Dispatcher - Alleguard : Job Details

Come join a leader in Protective Packaging Industry! At Alleguard, we're built from the ground up to expand and shape our customer's businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges that customers are facing across different industries, from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. These challenges are also opportunities, and whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners, and going the extra mile to help their business succeed. Position: Dispatcher Job Summary Under general supervision, ensuring safe and timely movement of freight, load assignments and providing best in class customer service. Ensure compliance with FMCSA regulations. Pay: $18 USD/hr Responsibilities

• Overall management of key factors such as load planning, tracking and tracing and broker communication.
• General dispatch duties, assigning drivers to loads.
• Demonstrates a commitment to safety with the support of corporate safety department, enforcing compliance with Federal, State and Organizational rules and regulations.
• Paperwork
• Establish and maintain positive and professional working relationships with drivers, internal associates and customers.
• Complete required reporting for internal and external customers.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.
• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to meet the needs of our customers.
• Self-starter willing to quickly adapt, prioritize, and organize. Ability to manage a process from start to finish.
• Ability to set clear expectations and work with others to accomplish specific goals.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Judgement and decision making considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate action.
• Complex problem solving and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Superior communication to include speaking, active listening and conveying information effectively.

Qualifications

• Previous extensive experience and/or formal training or education in trucking activities to include dispatching, and scheduling.
• Prior experience in manufacturing transportation management.
• Possess extensive knowledge of regulatory compliance.
• Possess good leadership skills and the ability to supervise the work of others, must be able to motivate and work in cooperation with others to achieve desires results.
• Possess good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Computer skills required and personal computer experience, with word processing and spreadsheet applications preferred.
• Total familiarity with on-board computer programs and transportation software implemented on a company-wide basis.
• 2 years industry Transportation experience.
• Computer applications experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge of DOT, OSHA and related safety regulations.
• Excellent customer service, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Must be punctual and reliable with the ability to work off hours as dictated by the business.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer keyboard, and speak on the telephone. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Physical Demands

• Position may require periods of intense physical exertion in conditions of low to high temperatures and humidity.
• Position requires the ability to stand, bend, and stretch over extended periods of time during a normal work shift.
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday
• 7am – 3:30pm
• Flexibility is a must – hours subject to change based on production schedule

Benefits

• We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our customers.
• Our benefits package offers eligible team members access to:
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Program (401k)
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

Alleguard Company Values

• Safety - We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations.
• Trust - We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service.
• Integrity - We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions.
• Collaboration - Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership.
• Growth - We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own.
• Accountability - We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility.

Come join us! We're a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard. Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades. That's because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers. Alleguard's employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals. *Hiring process typically takes about 1 week to complete* Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.