Senior Transport Manager at Adexen

Job description

• The Senior Transport Manager is responsible for direct activities related to dispatching, routeing, and tracking transportation fleet.
• Effectively and continuously manage the transport activities of the transporters and partners and directs investigations to verify and resolve customer or transporters complaints. Responsible for organising and overseeing all contractual health and safety requirements and routine vehicle checks and adhering to both company and statutory requirements.
• Works directly with transporters to ensure high fleet availability and reduced downtime.
• Participates in union contract negotiations and settlements of grievances to ensure a smooth running of operations.
• Focus on developing innovative solutions to some of the standard transport Operations management. - transport capacity optimisation, transport scheduling etc.

Requirements

• BSc in Supply chain, Engineering or BA
• At least 5 years’ experience in transport management and/or dispatching roles
• Business oriented and customer focus
• Strong understanding in full supply chain/logistics
• Ability to identify process improvements, managing change and delivering quantifiable improvements
• Highly computer literate (MS office) with experience in using an ERP system (eg. JDE or SAP)
• Thinking and analytical skills
• Good communication and influencing skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Good supervisory and people management skills