Service Dispatch & Logistics Optimization Manager

Armstrong Group

$75K — $95K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Leadership experience in managing dispatch or logistics teams in high-volume service environments.
  • Proficiency in dispatch and workforce management systems; experience with Oracle platforms preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for operational decision-making.
  • Knowledge of route planning and geographic territory management for service efficiency.
  • 5+ years of experience in dispatch or field service coordination with leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and evaluate a team of dispatch agents to enhance operations and performance.
  • Oversee daily scheduling and align technician skills with service demands.
  • Enhance travel efficiency by optimizing routing practices and territory assignments.
  • Adjust schedules in real-time based on urgent service needs and operational changes.
  • Track and report on key operational metrics like technician utilization and response times.
  • Ensure service commitments are met through effective communication and planning.
  • Identify and implement operational improvements using performance metrics and management tools.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Opportunities for team leadership and professional development.
  • Focus on operational improvements and continuous process enhancement.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge dispatch and workforce management technologies.
  • Dynamic and fast-paced operational challenges for career growth.
Full Job Description
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Team leadership and development: Lead, coach, and evaluate a team of dispatch agents to support daily operations, maintain appropriate staffing coverage, and promote consistent performance.
  • Scheduling and workforce coordination: Oversee daily scheduling and dispatch activity by aligning technician skills, availability, certifications, and service requirements to operational needs.
  • Route and territory optimization: Monitor routing practices and territory assignments to improve travel efficiency, reduce unnecessary drive time, and support timely service delivery.
  • Real-time operational support: Direct real-time schedule adjustments in response to urgent service needs, delays, call volume changes, or other operational issues.
  • Performance metrics and reporting: Track, analyze, and report on key operational and team performance measures, including technician utilization, schedule adherence, travel efficiency, and response-time performance.
  • Service-level accountability: Help ensure customer commitments and service-level expectations are met through proactive planning, effective communication, and team accountability.
  • Business Process Optimization: Proactively identify and implement operational improvements utilizing key performance metrics, dispatch and workforce management tools to support scheduling accuracy, operational visibility, and continuous process improvement.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with operational leadership on service demand planning and staffing alignment and partner with Customer Care and Field Operations on priority work and escalations.


Qualifications:
  • Leadership experience: Experience leading and developing a dispatch, scheduling, or logistics team in a high-volume service environment.
  • Operational systems knowledge: Proficiency with dispatch, workforce management, or field service systems; experience with Oracle Field Service Cloud and Oracle Workforce Management or similar platforms preferred.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills: Ability to assess service demand, staffing needs, and routing challenges and make sound operational decisions in a fast-paced environment.
  • Territory and routing knowledge: Strong working knowledge of route planning, geographic territory management, and the operational factors that influence service efficiency, travel time, and schedule reliability.
  • Experience: 5 or more years of experience in dispatch, field service coordination, logistics, or related operations, including prior leadership responsibility.


Education: Bachelor's degree in business logistics, operations, supply chain, business management, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

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