Logistics Operations Controller

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Sapientis South Africa Full time

We are urgently recruiting for a passionate and dynamic Operations Controller to manage all operations (logistics and transport management) for an rapidly growing cross-border trucking company. You will have 5+ years’ experience in a Supervisory role and knowledge of the long-Distance/Cross Boarder Transport industry.

Desired **Skills & Experience**
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification in Logistics, Management, Operations or Transport
- Solid previous experience of managing the operations of a haulage trucking or bulk-carrier fleet company, spanning at least 5 years
- Employee Relations and Conflict Management skills.
- Good understanding of operations finance and/or analysis of management accounts / financial statements
- Knowledge of Health and Safety Procedures, Requirements and Legislation.
- Ability to manage and motivate a team, schedule tasks and prioritize actions, allocate resources effectively, delegate tasks and manage projects.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Computer literate (including ERP systems)

**Key responsibilities** will also include:
Logistics:

- Planning routes, load scheduling and processing book out fees for all deliveries and ensuring that the most economical routes are used at all
- Booking in deliveries and liaising with
- Allocating and recording resources and movements on the transport planning
- Ensuring all partners in the supply chain are working effectively and efficiently to ensure smooth
- Tracking, updating and communicating effectively with clients and responding to their requirements.
- Booking sub-contractors and ensuring they deliver within agreed

Transport management:

- Management of the assets and staff under your control and the meeting of objectives set in the budget
- Maintaining of a high level of discipline within the operations and ensuring staff under your control maintain high level of service to
- Developing transportation relationships and sourcing new
- Monitoring and reporting on transport costs as well as putting measures in place to manage driver as well as fuel costs.
- Negotiating and bargaining transportation
- Dealing with the effects of congestion / delays and addressing variances against plan with drivers and customers and escalation where appropriate for driver to debrief
- Reconciling of trips for all drivers and reporting on
- Ensuring that assets and staff comply with all statutory and legal requirements and facilitating the renewal and tracking of all relevant licences (traffic fines, E-toll, license expiry dates), vehicle records and fleet
- Developing and maintaining effective information and document management systems as well as an up to date filing
- Development and maintenance of Company systems and
- Ensuring that all assets/vehicles are serviced within the allowed service
- To accept new vehicles into the fleet and cover compliance with technical specifications and ensuring roadworthiness inspections are done regularly
- Accident / Incident investigation and submission of all documentation to the appointed insurance company
- Location: Successful incumbent will primarily be based in Johannesburg Eastrand, Gauteng

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