Haulage Partners Manager at Kwik Delivery

Who You Are:

• You are a strategic, process-oriented, planner, thorough at execution with the ability to drive recruitment and engagement of haulage partners across the country.
• You have a good understanding of fleet management. You work in partnership with the operations team to ensure overall fleet conditions and performance.
• You are ready to roll up your sleeves, join a passionate team, and build a business at light speed while tackling the large Nigerian parcel or goods shipping market.
• You will make sure that our amazing services are available and perfectly executed to our customers conveniently and seamlessly.

What You'll Do:

• Proactively monitor demand and supply of Fleet to meet business current and future needs
• Develop the capacity of the Fleet Management team to effectively manage and maintain a healthy pool of fleet
• Manage real-time fleet capacity for optimal performance
• Develop a scalable and effective communication plan for engagement
• Provide structured and actionable feedback to the COO
• Plan, monitor, and prepare a budget; expenditures and analyze financial objectives of Fleet Management.
• Analyse logistical requirements and decides on appropriate methods and services to be used based on standard practice and plans, execute and monitor shipments
• Planning and scheduling the delivery of goods and cargo.
• Making sure that project deadlines are met.
• Negotiating the services of 3rd party carriers, couriers, and haulage companies.
• Managing supplier delivery performance and maintaining supplier contracts.
• Negotiating pricing with local carriers.
• Development of the logistics supply base.
• Supporting other departments within the company.
• Identifying key transport costs.
• Develop a data-driven approach and metrics for fleet operation tracking, including the creation of performance, efficiency, etc.
• Institute an efficient and compliance-driven structure that aligns fleet with Kwik culture, local rules, and regulations
• Develop cost-effective fleet expansion and availability to meet all customer’s requests in new states
• Work with Engineering to develop a technology roadmap and implementation of new technologies

What You'll Bring:

• BA/BSc degree in Social Sciences, Operations, or equivalent practical experience. MBA or relevant post-graduate education is an added advantage
• 10+ years of experience managing transportation operations to ensure the lowest-cost and on-time delivery
• Experience in managing fleet
• Ability to take initiative and be flexible in a constantly changing work environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong knowledge of excel/google sheets and ease with a variety of tech platforms and reporting
• Tech enthusiasts with dexterity in using digital products
• Natural leader