Job Opportunities at DSV

Job Specification

The role needs to ensure operations are managed in accordance with the DSV standards and policies and procedures and also have to ensure that the DSV strategy, goals and initiatives are cascaded down through the Rosslyn operations and the Clients it services.

Basic Minimum Requirements: Matric

Tertiary Qualifications: Added Advantage - Logistics Warehouse Management or equivalen

Additional Computer Skills

• MS Office Suite – Intermediate Level
• E-Mail and Internet practicality
• Transport tracking systems exposure

Job Related Requirements

• At least 3 years logistics experience, specifically focused on Road Transportation and dealing with Superlink Linehauls and Milkruns
• Prior Team Leader or Supervisory exposure
• Experience in planning and allocation of loads as well as followups and tracking
• Experience in capturing POD's and debriefing of Drivers
• Experience in monitoring costs and overtime
• Experience in Driver and Vehicle management
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Ability to work under pressure and multi tasking
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• This role will require working shifts, including night and graveyard shifts and is a non-negotiable

Duties And Responsibilities

• Full accountability and supervision of the operation
• Planning and dispatching of loads, including allocating Drivers to relevant routes
• Vehicle and load tracking
• Managing the POD processing as well as Driver debriefing
• Monitoring fuel and Driver overtime costs as well as ensuring vehicles are maintained and serviced
• Ensuring client’s needs and expectations are consistently met within scope of the SLA
• Client interaction and issue resolution to ensure client satisfaction
• Actively managing daily operational performance to consistently achieve performance metric targets
• Delivering on client and internal requirements
• Customer dissatisfaction process, analyze failures with regards to deliveries, client complaints, damages etc to determine root cause and corrective actions
• Firm and consistent approach to ongoing performance measurement and management of team
• Resolution of all IR issues in conjunction with HR
• Coaching and mentoring of team to achieve client objectives
• IDP and succession plans in place for key roles in place
• Drive training interventions to close skills gaps in operations

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Minimum Requirements

3-year Logistics or Supply Chain Management degree, or 3-year equivalent

diploma (BTECH) OR;

•  3-year Industrial Engineering, or 3-year equivalent diploma (BTECH) OR;
•  BCom Logistics or 4-year equivalent diploma (BTECH) OR;
•  Seven (7) years minimum relevant experience in industry & matric / grade 12.

Intermediate computer literacy level in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

•  3-year experience and effective working knowledge of a Warehouse Management System;
• Proficient in Excel/PowerPoint for data management and reporting

The following is ADVANTAGEOUS: 3 years relevant hands on experience
Managing

• GDP / GWP requirements to meet compliant levels of process control,

documentation, training, pest control, dust control and excellent

housekeeping;

• Experience in Animal Health / Healthcare Logistics sector;
• Experience with DSv Delta WMS.