What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dispatcher position at Folkes Home Services?
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Folkes Home Services is looking for a self-motivated individual with a positive attitude to join as our Dispatcher.
Who/What Are We Looking For?
Folkes Home Services is looking for a self-motivated individual with a positive attitude to join as our Dispatcher.
Who/What Are We Looking For?
- Coordinate the transportation movements of the technicians
- Must keep track of the drivers’ schedules as they change throughout the day
- Keep track of the technicians’ start and departure times
- Must maintain a matrix with the techs’ routes, start location, specialty tools and qualifications to be able to assign the right call to the right tech
- Requires interaction with drivers daily
- Anticipate problems with routes and parts by making quick sound decisions
- Respond to special requests from customers related to jobs performed by a technician
- Order parts for special orders
- Maintain techs’ vacation, sick and weekend schedules
- Follow up on all pending/ recommended work
- Forecast workload for 2-3 days out
- Contact customers with parts pending and status of parts
- Dispatch experience highly preferred
- Ability to pass a background check
- High school diploma (or GED)
- Demonstrate passion for excellence with respect to treating and caring for customers
- Strong decision-making abilities
- Ability to identify customer needs and clearly articulate product and service offerings
- Highly developed sense of integrity and commitment to customer satisfaction
- Meet all attendance and dependability requirements
- Team player
- Multitasking and time management skills with the ability to prioritize
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable in navigating through multiple software systems and windows simultaneously
- Ability to show empathy when responding to customer’s needs
- Must be flexible with the ability to adapt to changes quickly and think conceptually
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
