About this role
Additional Considerations (if any): Must be 18+- At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.
Job Description:
Job Title: Truck Dispatcher Department: Traffic FLSA: Non-Exempt
General Function: Assigns loads to drivers accurately and timely. Uses all resources available to cover loads and successfully service stores. Investigate shortages and delivery problems and implements solutions.
Core Competencies
• Partnerships • Growth mindset • Results oriented • Customer focused • Professionalism
Reporting Relations: Accountable and Reports to: Director, Transportation Logistics Positions that Report to you: None
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Calls drivers to bid or assign loads based on seniority. 75% • Creates loads for backhauls and direct store deliveries, coordinates with dispatch sheet in routing and distributes to appropriate department. 5% • Releases orders to grocery and perishable warehouses for product selection. 5% • Receives calls from stores regarding deliveries. 5% • Contacts store if problems with a delivery. 5% • Investigates shorts and longs on shipments and corrects problems. 5% • Reports to work when scheduled and on time. 5%
Secondary Responsibilities:
• Maintains attendance reports. • Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Worker Characteristics:
• Must have the ability solve logical problems; several abstract and concrete, variables. • Must have the ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages. • Must possess the ability to copy data from one record to another; make appointments; interpret written work instructions; interview to obtain basic information; and have increased contact with people.
Education and Experience:
• High School or equivalent experience. • Basic computer knowledge preferred. • 1 year of related work experience preferred.
Supervisory Responsibilities (Direct Reports): None
Physical Requirements:
• Must be physically able to perform sedentary work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. • Visual requirements include clarity of vision at distance of 20 inches or less, with or without correction. • Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Fingering, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Working Conditions: The duties of this position are performed in an office environment. There is constant pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple projects in a day.
Equipment Used to Perform Job: PC with Excel, Access, Outlook, Manhattan, Prospero, Telephone, and copier.
Financial Responsibility None
Contacts: Has daily contact with store personnel. Has occasional contact with the public.
Confidentiality: Has access to confidential information including unlisted phone numbers of drivers, special deliveries, invoices.
Are you ready to smile, apply today. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.