Transport Manager - Cape Town at Impact

Job Description

• The Transport Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the efficient operation of the organisation’s transport and fleet activities. This role ensures the safe, cost-effective, and timely delivery of goods or services while maintaining full compliance with legal, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• The Transport Manager will lead and manage drivers, fleet maintenance schedules, route planning, and logistics operations to optimize performance and service delivery. They play a critical role in improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring high standards of customer satisfaction.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the day to day transport requirements overseeing a fleet of almost 100 vehicles.
• Effective management of a large team of transport controllers, drivers and general workers.
• Ensure the controllers are continuously monitoring the fleet at all times and are logistically prepared for all situations.
• Ensure that all customer transport requirements are completed timeously.
• Accurate daily planning and effective usage of resources.
• Implement cost reduction strategies.
• Continuously identify areas within the transport department and wider business in which the business can improve, and implementing such improvements.
• Liaise with the Human Resources department in respect of any staff related issues that arise.
• Provide “on the job” training and guidance when necessary.
• Manage the correct application of vehicles to jobs.
• Ensure highest possible customer service levels.
• Ensure that the fleet is in a roadworthy condition and conforms to company policy and the law in terms of branding and cleanliness.
• Ensure legal compliance at all times.
• Collaborate with our in-house truck workshop to ensure vehicles are properly maintained and roadworthy
• Collaborate with our bin tracking team to ensure all bins and containers are managed properly.
• Collaborate with an equivalent team in Johannesburg with regard to long-distance and other transport matters.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Grade 12 or equivalent.
• Transport-related diploma/degree.
• At least 20 years’ experience in the transport field.
• At least 10 years’ experience in management of transport controllers and schedulers, a transport control room and fleet of at least 10 vehicles.
• Working knowledge of vehicle tracking and transport systems.
• A fundamental understanding of the laws governing transport.
• A fundamental understanding of Labour Law ( LRA).
• Experience with both short and long-haul fleets is preferred.
• Knowledge of Cape Town and its roads is preferred.
• Good communication skills with management, peers and subordinates.
• Decisive thinking with a self-confident approach to dealing with daily situational challenges.
• Logical thinking and able to hold your composure during difficult times.
• A basic understanding of the working mechanisms of transport vehicles.
• Medium to advanced computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel and Microsoft Office).