Newspaper Dispatchers at the Dexterity Group

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Job Description

• Newspaper dispatchers are tasked with delivering newspapers to different location points, stores and individual customers.
• They are responsible for picking up and loading the day’s deliveries into a vehicle and ensuring that newspapers arrive at their destination on time.
• This position requires organization, the ability to plan and map efficient routes, and a willingness to start work very early in the day so that delivery points have newspapers to distribute as early as possible.
• Newspaper dispatchers may also be responsible for collecting/picking up stocks and maintaining detailed delivery and pickup records throughout their shifts.

Duties and Responsibilities
Newspapers Delivery:

• The primary duty of a newspaper dispatcher is daily newspaper delivery to customers, which may include institutions, stores, banks, individual customers etc.
• A newspaper carrier may also be tasked with stocking newspaper boxes for the day.

Assemble and Display Newspapers:

• Newspaper dispatchers assemble and bag newspapers prior to delivery.
• Additionally, newspaper dispatchers may be responsible for placing newspapers in displays at designated locations.

Load and Unload Vehicles:

• Responsible for loading and unloading their vehicle at the distribution center.

Route Planning:

• Responsible for planning their daily rounds and determining the most efficient way to distribute newspapers.
• Review their routes and expected delivery time frames to determine the proper order of deliveries and anticipate potential delays.
• Extensive familiarity with the delivery area, as well as the ability to plan a route and make changes along the way to prevent delays.

Receiving Undistributed Newspapers:

• Responsible for collecting undistributed papers from customers and returning them to the distribution center, if need be.

Requirements, Skills and Qualification

• Applicant Location - Must reside in Ibadan.
• Education - Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate
• Physical stamina - Responsible for loading and unloading bundles of newspapers, dispatchers should also be able to successfully lift and manage heavy loads
• Route planning and logistics - should have some familiarity with their delivery area as well as the ability to plan an efficient delivery route
• Time management - The role requires a great deal of time management, both to arrive at the distribution point on time and to successfully make deliveries according to set schedules and customer expectations
• Organization skills - newspaper carriers should also be highly organized and able to maintain detailed records of deliveries, pickups, and customer requests
• Communication skills - newspaper carriers should be outgoing, friendly, and effective communicators, able to converse with both customers and other personnel.