About this role
What You Can Expect:
• Take the lead role in planning, costing, and allocating routes and vehicles and ensuring sufficient flexibility in accordance with the needs/requirements of customers. • Ensure that all in-house, sub-contracted vehicles are compliant with all legal, regulatory, and statutory requirements. • Develop and implement a proactive, planned, and structured approach to monitoring the maintenance of fleet vehicles, keeping within the designated standard of compliance, and ensuring all vehicles used are fit for their intended purpose. • Ensure that all transport staff delivers the appropriate service to the changing needs of customers in line with relevant processes and established KPIs. • Develop projects related to Transport, which will result in operational efficiency and cost savings. • To take the lead in solving problem-solving (CAPA) and prevention when incidents occur during operations and closely monitor the effectiveness of its implemented resolution. • To assist the Transport Manager, in undertaking delegated tasks and responsibilities in line with the emerging needs and operational requirements needed in the performance of service. • To ensure the quality of service is delivered through the consistent application of recognized ISO standards and established policies & procedures. • Adhere to prioritize compliance with all SAFETY & Environmental related aspects in transportation and project-related work. • Sourcing and negotiation for needed project tracking/project requirements. • Take a role in the needs of the national setup of transport and distribution. • Establish, maintain, and update the trucking tariffs • Responsible to fulfil the accreditation requirements for compliance and admin • Manage team and analyze workload and give recommendations to the superior • Helps in monitoring the Team’s KPIs and gives suggestions to improve it • Make sure standard processes are followed and give suggestions to improve those to increase the service level • Supports the superior in the training needs of the team • Acts as a first escalation point for the transport department and has close coordination with other departments
What You Bring:
Required skills / Competencies
• Preferably Supervisor / Officer in position specializing in Logistics / Transport / Supply Chain or its equivalent. • Required Skill(s): Transport / Distribution Supervisor / Officer, Freight Logistics • At least with 4-year of experience in the Distribution / Logistics /Supply Chain / Freight Forwarding Industry • College Graduate, pref. Ind. Eng. (or any Business-related course) • Experience in a similar supervisory/officer position in the transport, and distribution operations, including supervision and monitoring of staff • Knows how to compute buying (trucking) rates and maintain an updated rate matrix in accordance with factors affecting the cost • HIGH sense of integrity and reliability • Experience in managing budgets & contracts • With a background in vehicle repairs & maintenance • Good supervisory, negotiations, control & monitoring skills • In-depth knowledge of the freight forwarding industry • Knowledge of BOC/ PEZA requirements • Knowledgeable in ISO / Quality Management System • With an established network of project tracking/project fleet