Dispatcher
- Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Company Description Whirl Logistics Ltd provides transportation solutions designed to meet diverse customer needs with reliability and consistency. The company focuses on delivering services with professional ethics, emphasizing integrity and accountability in every interaction. Whirl Logistics is committed to high-quality service standards, ensuring shipments are managed efficiently and safely. Team members contribute directly to maintaining strong customer relationships and operational excellence in a dynamic logistics environment.
Role Description The Dispatcher is a full-time, on-site role based in Abbotsford, BC, responsible for coordinating daily transportation operations. This position involves scheduling and dispatching drivers, assigning routes, and tracking shipments to ensure on-time pickups and deliveries. The Dispatcher communicates with drivers and customers throughout the day, resolves service issues, and updates internal systems with accurate and timely information. The role also includes monitoring vehicle availability, responding to urgent requests or delays, and collaborating with operations and customer service teams to maintain smooth workflow and high service standards.
Qualifications
- Strong coordination and organizational skills for scheduling, routing, and managing multiple shipments and drivers.
- Effective communication skills, including clear phone and email communication and professional customer interaction.
- Comfort with computer systems, dispatch software, and basic data entry to update and track load and driver information.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize tasks, and solve problems under time pressure.
- Attention to detail to ensure accurate documentation, compliance with company procedures, and error-free records.
- Previous experience in dispatching, logistics, or transportation operations is an asset.
- Knowledge of local and regional routes in and around Abbotsford, BC is beneficial.
- High school diploma or equivalent; post-secondary education in logistics, transportation, or a related field is an advantage.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate daily transportation operations by scheduling and dispatching drivers, assigning routes, tracking shipments, and monitoring vehicle availability. Communicate with drivers and customers, resolve service issues and delays, maintain accurate system records, and collaborate with operations and customer service teams.
Requirements
Requires strong coordination, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills, along with comfort using computer systems, dispatch software, and basic data entry. A high school diploma or equivalent is required; previous dispatch or logistics experience and post-secondary education in a related field are assets, as is knowledge of routes around Abbotsford.
Skills
- Coordination
- Organization
- Scheduling
- Route Planning
- Communication
- Customer Service
- Dispatch Software
- Data Entry
- Shipment Tracking
- Problem-Solving
- Prioritization
- Attention to Detail
- Documentation
- Knowledge of Local and Regional Routes
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Categories
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Customer Service & Support
- Administrative
Keywords
- Transportation Operations
- Logistics
- Dispatching
- Driver Scheduling
- Route Assignment
- Shipment Tracking
- Pickups and Deliveries
- Vehicle Availability
- Dispatch Software
- Data Entry
- Load Information
- Driver Information
- Customer Communication
- Service Issue Resolution
- Delay Management
- Documentation
- Company Procedures
- Local and Regional Routes
- Abbotsford
- Operations Coordination
- Customer Service
- On-Time Delivery