Jan-Willem de Boer
Senior Freight & Transport Dispatcher
Gelderland Freight Logistics
Dear Hiring Team,
I am writing to express my interest in the Dispatcher position at Gelderland Freight Logistics. With an extensive background in heavy goods transport scheduling, route coordination, and operational compliance across Dutch and cross-border European lanes, I welcome the opportunity to support your dispatch team with dependable fleet planning and proactive incident management.
In my current role as Senior Fleet Dispatcher at VanderMeer Intermodal Logistics, I supervise daily dispatch operations for a regional fleet of 65 heavy goods vehicles serving the Benelux and Ruhr corridors. My daily responsibilities center on resolving real-time road blockages, driver hours exceptions, and delivery window changes while strictly maintaining compliance with European driving hours under Regulation EC 561/2006 and ADR dangerous goods transit rules. In close collaboration with warehouse operations and cross-dock teams, I help sustain a 98.4% on-time departure metric across 140 daily scheduled runs.
Previously, as a Transport Dispatcher with Rijnstroom Freight Solutions, I planned and scheduled full truckload and less-than-truckload distribution across Dutch networks and coordinated telematics monitoring for 40 regional transport drivers. Through targeted backhaul planning alongside distribution contracts, I lowered empty running kilometres by 7% over three years. In addition, during a transport management system modernization project, I assisted in defining operational workflows and trained eight junior dispatchers on live board monitoring and exception protocols.
I look forward to discussing how my practical dispatch experience, route planning discipline, and regulatory familiarity can contribute to the transport operations at Gelderland Freight Logistics. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jan-Willem de Boer