Role Overview:
The Despatch Officer ensures timely and accurate shipping of goods by coordinating despatch operations, liaising with transport providers, and maintaining records.
Key Responsibilities:
- Tracking the loads
- Coordinating the loading and unloading of vehicles.
- Dispatching drivers for Delivery and Collections time slots.
- Ensuring all loads are captured recorded thought our TMS.
- Ensure that all emails in the email inbox are followed up and filed once actioned.
- Report any issues and escalate if necessary.
- Responding to all customer enquiries delivery incidents / issues, arrival times or late deliveries / pickups via email and phone call.
- Escalating and flagging late pick-ups / deliveries with customers via phone and then confirm with emails.
- Ensure written/verbal hand-over is given to the next shift.
- Ensuring drivers complete Pre-start.
- Ensuring drivers demonstrate safe work practices at all times.
- Must micromanage the drivers with pick-ups. Phone calls must be made to ensure pick-ups are completed on time.
- Calling drivers advising if their load is ready for departing, or if their load has been delayed.
- Behaving in a professional manner to all internal and external stakeholders at all times.
Requirements:
- Experience in despatch, logistics, or warehousing preferred.
- Strong computer and communication skills.
- Proficiency in despatch or warehouse systems.
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask.
- Strong knowledge of the Transport industry.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment.
- Minimum 1 years of experience within the logistics industry.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Career growth opportunities.
- Supportive team environment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Model Town, Jalandhar, Punjab: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)
Experience:
- Dispatching: 1 year (Required)
Shift availability:
Work Location: In person