Route Controller at RCL Foods

Job Description    
Minimum Requirements    

• Matric
• Diploma/Degree in Logistics Management
• Valid Driver's License 

Duties & Responsibilities    

Ensure efficient and cost-effective product distribution

• Ensure driver teams deliver according to mapped and optimised routes
• Ensuring all new and old customers are plotted on existing optimisation system in line with distribution goals
• Ensure orders are geared towards improving truck utilisation and loaves/km
• Ensure driver teams orders/invoices correspond with bake plan before vehicle leaves Depot/Bakery

Ensuring balancing of orders placed, delivered and returned

• With sales support team ensure customer order patterns are accurate to deliver a precise bake plan
• Daily monitoring and tracking of returns
• Crafting and actioning plans to drastically improve returns

Managing driver shorts and crate shorts

• Daily monitoring and tracking of driver crates and shorts as per agreed targets
• Crafting and driving innovative ways to reduce these numbers

Submitting frequent (daily) sales figures from drivers

• Ensuring driver teams sales are in line with sales targets
• Sourcing and distribution of key trade intelligence
•  Providing actionable plans for improvements and combating competitor activities

Ensuring the capturing and allocation of all customer details

• Ensuring all customer details and classifications are loaded correctly on new accounts and are correctly listed on existing accounts

Ensuring driver competency and delivery time management

• Support, train, discipline and lead the driver & van assistant teams to deliver sales excellence
• Ensure timeous driver dispatch from the bakery with correct invoicing
• Employ efficient route riding system to see all customers within each quarter
• Execute driver team performance scorecard to deliver sales excellence i.e., Customer ratings, delivery times, peer review, sales growth, etc

Trade Price monitoring

• Submission of frequent (at least weekly) price surveys
• Monitoring our RSP’s and executing pricing strategy, policy and mandate