide. As a global third-party logistics provider (3PL), we power A Better Way to Deliver for the world's top brands and manufacturers. Fuel your career with GEODIS and discover endless growth opportunities.
Your role on the team:
- Logs all orders booked and all work performed onto dispatch sheet
- Dispatches all runs in a timely manner to ensure deliveries are made as scheduled
- Provides customers with accurate and timely information regarding activity
- Assists Terminal Manager in all phases of managing the operation
- Assigns vehicles according to factors such as length and purpose of trip, freight requirements, and preference of user
- Records time of departure, destination, cargo, and expected time of return
- Investigates overdue vehicles
- Directs activities of drivers via call or texts per our customers' requirements
- Tracks in-transit shipments
- Confers with customers to expedite or locate missing, misrouted, delayed, or damaged merchandise
- Establishes service or delivery routes
What you need:
- Minimum 6 months related experience and/or training
- Prior Dispatching experience in a fast-moving environment preferred
- Critical Understanding/emphasis on time-sensitive deliveries dealing with medications, specimens and results
- Ability to solve problems in a quick manner, as time is of the essence
- Geographical understanding and comprehension a plus
- Certifications in HIPPA Training & Blood Borne Pathogen Training a plus
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manual
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
What you gain from joining our team:
- Access wages early with the Rain financial wellness app
- Free telemedical access to doctors and therapists through First Stop Health is available on the first day of employment
- Health, dental, and vision insurance after 30 days of employment
- 401k match
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Access to career development, employee resource groups, and mentorship programs
- Employee discounts
- Access to employee perks like fitness class discounts and free access to a relaxation and meditation app
- Free financial wellness programs
- Daycare discount program
- Opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community
- more!
Join our Team!
- Visit our website at workatGEODIS.com and chat with our virtual recruiter, Sophie, to fast-track your way to an interview!
OR
- Text DELIVER to 88300 to apply!