Logistics Officer at Alan & Grant

Location: Jos, Plateau
Industry: FMCG/Foods/Beverage

Job Summary

• The candidate will plan, supervise, and coordinate the transportation operations within the organization to achieve effective distribution of products
• The goal is to ensure the smooth operations of distribution channels aiming for maximum efficiency.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Supervising activities related to dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles (Cold-room vans & trucks)
• Preparing schedule of available trucks to be utilized for operations and ensuring truck availability for loading.
• Liaising with store and sales & marketing department on the production/loading schedule and requests. Ensuring all stakeholders in the supply chain are working effectively and efficiently to ensure smooth operations.
• Coordinating field activities and extracting operations data for management information and business decision making.
• Analyze expenditures and other financial information in order to develop plans, policies, and budgets for increasing profits and improving services. Monitoring transport costs
• Track and analyze fleet temperature logs, fuel consumption using the fleet management system and physical verification
• Administration & setting up of KPIs on telematics platform
• Interpreting operational activities using the ERP.
• Monitor truck's turn around and give possible feedback on siding or offsite repairs or any other road traffic incidents.
• Conduct pre-trip and post-trip on trucks with respective drivers in conjunction with the technical department and analyze data.
• Identifying trends and deriving insight for proactive actions.
• Liaising with technical unit to ensure vehicles are maintained and repaired in line with maintenance and repair schedules
• Collaborate with other managers and staff members in order to formulate and implement policies, procedures, goals, and objectives.
• Issuance, collection and processing of Total Fuel Cards
• Collation and processing of driver allowances/road expenses and advising the Finance department on appropriate payment.
• Monitor operations to ensure that drivers comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, vehicles documents/emblems and government regulations.
• Managing all driver-related activities, performances and escalating recommendations to the head of department.
• Direct investigations to verify and resolve drivers complaints.
• Conduct investigations in cooperation with internal Audit department to determine causes of transportation incidents and to improve safety procedures.
• Promote safe work activities by conducting safety audits, attending company safety meetings, and meeting with individual staff members.
• And any other task assigned.

Requirements

• Proven experience as Logistics Coordinator
• Experience in customer service will be appreciated
• Knowledge of laws, regulations and ISO requirements
• Ability to work with little supervision and track multiple processes
• Computer-savvy with a working knowledge of Telematics Platforms
• Outstanding organizational and coordination abilities
• B.Sc/B.A in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or relevant field
• Inventory(Diesel) management experience a plus
• 5+ years’ experience in logistics management a must.