Planning Supervisor - Richards Bay at Bidvest Tank Terminals

Minimum Requirements

• Diploma in Logistics Management or related field
• 3 years’ experience in logistics/ planning
• Chemical, Gas or Petro-chemical experience
• Experience in bulk liquid storage facility/terminal operations.
• Supervisory experience
• SAP experience

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan tank and related logistics, liaising with customers and suppliers.
• Compile and communicate daily, weekly and monthly receipts and dispatches.
• Schedule tank car availability & monitor turnaround times
• Ensure that all orders from clients are accurately received and logged on the company internal systems.
• Regularly communicate with customers regarding stock levels, dispatches and other issues
• Co-ordinate and decide tank movement (tank farm planning)
• Monitor daily/weekly/monthly work performance of Shift Planners, correct deviations.
• Manage Planners attendance, timekeeping.
• Prepare daily worksheet for Operations.
• Prepare and provide vessel log sheets to operations department.
• Confirm ship parcel sizes with surveyors and send figures to clients.
• Arrange for faulty tank cars to be sent to the workshop and update respective customer.
• Co-ordinate plant activities to coincide with ship arrivals.
• Compile reports on each vessel`s first and last hose connection and record delays.
• Capture vessel pump times after each vessel is completed.
• Represent BTT at external customer meetings with surveyors and agents.
• Confirm all decisions on parcels agreed with surveyors, customers.
• Liaise with the Vessel Agents and Port Control regarding the berthing of vessels.
• Liaise with customers regarding ship arrivals, cargoes, discharges, loading etc.
• Liaise with relevant parties on transfers and other shipping matters.
• Identify training needs on an on-going basis.
• Maintain an optimal competent work team.
• Present on-job coaching and training.