dispatcher

Third shift dispatcher
Join Our Team as a Dispatcher at Frito-Lay!
Are you an adept and efficient problem-solver with a keen eye for detail and excellent organizational skills? Frito-Lay is seeking a dedicated Dispatcher to ensure our logistics operations run smoothly around the clock.
Third shift schedule: 12 AM to 8 AM, Tuesday to Saturday
Become an integral part of the Frito-Lay family, a leading name in the snack food industry within the PepsiCo umbrella, and contribute to the continued success of brands like FRITOS®, LAYS®, DORITOS®, CHEETOS®, and TOSTITOS®.
Responsibilities
– Provide drivers with all necessary administrative requirements for trips, directions, tolls
– Serve as driver contact for “on the road” problems
– Sales contact of off hours load status
– Interface with drivers, mechanics, hostlers, helping coordinators, and other internal and external customers and consumers
– Manage tractor assignments
– Contact drivers to perform work as needed
– Accurately record yard activity using yard sheet inventory system
– Bobtail tracking and management
– Trailer Retrieval from customers
– Track trailers movements in yard and drops
– Schedule deliveries and backhaul pickups as required
– First step accident reporting process
– Other assignments as needed
Compensation & Benefits:
– The expected compensation range for this position is between $37,000 – $58,950.
– Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
– Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
– In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
Qualifications
– 1-3 years of customer service / dispatching experience
– High school degree or GED
– MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
– Ability to work with constraints and deadlines with good customer service skills. Able to interact well with others
– Independent decision making, ability to work without supervision
– Excellent organizational and communication skills
– Must be flexible with other departments and schedules and backfill as needed
– Balance competing priorities
– Highly motivated individual with a proven track record of working successfully in a team environment
– Basic Math Skills, troubleshooting, and problem solving
– Detail oriented/Self-directed/Self-motivated
– Engagement within Admin Team and other teams
– Individual performance subject to 90-day performance evaluation
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
If youd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.