Logistics Planner — Route & Dispatch Optimization

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling; Niles (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K Match

PTO

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling in Illinois seeks a full-time Dispatcher to manage daily routing, dispatching, and tracking of delivery vehicles for distribution orders. You will monitor DOT compliance, productivity and safety, and identify process improvements.

Using dispatching and load creation software, you will identify low-cost delivery solutions and communicate labor and equipment needs daily, while reviewing route performance and handling on-board data for hours-of-service issues.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree with 0 to 2 years of related experience or High School Diploma/General Education Diploma with 3 to 5 plus years of related experience
• Strong routing, dispatching, and data analysis skills for delivery operations
• Ability to monitor DOT compliance and optimize processes

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily routing, dispatching, and tracking delivery vehicles of distribution and transportation planning orders
• Monitors DOT Compliance, productivity, safety, and assists local management on identifying areas of improvement with the process
• Utilize dispatching and load creation software to identify and provide the lowest cost delivery solutions with continuous improvement of DSD processes and database of information to identify improvements in driver productivity
• Provide daily communication to distribution center and delivery minimum expectations on labor and equipment needs based on volume and workload
• Monitors route performance and logistics through analysis of data from computer systems and reviews on-board data for hours-of-service problems and gives daily feedback of compliance problems and customer issues
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or HS diploma with experience

Tools

Dispatch software

Load creation software

Job description

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling in Illinois seeks a full-time Dispatcher to manage daily routing, dispatching, and tracking of delivery vehicles for distribution orders. You will monitor DOT compliance, productivity and safety, and identify process improvements.

Using dispatching and load creation software, you will identify low-cost delivery solutions and communicate labor and equipment needs daily, while reviewing route performance and handling on-board data for hours-of-service issues.