The Transport/Logistics Manager is responsible for scheduling all truck logistics and movement ensuring truck maintenance, road worthiness, route planning and managing all company drivers to ensure they work in line with corporate goals.
Responsibilities
Overseeing the maintenance, inspection, and repair of vehicles to ensure they are safe and operational.
Scheduling, and tracking routes and deliveries for maximum efficiency.
Ensuring all drivers comply with local transport regulations, and safety standards.
Supervising drivers including scheduling, training, and evaluation
Managing logistics, optimizing efficiency.
Coordinating with external logistics vendors and negotiating
Qualifications
Preferably a Mechanical Engineering background but with robust practical experience in transport management
Minimum of ten years work experience in similar capacity
Other Qualities:
High level organization and planning
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and business skills.
Strong ethical and moral values.
Multitasking
Good time management.
Hardworking, target oriented, with high level of integrity and leadership skills
Skill Set:
Ability to work independently with little supervision.