Job Purpose:

• To lead and manage transport operation by supervising shipments, routes, orders, transportation costs, and ensuring compliance with shipping regulations, and maintaining records.

Generic Duties:

• Sets deadlines in ways that comply with department’s plans and communicate them to subordinates.

• Organizes workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks.

• Monitors employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures maximum fleet efficiency and effectiveness through planned resource allocation and maintenance.

• Ensures the monthly vehicle utilization report is produced with full analysis of monthly maintenance cost, fuel consumption, and accident report.

• Oversees transport service provision programs based on the service need of various work units.

• Oversees the development and implementation of vehicle management and maintenance program.

• Ensures that all company vehicles are insured, and the insurance is current and renewed.

• Oversees preventive and corrective maintenance program of vehicles.

• Ensures that the annual technical inspection of vehicles and trucks is performed on time.

• Identifies logistical bottlenecks and proposes and the ways to fill the gaps and ensure proper distribution mechanism is put in place.

• Directs the assignment and supervision of drivers in the provision of transport services.

• Oversees fuel consumptions and other costs associated with the provision of transport services.

• Interfaces with Managers to evaluate alternative supply networks that optimize cost and service objectives while considering changes in business and customer profiles; provides transportation expertise to these initiatives.

• Collaborates with customs clearance team for the freight forward tasks.

• Develops effective relationships with internal customers (i.e., sales, procurement, finance etc.).

• Ensures that fleet capital investments yield a favorable return; manages appropriate spare ratios and asset disposal.

• Evaluates the transport service provision to different work units and takes appropriate corrective actions when required.

• Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualification and Skills

• BA or MA in Transport Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Business Management, Management, or related fields.  

Experience:

• 8 years for BA

• 6 years for MA

Skills:

• Knowledge of transport regulations.

• Problem-solving & conflict management skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Supervisory and leadership skills.

• Computer literacy, proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel.

• Excellent planning and scheduling skills.

• Time management skills.

• Ability to make decisions on the go in liaison with the relevant stakeholders.

• Problem-solving & conflict management skills

How to Apply

Applicants who fulfill the above-mentioned criteria could submit detailed curriculum vitae along with supporting documents/credentials accompanied by cover letter addressing hr@kerchanshe.com or by our website CLICK HERE with the subject line Senior Head, Transport Operation please try to mention the date on the subject line and submit within Five working days from Jan 13,2024 up to Jan 17,2024