Job Summary :-  We are looking for a highly experienced and proactive professional to lead and oversee our transportation operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in fleet management, logistics planning, route optimization, team leadership, and ensuring compliance with transport regulations.

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

Education

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

Experience:  

• 8 years  experience in managing transport in large-scale organizations or industrial settings

• Certification in logistics or fleet management is an added advantage.

Skill 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Knowledge of transport regulations.

• 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 with the subject “ Transport Operation Head ” within seven working days from July 09,2025 up to July 16, 2025.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted