Transport Manager at RCL Foods

Job Description

• Responsible to ensure an effective management of workshop, depots and staff.
• Responsible to ensures that total fleet is maintained and in good running condition and within budget constraints.
• Responsible for effective fuel costs and to ensure that vehicles are running at the desire optimum cost.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric or equivalent (N4)
• EC drivers’ licence
• Good communication skills (Written and Spoken)
• Financial (0 based budgets, Capex, Syspro, Recons)
• Computer Skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook)
• Qualified Diesel Technician with minimum 5 years’ experience on trucks. (Mechanical, Auto Electrical, Cooling Systems, Tyre management)
• Workshop Management with 5 years’ experience and sound knowledge of workshop procedures and processes.
• Knowledge of workshop health and safety principals
• FMCG experience (Advantageous)
• Diploma/Degree in Road Transport Management.
• Sound Management skills (Planning, implementation, Execution, Staff management)
• Motivated and Energetic
• Strong HR/IR

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee transport, workshop departments and all depots, including assets and employees
• Plan and implement budgets
• Plan, Motivate and Implement Capex Replacements
• Maintain Vehicle Asset Register.
• Source cost effective parts and ensure on time delivery by securing reliable suppliers
• Develop relationship with suppliers.
• Daily recon of all fuel used to ensure that target fuel usage margins are maintained
• Ensure all fleet is available for Distribution on a daily basis including spare units.
• Schedule all services, repairs and ensure parts availability
• Maintain and repair fleet as per OEM and FOSA requirements
• Downtime to be kept to a minimum. (Daily VOR)
• Verify and sign off job cards in the workshop including depots.
• Manage performance of employees with emphasis on productivity, efficiency, and service delivery – using RCL Standards of Leadership and Our Way
• Train, motivate, coach, and mentor transport and workshop employees
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities in the workshop.
• Weekly Depot visits to ensure that standards are maintained at Depot level.
• Ensure the workshop staff adhere to all Health and Safety Regulations.
• Ensure that workshop staff adhere to all Food Safety Regulations.
• Oversee and approve of all parts purchased in the workshop.
• Monitor fuel reserves and order timeously.
• Weekly and Monthly Fuel Recons to balance all diesel stock for month end.
• Ensure stores stock availability, complete monthly stock take and balancing.
• Ensure that all drivers adhere to the National Road Traffic act, daily monitoring of speeding, misuse of any company vehicles and implement corrective action
• Monthly tyre surveys and sourcing of the correct tyre application for the fleet
• Monthly tyre reconciliation and document tyre performance and utilization on the total fleet including depots
• Ensure recapped stock is returned to Workshop Stores
• Daily and Monthly Tyre Stock Recons
• Monthly Tyre scrapping reports
• Daily and Weekly Vehicle inspections
• Ensure that all vehicle checklists are complete and closed out.    
• Ensure that company pool vehicles are monitored and tracked to avoid abuse
• Ensure optimum utilization of all trucks and Feeder trucks
• Ensure that a proper cleaning register is maintained
• Monthly Workshop Expenses breakdown down and average cost per / km is calculated and monitored monthly. (CPK)
• Report incidents and accidents, investigate and implement preventive measures
• Close out all accidents with Insurance administrator within time
• Maintain fleet image. (Mechanical, Branding and cosmetics)
• Monitor and track staff KPI’s
• Comply with BU procedures and policies.
• Staff Training analysis and implementation