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Position: Dispatch Scheduler
Reports to: Distribution Manager
Shifts:
12 - 9 P.M.
1 - 10 P.M. (Shifts include 1 hour Meal Period)
2 - 11 P.M.
Pay: $62,353.20 - $75,000.00 per year
Position Summary
The Scheduler is responsible for planning and optimizing future work, ensuring routes are efficient, balanced, and cost-effective. This role focuses on tomorrow and beyond, not same-day execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and optimize delivery routes in advance (1-2 days out)
- Balance workload across drivers and regions
- Schedule customer deliveries based on priority, geography, and efficiency
- Plan around capacity, equipment, and staffing levels
- Prepare dispatch-ready routes for the next day
- Adjust schedules based on weather, market conditions, and demand spikes
- Work with management and dispacthers on strategic planning
- Analyze routing efficiency and suggest improvements
- Review prior-day performance and adjust future schedules accordingly
Key Skills
- Strong analytical and planning ability
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience with routing/logistics software (ADD's E3 preferred)
- Ability to anticipate problems before they happen
- Strong organizational and time management skills
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Experience in logistics planning, scheduling, dispatch support, or operations coordination preferred
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail with strong organizational ability
- Proficiency with routing, scheduling, or logistics software (Add Systems E3 preferred)
- Ability to think ahead and plan multiple days in advance
- Strong understanding of efficiency, workload balancing, and operational planning concepts
- Ability to work independently with minimal day-to-day direction
- Strong communication skills for coordination with management and operations teams
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