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This job expired on November 24, 2018

Logistics Dispatch Supervisor Gourmet Gorilla

  • Date Posted September 25, 2018
  • Location Chicago, IL
  • Category Business / Production
  • Job type Full-Time
Company description Gourmet Gorilla provides local and sustainable school meals and healthier eating options to schools throughout Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.  We are committed to working with community partners to provide solid nutrition for all children in order to help them learn and grow. Collaborating within regional food systems around the Midwest food shed, Gourmet Gorilla works with food hubs, rural farmers, dietitians, talented chefs, and organic food manufacturers. We provide quality ingredients as well as connections and partnerships to educational resources on healthy food curriculum, the value of fresh healthy and sustainable food, garden projects, and ecological awareness. Job description

Duties

  • Create and manage daily delivery receipts
  • Track drivers through GPS tracking software to ensure on time deliveries and provide updates to customers as needed.
  • Works with drivers on a daily basis to help create a positive working environment, by answering questions, responding to texts & phone calls, and troubleshooting issues both during the route and at our facility.
  • Cultivate strong relationships with drivers and customers to reduce the stress that comes with last minute schedule changes
  • Work with office team to accommodate special requests, delivery windows, and to plan and reroute deliveries.
  • Help troubleshoot daily deliveries, re-deliveries, and other expediting issues.
  • Administrating order system


Requirements

  • Able to work early mornings
  • Experience multi-tasking and working in a fast paced environment
  • Able to effectively problem solve both independently and collaboratively
  • Experience creating route plans is a plus, creative thinking is essential
  • Must be reliable, responsible, flexible and able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment. Our kitchen environment is very dynamic and requires someone who can change gears quickly and troubleshoot problems independently.
  • Strong knowledge of Chicagoland geography, towns, highways, and roads a plus
  • Knowledge of food safety and sanitation requirements a plus
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong computer skills, proficient in the Microsoft Suite
  • Fluent in English (bi-lingual in Spanish is a plus)
  • Clean background check


Job Details

  • Days: Monday – Friday,early morning start
  • Location: City of Chicago
  • Start: Immediately
 
 
Compensation this position is : salaried, varies DOE, $30,000.00 - $50,000.00 Work visa This employer is willing to sponsor a work visa for international applicants Application instructions
This job expired on November 24, 2018
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