Jobs at Sappi

As a Transport Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Manage contractor operations to optimize planning and fleet utilisation to ensure transport efficiencies and reduce downtime
• Inspect new and existing depots to determine suitability for transport contractor to eliminate potential downtime
• Verify transport routes for contractor to eliminate potential downtime and fleet efficiencies
• Oversee and co-ordinate daily operational plans created for contractors for the dispatching of trucks and loaders in order to maximise fleet efficiency
• Assist Foresters by aligning transport plan with operational harvesting plan to ensure activities are aligned
• Control communication with operational staff on a daily basis with regard to mill performance which could impact fleet efficiencies
• Manage the regular Inspection of contractors’ trucks and loaders to ensure compliance to Sappi Risk Management System (RMS)
• Maintain communication flows with external market mills on daily load and product requirements to maximise fleet efficiencies
• Inspect roads and rail where issues are detected and advise on requirements to Forestry staff and Roads Engineer
• Calculate contractor route standards for trips (including backhaul information) by monitoring tracking information to ensure compliance to contractor KPI
• Enforce respective mill quality specifications through depot, woodyard, and sidings inspections to ensure no out of specification timber is delivered to receiving mill
• Co-ordinate mill rejections and facilitate cost determination and allocations to Logistics Manager, Timber Control System (TCS) and Forestry staff to track non-conformance
• Report quality deviations on the Sappi Isometrix system as well as ensure that transport officer inspections are reported, and assign to relevant forestry staff to track non-conformance
• Drive implementation of Stop Think Before You Act (STBA) safety program in transport and loading contractors
• Ensure that regular inspections on contractor loading points are done by transport officers by observing loading activities to comply with RMS standards
• Investigate safety violations reported by Foresters/Safety Managers/third parties by conducting a Route Cause Analysis Trend (RCAT) investigation to ensure compliance to safety standards
• Report safety deviations on the Sappi Isometrix system and assign to relevant forestry staff to track non-conformance
• Manage the maintenance and testing of the fire suppression systems for Saiccor Satellite Depot.
• Create, update and control reaction plans for fires at Saiccor Satellite Depot.
• Liaise with loading contractors to ensure adherence of loading profiles as prescribed by RMS
• Educate contractors/Foresters on how to maximise loading profiles and prevent underloads through field and awareness days to optimise payload and reduce safety risks
• Control monthly fuel orders and delivery schedules with Sasol to ensure sufficient fuel availability for dedicated fleets and loading contractors
• Ensure fuel site safety procedures are enforced by checking that equipment/security is complianing to standard safety requirements
• Complete monthly fuel site reconciliation by accounting for receivable and spend of fuel and submit to TCS department
• Manage monthly fuel KPI’s for transport contractors by maintaining and updating fuel consumption records to ensure contractors are accountable for contractual KPI’s
• Manage weighbridge operations and ensure forestry weighbridges are functioning, including calibrations, repairs and maintenance and training of operators
• Ensure weighbridge IT systems are updated and managed in line with Sappi Audit requirements to ensure purchasing and reclaiming of timber is correctly tracked
• Control monthly expenditure within budget to eliminate over expenditure
• Reconcile sales vs orders per contractor daily by drawing relevant TCS reports to ensure all contractor orders are completed
• Distribute daily sales plan based on Depot Stocks/Mill Demand/Orders to ensure awareness for Senior Area Managers
• Verify timber sales as per TCS report to ensure all loads are captured
• Manage 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
• Verify uptime variance claims from contractor for monthly uptime reports in line with contract KPI
• Compile and update monthly performance reports by drawing the relevant transport/rail reports to track compliance of wagons placed versus wagons released
• Conduct monthly Safety and environmental audits on all rail loading sidings by visiting different sidings to ensure compliance to safety and environment
• Compile Rail Safety Regulator quarterly safety reports, safety assessments and incident reports based on monthly audits

What are we looking for?

• National Diploma in Transport/Logistics or related qualification
• A Transport/Logistics or related degree qualification will be preferable
• Up to 5 years’ relevant experience

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Role and responsibilities:  

• You will be part of the global IT team responsible to analyze, implement, improve, and support Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions for all our global production locations (South Africa, Europe, North America).

Doing this, you will: 

• learn about various business processes and will translate these into IT solutions 
• be responsible for creating technical concepts with a strong focus on standardizing processes 
• support global changes and extensions to existing functionality 
• have the opportunity to join a multi-year global project to standardize Sappi’s solution landscape for pulp and paper processes including the interfaces of future and current MES with Sappi’s ERP system and various automation equipment 

Required qualifications: 

• Analytical and structured thinking is easy for you 
• Due to your education or work experience, you’ve gained comprehensive understanding of the whole application development process from initial user discussions to post-go-live support 
• You have solid knowledge in databases, specifically Oracle, PL/SQL  
• Experience in programming tools/languages is helpful (e.g. 4GL, C, Java, .NET Core, JavaScript, ReactJS, HTML5…) 
• You completed your university level education in the field of computer science and/or gained relevant professional experience 
• You are willing to learn exciting industry-specific processes 
• You can speak and write in English