Dsc Planner

This role will be pivotal in supporting the velocity at which the business is conducted, using transport planning to create optimal transport routes/plans for our business.

Determine the most cost-effective way to meet service commitments whilst leveraging saving opportunities through consolidation of vehicle routing and scheduling.

• Oversee Planning team and guide resources around analyzing of orders on origin and destination locations
• Ensure Planning teams Consolidate orders into loads, and guide resources in determining the best way to move those loads
• Increase DHL asset utilization
• Effectively automate routing process
• Manage, plan and utilize all internal resources to ensure maximum productivity
• Reduce operating costs through Improved fleet utilization, reduce waiting time, reduce distance travelled, etc
• Maximize routing solutions: balance service levels and delivery costs
• Fixed dynamic routing: Manage costs per route, customer, order sequence, lowest cost, shortest route, shortest distance
• Ensure all systems are used effectively and ensure teams use the appropriate systems
• Support LH planners in daily market purchase (Subcontractors)
• Review Regional Lane LH trends and propose improvement initiatives
• Health and safety management and compliance
• Increase customer services levels.
• Measure attendance and performance in accordance with site procedures and policies
• To ensure compliance with all legislative and site policies and to ensure all relevant site processes and procedures are adhered to, which would include Health and Safety requisites
• KPI Management
• Process Improvement
• Review and analyze results.
• Collaborate with Business Leads on new projects, initiatives and or other implementations.
• Ensure SOP's are reviewed at minimum every 24 Months
• Collaborate with Functional CCT Dept Leads and support where necessary.
• Share applicable Monthly reports with Management.
• Manage wholistic customer data base by building the best routes for our dedicated and subcontractor fleet
• Ensure databases of customers, products and routes are continuously updated.
• Ensure Daily/Weekly/Monthly Resource schedules are in place.
• Ensure development and succession plans are in place.
• Ensure all new Subcontractors are onboarded in DHL's compliant manner.

• Matric
• Relevant professional qualifications
• Degree/ Diploma in Road Transport, Supply Chain Managements
• Experience in Fleet Management
• Ability to handle transport network in near real time.
• Exceptional indepth knowledge of operations
• Support complex operations cross docking.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Ability to review and analyse results, reports, and findings.
• Ability to function on a strategic level.
• Customer Focus and Problem Solving
• Computer software
• Select, C-Track, Heat, MS Office
• Fixed/dynamic routing experience
• Geocoding on victor maps with full street search
• Analyse and manage distribution resources.