Transport Operations Manager

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa CA Global Headhunters International Full time

Reference No. TOMDS

**Transport Operations Manager (Logistics / Operations / 3PL / 4PL) - Johannesburg, South Africa**

**Reference Number**: TOMDS

**Job Description:
The Transport Operations Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the activities for the inbound, outbound and distribution departments in the Logistics and Supply chain industry.

**Responsibilities:
- Managing daily operations of the route and bulk distribution activities to ensure that people and equipment levels meet service requirements and are employed efficiently
- Ensure the highest level of service is provided to internal, external customers and stakeholders driving performance to meet contracted service level KPI’s
- Act as a senior point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders
- Review weekly commercials identifying errors and significant variations from budget, and direct/initiate remedial action.
- Responsible for a structured approach to continuously improve the business
- Plan and implement various other processes in line with the KPI and contractual obligations.
- Ensure Transport operation processes are followed in operations and admin.
- Maintain and update various reports in line with KPI and contractual obligations.
- Compiling of reports & spreadsheets as per SOP's.
- Appropriate management of costs, assets, employees, and processes such as service level costs, overtime costs, account costs.
- Adherence to current service level agreements.
- Initiating and implementing performance management of staff.
- Manage and reporting of Distribution orders of 3PL/4PL
- Manage and reporting of linehaul orders of 3PL/4PL
- Comprehensive understanding in warehousing with experience
- 3PL and 4PL supplier management, managed tender projects
- ICT system related experience in TMS and WMS (not as users), knowing how to set up between systems for structures, functions, and correlations, particularly for 3PL and 4PL.
- Conducting regular performance reviews to evaluate each line performance and identify growth
- Manage customer's consignee’s relationships and provide effective communication to ensure on time, cost efficient deliveries
- Accounting for all movements of orders for distribution network and generate reporting mechanism reviews

**Requirements**:

- Tertiary Education: Diploma / Degree in Logistics or Warehouse Management.
- Computer Literacy Level: MS Suite, SAP- Intermediate
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Logistics and /or Transportation with 3PL.
- Minimum of 3 years supervisory/managerial experience.

**Dylan Smuts**

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