Transport and Logistics Manager job at NFT Consult Limited | Apply Now

Planning and Control:

• Directing activities related to dispatching, routing, and tracking of transportation vehicles.

• Planning, organizing, and managing subordinate staff members and contractors to ensure work is completed and consistent with the company’s standards.

• Ensuring goods in transit cover is in place for every load

• Reducing the risk of vehicle overloading

• Ensuring that records are kept for all drivers’ downloads of digital tachograph cards.

• Collaborating with staff members to formulate and implement transportation-related procedures as well as company revenue goals and customer service objectives

Critical Outcomes

• Clear procedure to be followed in cases where a driver suspects that there might be an overload.

• Drivers to check consignment notes and be able to calculate the weight. Weighbridge slips

• Downloads should be undertaken at regular intervals. Vehicle units should also be downloaded regularly

Business Development      

• Assist country manager in preparing logistic business proposal for prospective logistic customers

• Manage customer relationships as the main point of contact by responding to their queries within agreed SLA, issuing them with reports and reporting performance

• Identify new business opportunities by identifying new logistic routes or services and bringing these to the attention of the country manager

• Assist country manager in preparing annual budget for logistics and transportation business

Outcomes.

• Meeting customer SLA’s on responsiveness and KPIs

• Logistics Budget and forecast on time for board approval

• Delivering (and exceeding) on Logistics Budget

Compliance

• Manage, audit and review compliance systems to ensure that they are effective.

• Review any shortcomings such as prohibitions and/or annual test failures.

• Keep up to date on relevant changes in standards and legislation.

• Ensuring that all drivers and operators have the correct, up to date qualifications.

• Ensure that drivers are properly trained and competent to operate all relevant vehicles and equipment.

• Drivers comply with the drivers’ hours and working time rules.

• Making sure vehicles are properly maintained.

• Inspecting vehicles.

Outcomes

• Ensure that relevant changes are notified in accordance with operator licence requirements

• Valid licences and certification (up to date critical list)

• Records are made available and kept for the required period.

• Repair and routine maintenance schedules and reports

• Vehicle inspection checklists

Investigation and Corrective Actions Reporting

• Investigate customer complaints or in-transit incidents and report on corrective actions and preventative actions to management and customer, contractors / service providers and operations.

• Carry out audit checks by comparing timesheets, gate logs, fuel receipts and weighbridge tickets with the tachograph records to confirm the accuracy of the chart or download.

• Provide detailed audit reports with findings. Identify non-conformities and provide corrective action measures to prevent re-occurrence.

• Monitor and review those corrective measures have been implemented.

• Ensure that all aspects of Health & Safety are adhered to

Outcomes

• Investigation reports to be sent to management within 24 hours of incident.

• Internal audit reports to be sent to management

• Regular meetings with drivers should be held where any cause for concern can be discussed.

• Audit findings compliance to be implemented within 30 days of finding

• Including H&S induction and training, operating procedures, near miss reporting and emergency procedures.

Health and Safety

• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned from time-to-time by management