Overnight Dispatcher (Sun-Wed 7pm-5:30am)
BJ's Wholesale Club
Job Description
The Benefits Of Working At BJ’s
- BJ’s pays weekly
- Eligible for free BJ's Inner Circle and Supplemental membership(s)*
- Generous time off programs to support busy lifestyles*
- Vacation, Personal, Holiday, Sick, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty
- Benefit plans for your changing needs*
- Three medical plans**, Health Savings Account (HSA), two dental plans, vision plan, flexible spending
- 401(k) plan with company match (must be at least 18 years old)
- eligibility requirements vary by position
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medical plans vary by location
Monitor all loads under dispatch authority to provide safe and on-time service to our customers, vendors and distribution centers
We are currently hiring for:
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Overnight Shift: Sunday-Wednesday from 7:00PM-5:30AM
Job Responsibilities:
- Interact in a cooperative and professional manner with other team members, supervisors, customers, and vendors, even in difficult situations
- Complete tasks and documentation neatly, accurately, and timely
- Provide exceptional (WOW) Customer Service by building and maintaining effective communication with carriers, vendors, and internal and external customers
- Monitor all loads under dispatch authority for on-time service, communicating status updates to include time changes, scheduling and updates to customers and vendors as necessary
- Monitor temperature of all loads under dispatch authority
- Prepare daily dispatch schedule for drivers and equipment
- Build and update inbound and outbound orders in dispatch program
- Act as a primary contact for Drivers, responding to driver’s inquiries regarding, but not limited to, breakdowns, directions, and product delivery discrepancies
- Maintains driver, load and service information in the transportation management system
- Record and report driver accident occurring while under dispatch
- Share responsibility with Transportation Supervisor to monitor driver’s hours of service (HOS) to prevent DOT violations
- Maintaining accurate equipment availability lists
- Assisting with obtaining details for initial accident and workers compensation reports if a supervisor is unavailable
- Adjust delivery and backhaul assignments to accommodate breakdowns, late trucks, and other changes
- Identify and notify substitute drivers
- Interface with 3rd party providers to procure transportation services and monitor load progress while under dispatch
- Maintain required productivity level
- Continuously promote driver safety
- Review and voucher all expenses/invoices for the department, resolving any discrepancies with provider(s)
- Maintain and update all departmental financial tracking
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Maintain all files to meet payroll, financial or federal retention requirements
- Education - High school diploma or GED. College coursework, continuing technical education or comparable business experience preferred
- Basic knowledge and understanding of Department of Transportation (DOT) Hours of Service
- Knowledge of Transportation Management Systems preferred
- Ability to read conventional and electronic mapping
- Ability to read with corrected or uncorrected vision
- Ability to speak, read, write and understand English
- Ability to remain calm and focused while prioritizing requests from multiple sources
- Ability to assist in creation and maintaining the guidelines of a fiscal budget
- Ability to maintain and ensure confidentiality of team member and company information
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Proficient in computer usage to include email, word processing, spreadsheets
- Knowledge of computer software and applications
- Ability to accommodate flexible schedules to meet the needs of the customer to include overtime, nights, weekends and holidays as required
- Ability to utilize equipment for the job such as computers, cell phone, phone, handheld trackers, copiers, scanners, printers, tractor mobilecomm devices
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Ability to Travel (less than 10%)
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs occasionally
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Must be able to sit on an almost continual basis and stand, walk, bend, or squat on an occasional basis in a normal office environment