Sappi is a global company focused on providing dissolving wood pulp, paper-pulp and paper based solutions to its direct and indirect customer base across more than 100 countries. Our dissolving wood pulp is used worldwide by converters to create viscose fibre for clothing and textiles, acetate tow, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of consumer ...
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As a Transport Planner you will be responsible for:
Plan fleet utilisation and ensure that contractor operations are optimized for transport efficiencies and reducing downtime
Verify transport routes for contractor to eliminate potential downtime and fleet efficiencies
Generate daily operational plans for contractor for the dispatching of trucks and loaders in order to maximise fleet efficiency
Load daily plans into various tracking and monitoring software platforms i.e. Quartex and Mixtelematics
Ensure visibility of fleets and live tracking through various platforms
Determine route standards for trips (including backhaul information) by monitoring tracking information using Mixtelematics to ensure compliance to contractor key performance indicators (KPI)
Monitor, flag, report compliance to route standards and all other transport contract KPI’s that affect overall efficiencies of fleets and deliveries to marke
Enforce respective mill quality specifications and ensure all in-spec timber reported complies with market requirements with regards to timber specifications, physical attributes and housekeeping requirements
Enforce route standards on all deliveries to markets and manage deviations to ensure compliance
Capture daily, weekly and monthly plans are captured accurately in the various platforms to ensure seamless and accurate tracking, reporting
Calculate fuel efficiencies of fleets based on their fuel consumptions
Monitor and track daily, weekly, and monthly fuel usage from fleets
Ensure all systems are up to date with various improvements and software updates
Liaise with programmers and IT to continuously improve functionality and reporting capabilities
Ensure all plans comply and highlight operational safety issues
Validate plan to ensure all depots and loading sites are safe and is conducive for safe transporting activities
Reconcile sales vs orders per contractor daily by drawing relevant Timber Control System (TCS) reports to ensure all contractor orders are completed
Verify timber sales as per TCS report to ensure all loads are captured
Maintain transport contractor uptime reports weekly to ensure compliance to contractor KPI
Verify depot to market leads with GIS/Contractors by monitoring tracking to ensure compliance with KPI’s
Calculate rejection costs as and when rejections occur using the reject cost calculator to ensure the costs are recovered from the relevant contractor
Verify delivery notes timber despatch advice (TDA’s) against small market sales reflected in Timber Control System (TCS) to ensure all loads are captured
Provide Transport Manager with verified uptime reports and loading tons timeously for monthly invoicing
Manages Transport controllers and the execution of their duties
What are we looking for?
Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Transportation, or a related field
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or other for algorithm development and automation.
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