Dispatcher Transport San Pietro in Casale

Dispatcher Transport
San Pietro in Casale
Emilia Romagna, San Pietro in Casale

Dispatcher Transport**:

In order to optimize outbound transport to our Action stores, our new DC in Altedo will be opened to further support our growth as it enables Action to increase the number of stores to shorten lead-times to stores and to reduce distribution costs. We will have a local transport team in place headed up by a Team Lead Transport.

**Objective of the role

The main focus of the role is to organize the daily transport for delivering the stores out of the DC in the most efficient way, while keeping the agreed service level with the stores. The Dispatcher Transport takes care of the daily operations (communication with Transport partners, instructing drivers, communication with the Warehouse, daily paperwork and administration). The objective is to deliver stores on time and in full. He/she works closely together with the transport partners (2 - 3) and the warehouse employees.

**Responsibilities**:

Dispatch

- Run the daily dispatch operation, where transport trips have to be dispatched to the different transport partne;

- Receive arrival and departure information from transport partners and process this in the dispatch planning;

- Monitor timely departure and delivery and take corrective actions in case of process disturbances (e. g. warehouse delay, late truck arrival or other delivery issues);

- Communicate dock-planning with the warehouse colleagues;

- Coordinate pre-loading activities and yard management (parking of trucks and trailers);

- Hand out transport documentation and instructions to the drivers;

- Monitor that transport partners comply with safety rules on site;

- Replace team-lead transport in his/her absence.

Administration

- Make sure the you have all information to perform the administrative tasks in the team: way bill administration, admin of performance and operational data (e. g. arrival/departure times) required for payment of transport partners and/or performance reporting;

- Participate in or provide input for the weekly ops meeting with the transport partners.

**Requirements**:

- Senior vocational level in combination with 3 years of relevant work experience (preferably in a similar role);

- Is very punctual in disciplined in the task;

- Is cost conscious in relation to the job (e. g. prevent waiting hours, process disturbances);

- Is pragmatic to solve issues adequately (e. g. no shows, late arrivals, warehouse delays) and is able to prioritize the issues that are relevant from issues with less importance;

- Works effectively together with transport partners and warehouse employees to reach the common objectives;

- Is strict in "agreement is agreement".

**What we offer you**:

- Market-based salary;

- 15% staff discount on Action merchandise;

- Extensive education and training.

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