Distribution centre dispatcher
Also searched as: Gerente de distribución
Code 9333.2
What does a Distribution centre dispatcher do?
Distribution centre dispatchers ensure efficient shipping of manufactured goods. They stipulate routes and complete shipping documents.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- health and safety measures in transportation
Skills and competences
- load bulk trucks
- load products for dispatch
- communicate problems to senior colleagues
- liaise with transportation companies
- avoid backlogs in receiving raw materials
- ensure public safety and security
- lift heavy weights
- plan the dispatching of products
- implement efficiency plans for logistics operations
- dispatch order processing
- oversee shipment routing
- handle bulk transfer of raw material
Transversal competences
- determine itineraries of bulk trucks
- mitigate waste of resources
- plan transport operations
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