Load & Capacity Specialist

2 months ago

Edenvale, South Africa Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA Full time

**Location**: Longmeadow, Johannesburg
**Company**:Nestle
**Qualification**:Matric and relevant degree/diploma

**Experience**:Minimum of 2 - 5 years’ experience in at least Customer Service, Distribution, Demand and Supply Chain especially in Physical Logistics within FMCG or Manufacturing

**Closing Date: 13 May 2024**

**Position Summary**

The capacity specialist is an associate forming part of both the planning and execution teams responsible for transportation planning and operations. Within the team, the capacity specialist will perform execution-level service-provider relationship management, ad-hoc provider selection, loss recovery, and other transportation cost/service-based optimization activities for Nestle as they pertain to the selection and management of provider capacity.

**A day in the life of a Load and Capacity Specialist**:

- Execute Supply and Delivery strategies based on cost and service while ensuring carriers are assigned to move all planned loads on time.
- Identify and escalate gaps in carrier coverage with respect to factors like service, cost, and performance
- Forecast Vehicle Supply and ensuring that deviations are addressed promptly
- Ensure regular reporting of Vehicle Supply, deviations, opportunities, and gap closure actions to all relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure the achievement of operational KPIs in the Transport department.
- Undertake role of being operational point of contact for all carrier queries
- Back up on any additional tasks assigned.

**What will make you successful**:

- Matric and relevant degree/diploma
- Minimum of 2 - 5 years’ experience in at least Customer Service, Distribution, Demand and Supply Chain within FMCG or Manufacturing
- Experience in Transportation Management, Distribution/ Materials Handling
- Proactive Cooperation and Stakeholder Management
- Understanding of the Business Environment (Internally and Externally)
- Excellence communication and Team playing skills essential as well as Results Focus and Compliance mindset.
- Demonstrated resilience to change
- Project management experience for the implementation of major project/s or change programme/s

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