Transport Manager, East at Lafarge Cement

The Transport Manager is responsible for the managing and monitoring of all transporters and transport related activities such as Safety, Deployment of trucks, Truck utilization and performance management (Back office). He will focus on developing innovative solutions to some of the standard transport Operations management. - transport allocation planning, network optimization and Transport optimization etc. This position will help the Operations achieve its goals & objectives of delivering the benefits of the trucking strategy both in the short and long Terms.
In summary, the position is responsible for the implementation and management of the transport systems to optimize the performance of the transport operation, in a manner that is line with the standards of Lafarge Africa Plc.

What you'll be doing

• Overall responsibility for the dispatch operations
• Responsible for Managing the transporters and fleet under the trucking strategy scheme and similar future schemes
• Ensure coordination of all transport planning, routing and implementation of load scheduling with a view to achieve a good truck cycle time for the trucking fleet 
• Responsible for accurate reporting and interpretation of data to identify trends in monitoring the activities of dedicated Lafarge trucks and other contracted trucks
• Works with the Logistics Controller in monitoring and analyzing the performance of contracted trucks with a view to achieve projected savings of the full year transport cost 
• Ensures the transporters provide in a timely manner an adequate number of Service Resources to achieve the minimum trips/truck and cost savings in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, the Service Specification and the Company’s requirements
• Responsible for monitoring the deliveries of the Products on the date and within the delivery window or within the Journey management plan for the route
• Work with the Representative of the transporter to convey a Joint Management Meeting on a date they agree in the calendar month following the end of each calendar month at which time Services will be reviewed and key matters shall be discussed
• Ensures dedicated transporters on all occasions provide accurate details of truck whereabouts and activities per trip for payment purposes and validation
• Tracking of Service Resources - 100%: Ensures the transporters’ Services resources are equipped with tracking devices to enable the Company visibility and tracking of its Products under this Agreement. 
• Visibility of Service Resources – Minimum level of 95%: Ensure all Service Resources are visible by the Company’s GPS system during the performance of the Services. The error margin being +/- 5% and 100% being the optimum performance of this KPI, which the transporter shall seek to achieve.
• Leads the Monitoring of Service Resources speed with the Road Safety with a view to ensure they do not exceed the agreed speed threshold of the Company during performance of the Services.
• Make recommendations to Lafarge Management for any violation of these KPIs

Transport Operations

• Oversees the transportation operations and monitor various activities of the Unit as well as the safe transportation of cement from the company to the scheduled delivery location
• Responsible for directing activities related to truck utilization, lead the inbound and Outbound logistics coordination for the Operations, dispatching, routing, or tracking transportation vehicles, transporters relationship management
• Responsible for Managing approximately 85 Delivered transporters and their fleet (over 500 trucks)
• Leads investigation and resolution of issues surrounding delays, customer and transporter complaints across the Regions
• Ensure coordination of all transport planning, routing and Implement load scheduling with a view to achieve a good truck cycle time for the from the other transporters
• Ensure transport Unit operational expenses are consistent with approved budgets.
• Works with the Health & Safety Manager in the implementation of 5 pillars of logistics
  • Contractor management; vehicle management; driver management; Journey management and Load Management with a view to develop our transporters to 5 star and promote safety management system through transporters’ safety audits 
  • Responsible for Transport plan and capacity check on a weekly horizon as an output from Sales and Operations Planning
  • Implement Business rules for daily transport optimization
  • Leads Management of Carrier Operational Performance

Other Functions

• Manages the Logistics Back Office team with a view to ensure:
  • End to End Transport Management: Logistics related Issues from loading to
    Delivery in order to achieve on time delivery as well as good vehicle turnaround time
  • Real time Monitoring of Trucks and visibility
  • Escalate all delay associated with the trucks under the trucking strategy both at customer site and in-plant
  • Performance Management - Data Capturing and reporting, data analysis (daily, weekly and monthly delay per truck /trip /customer) and value identification
• Manages and executes supply chain and transport related projects
• Work independently the execution of multiple business plans and project while ensuring deadlines are met and data output is accurate and appropriate for the business. Must also be able to deal with ambiguity and make independent decisions about what data and approach is best for the task at hand.
• Implement Supply Chain MOVE Model in alignment with the CO-SC
• Driving supply chain optimization duties and initiatives across the organizational
  enterprise;

Management

• Measure the general performance on the trucking strategy and transport operations set KPI’s against goals, assess the needed optimization, propose/challenge related action plans.
• Ensure proper communication of actions, related decisions to all people concerned
• Responsibilities include:
  • Interviewing, hiring under the control of the company policy, and training employees.
  • Planning, assigning, and directing work
  • Appraising performance
  • Resolving problems
  • Manage a continuous improvement plan and identify the “best practices” in and outside Lafarge group.

What we are looking for

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain or logistics, experience as a middle manager is an advantage
• Experience of managing teams and external contractor
• Strong understanding of Supply Chain and its various functions as well as logistic process & scheduling.
• Ability to interpret financial data and estimate costs (analytical skills)
• Capability to drive Lafarge safety standards within logistics and transportation activities.

Stakeholders and Key interfaces 

Direct Reports

• Transport Executive
• Transport Scheduling executive

Internal

• Operations SCM, safety department, planning, customer service, sales, production,Distribution

External

• Customers, transport companies and logistic providers