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Dispatch Logistician

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities

• Establish work schedules, procedures and coordinate activities of dispatchers, drivers and work as a liaison between the dispatch office and accounting department
• Manage all administrative duties, organizing and preparing all customs & commercial invoices for cross-border shipments.
• Assign drivers and trucks, draw up routes, direct the pickup and delivery activities of drivers, receive customers’ requests for the pickup and delivery of freight, and consolidate freight orders into truckloads for specific destinations
• Review the work of other dispatchers and coordinate the movement of inbound/outbound trucks and freight from and to the USA
• Training new hires in job duties, safety procedures and company policies. Especially coaching them on handling customs papers for expedited loads from key customers.
• Work directly with customers to manage their issues and concerns regarding orders.
• Train newly hired drivers and dispatches in their job duties, safety procedures and company policies
• Prepare and submit progress and other reports.
• Actively resolve any job-related issues as they arise; Arrange for maintenance in case of truck breakdown

Specific Job Requirements

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Education and Experience Requirements

• 7-12 months’ experience in transportation dispatching including routing & scheduling is required.
• Familiarity with logistics software such as transportation management systems (TMS) or fleet management software is desired.
• Possess an understanding and working knowledge of MS Office suite to include Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Completion of secondary school is required

Apply by emailing to:

hiring.koonertransport@gmail.com