Description:
The position is responsible for managing, planning, and coordinating Transport operations, which includes delivery and driver management.
Financial Responsibility
• Ensure costs are captured in the month incurred (Labour, Vehicle R&M, Stock Losses, Fuel).
• Ensure unprocessed costs are accrued in the month incurred.
• Ensure monthly transport department expenditure is maintained within budget – a budget will be provided and discussed
• Explain variance of budget versus actual.
• Ensure cost overruns are investigated and appropriate countermeasures are instituted to prevent further overruns.
Operational: Delivery Schedule
• Ensure the maintenance of the delivery schedule in Plato i.e. implementation of new stores.
• Ensure that most effective and efficient execution of the delivery schedule i.e. lowest possible Cost Per Kilometre.
• Ensure routes are executed according to daily delivery planning meeting.
• Ensure that changes are made on delivery schedule to optimize kilometres.
EPOD & Trackmatic
• Ensure all daily routes are executed on Trackmatic and EPOD as per company procedures.
General
• Ensure planning and coordinating of Cross dock operational requirements.
• Ensure the adequate management of fuel.
• Ensure the adequate management of driver and van assistant hours.
• Ensure all vehicles dispatched daily are compliant as per required standards.
People Management
• Host monthly staff meeting with minutes.
• Develop and manage Staff schedules.
• Ensure that all staff maintains company certification i.e. PDP’s, LMI, Medicals, fridge calibrations.
• Ensure succession plan in place for career levels.
Liaising with the HR department so as to understand all the necessary aspects and needs of HR development. Ensure all staff are fully informed of HR objectives, purposes and achievements.
• Manage a stable HR climate in the workplace.
• Liaising with HR regarding overtime and absenteeism, motivating staff, recruiting staff, training, mentoring, coaching and development of staff according to company policies and procedures.
• Conduct regular performance appraisals with subordinates and ensure that the process is cascaded
throughout the warehousing team.
• Develop and manage high performance multi-disciplinary team in order to solve problems within the
distribution centre.
• Coach and support team members where necessary to achieve objectives.
• Uphold the company’s disciplinary code of conduct at all times demonstrating fairness when dealing with discipline.
• Ensure the adequate recruitment of drivers and van assistants to match the requirement of the daily delivery schedule demands.
Process Compliance
• Transportation quality standards are consistently maintained in accordance with company requirements.
• Pass all internal and external quality audits.
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