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Partners Personnel
locationHouston, TX, USA
PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022
Full Time

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

Perform logistics functions that may include reviewing, preparing and routing shipments, coordinating drivers, work crews, vehicles or equipment to appropriate locations according to schedules or customer requests.


QUALIFICATIONS:

· Excellent communication skills

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office and logistics software

· Excellent clerical and organizational skills to keep track of schedules, routes and personnel

· Knowledge of computers for scheduling and other dispatching duties

· Ability to multitask with different events happening at the same time

· Ability to work under stress and remain calm

· Ability to relay information in a fast-paced environment

· 2 – 5 years’ experience working with LTL Freight carriers

· Familiarity operating a forklift, a plus


RESPONSIBILITIES:


· Responsible for calculating routes and times of deliveries and making the necessary adjustments for sales and customers

· Establish delivery routes which are cost effective and compliant with Federal DOT guidelines while still maintaining an acceptable level of customer service, quality and satisfaction

· Ensuring the safe and timely pick-up and delivery of shipments

· Scheduling and dispatching drivers, work crews, vehicles or equipment to appropriate locations according to schedules

· Relaying information such as work orders or other messages to and from work crews or supervisors

· Using telephones, two-way radios or outlook email to contact employees

· Speaking with supervisors or customers to resolve problems, requests for services or equipment

· Preparing daily work such as schedules

· Preparing work orders for crew or receiving work orders from work crews

· Being in charge of communications within company assigned territories

· Keeping and organizing work requests, customer requests, completed work requests, charges for work performed, expenses for services performed, inventory records and other information.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:


· Position works primarily in a warehouse environment

· Constant telephone activity; must have a high comfort level of initiating conversation

· Moderate noise levels

· Occupation requires being sedentary greater than or equal to 80% of the time

· Work involves sitting, standing, hearing, talking, handling, reaching outward, reaching above shoulder, walking, squatting or kneeling, bending

· Regularly required to work on multiple concurrent tasks with constant interruptions

Company DescriptionApply today at Partners Personnel, please contact us for more details at 915-207-2770.
www.partnerspersonnel.com

Company Description

Apply today at Partners Personnel, please contact us for more details at 915-207-2770.\nwww.partnerspersonnel.com

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