Transport Planner - Umbogintwini at AkzoNobel

Key Accountabilities

Execution of customer sales orders and direct deliveries as per customer service level agreement

• Ensure that all customer orders are released as per delivery schedule
• Liaise with supervisor of bin replenishment requirements
• Generate SAP download for all customer orders released • for Unitrans to plan next day deliveries
• Communicate any order cancellations with the relevant parties
• Liaise with CSU regarding special requirements i.e future orders to be released and dispatch to meet customer service levels

UB orders, Customer direct deliveries & transitional warehouse

• Execute UB orders for depot replenishments of all goods required
• Ensure optimum utilization of loads when processing and coordination of delivery dates
• Liaise with planning regarding daily replenishment top ups
• Execute direct delivery customer orders in all regions and transitional warehouses
• Coordinate information flows from the orders to be picked and consolidation of deliveries
• Liaise with customers regarding delivery estimated time of arrival
• Liaise with cross dock facilities regarding goods in transit and customer en route

Transport planning

• Book vehicles in line with daily tonnage for depot replenishments and customer orders
• Liaise with transporters regarding daily vehicle requirements
• Advise supervisor of total number of loads to be dispatched for the day and hauliers booked
• Ensure most cost effective stock movement by prioritizing lower cost transporters
• Accurately track line haul costs for all destinations and forward to DC's at month end. (split analysis and cost to serve)
• Update vehicle status tracker daily

Goods in transit

• Update goods in transit report and share with all receiving points
• Analyze transit report and escalate discrepancies with Logistics manager
• Investigate and escalate in transit discrepancies with the sending DC's

Customer Route Masterdata

• Update routes to new Customers
• Update and verify that routes are allocated correctly to Customers

Carry out Administrative duties

• General house-keeping
• Partake in cycle counts
• Partake in stock takes
• Update and send KPI reports
• Receipt transporter invoices on SRM and scan to India for payments

Support Safety, Health & environment Initiatives

• Support ISO 9001 and 14001
• Ensure that the correct work instruction exists for any tasks carried out 

Requirements

• Grade 12 education, Diploma in Logistics will be preferred
• Relevant experience as Transport Planner in Supply Chain environment