Dispatcher - Control Tower

GEODIS Career

  • Brentwood, Tennessee
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Who We Are: GEODIS specializes in unlocking business value in a complex world, ensuring seamless movement of goods worldwide. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBrentwood, Tennessee
    Websitehttps://www.geodis.com/careers-@/en/view-1868-category.html/1864

    Description

    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!

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