Transport Manager at Country Bird Holdings

Job Advert Summary    

• The successful candidate will manage the execution, direction, and coordination of all transportation matters within the organisation. This includes managing budgets, organising schedules & routes, ensuring that vehicles are safe and meet legal requirements, and making sure that drivers are aware of their duties.

Minimum Requirements    

• Grade 12
• Driver's License - unendorsed
• Logistics qualification/degree will be an advantage
• 5 years' experience in the Transport industry
• Fluent in English (Afrikaans & Sesotho will be an advantage)

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Assist with Budget
• Ensure all vehicles are maintained in accordance with the Company Policy and applicable Acts
• Ensure all vehicles are clean and load bodies sanitised before each load
• Ensure Health & Safety and Food Safety standards are followed
• Ensure all delivery vehicles carry the DC contact details and decals
• Recording of monthly Vehicle Fleet unit temperature verifications
• Ensure route schedules are maintained and reviewed from time to time as required to improve route profitability
• Planning of distribution of store allocations in conjunction with the sales department
• Ensure on route vehicle breakdowns are communicated through to the sales department to inform customers of the breakdown
• To investigate all crew shortages and overloads in conjunction with Security-, Debriefing- and Warehouse departments.
• To investigate all wrong product or quantities loaded and report to the Operations Manager
• To investigate crew product shorts (COD) claimed on deliveries
• To follow up on all customer complaints on deliveries, investigate and take necessary action if/when required
• To follow up all on all stock returned and reason for returns
• Recording of vehicle temperatures daily
• Management of maintenance budget on vehicles
• Maintenance and record keeping of individual company vehicles daily, weekly and monthly
• Sleep-out monies to crew and administration thereof
• To investigate when trucks are delayed and to liaise with customers and sales to address problem with the tracking on the vehicles
• Obtaining and controlling of all orders in the transport department
• Daily controls of fuel usage 
• Preparation of month end stats
• Ordering of Diesel from supplier
• To ensure card machines are charged and have sufficient thermal paper
• Management of card machines issued to Driver per route
• Allocation and control of crew to trucks on a daily basis
• Management of time and attendance of crew
• To control Drivers fines
• To investigate all accidents/incidents
• Control of all Company uniforms to crew
• To ensure Drivers PrDP's & Licenses are valid
• To handle all HR and IR issues of crew
• Tracking of Vehicles as per Company requirements