Traffic Dispatcher

Overview

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®, LAY'S®, 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

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $37,000 - $58,950 based on a full-time schedule
• Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary
• 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

• 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