Regional Logistics Manager - Pretoria at Air Liquide

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The incumbent will manage the Cylinder Distribution in order to ensure the best performance in terms of transportation costs and efficiency while ensuring customer satisfaction and regulation compliance. The incumbent will coordinate a team of cylinder dispatchers and order takers by coaching and supporting them in their daily tasks in their assigned geographical zone.

• Responsible for the safe operation of the logistics function involving primary and secondary flows, stock/asset management, staff management as well as Customer satisfaction
• Ensure customer satisfaction for PG and HG by executing deliveries IN FULL and ON TIME
• Road safety and adherence to IMS, QMS, HSE and SA regulations.
• Optimize the efficiency of the cylinder distribution
• Evaluates training requirements, follows individual qualifications and plans the training
• Organizes and develops experience sharing between dispatchers 
• Ensures proper working of the routing tool and improvements
• Controls cylinder transport invoicing data implementation in the system
• Controls that trip returns are recorded by Transport & Stock Coordinators
• Controls that drivers are interviewed everyday
• Controls that gaps between planning and execution are investigated and corrected by dispatchers
• Knows and respects all the procedures (internal such as IMS and legal) for distribution activity 
• Promotes safe behaviours. Sets up and reinforces the quality systems
• Implements corrective and preventive actions to answer customer and distributors claims
• Evaluates the performance of carriers and drivers according procurement procedure
• Participates in transport procurement workshops (specification definition)
• Ensure all documentation is captured within 1 working day of dispatched vehicle return to depot.
• Work closely with Customer Service Representatives to ensure morning and afternoon proactive communication to customers regarding short supplies or non deliveries and subsequent action plan
• Manage spec gas stock and ensure minimum requirements are maintained
• Communicates timeously on shortages and late/non deliveries with the CSR’s and sales teams
• Manages the Hardgoods storage on site
• Dispatch vehicles optimizing departure time 
• Conducting vehicle inspections

Educational requirements

• Education: Degree/Diploma in Logistics/ Transport Management

Experience

• Road transportation 3 - 5 yr
• Distribution 3 - 5 yr
• Supply chain management 3 - 5 yr
• Inventory management experience/ Management of people
• Navision

Knowledge and Know-how specific to the job

• Operate autonomously
• Has a strong knowledge in supply chain management (logistics, route planning, tracking and systems)
• Has a solid know-how in team management
• Masters computerized systems and environments
• Knows how to establish work plans, efficiently allocates or makes use of available resources, act according to plans and establishes priorities