Branch Manager, Operations, Road Logistics Polokwane at DSV

Minimum Requirements:

• Financials – Includes Forecasting, Budgeting and basic understanding of PO system and Journals.
• Sales, Operational, HR and IR skills are essential.
• 5-year experience in the Logistics and Road Transport environment.
• 5-year previous business and or operational management experience.
• Excellent admin skills required. 
• Must fit the profile benchmark. 
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and lead staff. 
• Ability to do MS Excel Spreadsheets with Pivot Tables, charts and formulas. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of the LRA and BCEA and hands on experience in IR. 
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams. 

Qualifications:

• Matric (Essential).
• B. Comm or equivalent diploma or post graduate diploma Logistics will be advantageous.

Elective:

• Must have a valid, unendorsed Code 08 driver’s license. 
• Must have own reliable transport. 
• Be able to work overtime / shifts should it be needed. 
• Flexible to travel.

Computer packages:

• Computer Literacy Level (Advanced). 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To manage the delivery of the organization’s objectives through communication, measurement and motivation of the staff. 
• To interface with shared functions ensuring continued cooperation and interactions with these functions. 
• To manage and deliver on client’s commitments based on local, national and global strategy.
• To manage cost and productivity within the branch ensuring that efficiency and effectiveness is at the order of the day. 
• To ensure compliance to internal and external controls and other KPI’s set at global and local level. 
• To deliver on the bottom-line budget commitment to ensure that the business unit budget is met. 
• To identify opportunities and risks within the business that may impact the business environment and ability to deliver to shareholder commitments. 
• Managing people’s performance and growth to create a sustainable business environment. 
• Adherence to deadlines and schedules. 
• Managing and controlling resources and risk management. 
• Administrative duties relevant to the position. 
• Interacting with customers at all levels – in person and telephonically. 
• Maintain existing systems processes and controls with continuous improvement. 

Operational Performance: 

• Actively managing daily operational performance to consistently achieve performance metric targets. 
• Delivering on client and internal requirements. 
• Internal stakeholder communication management, ensure agreed to meetings, conference calls and forums are planned and conducted internally as agreed to by all stakeholders, this is an ongoing requirement. 
• Customer dissatisfaction process, analyse failures with regards to deliveries, client complaints, damages etc to determine root cause and corrective actions.