Transport Operations Coordinator

Vacancy: Transport Operations Coordinator

Minimum 3 years experience in the transport & logistics industry.

As the Transport Operations Coordinator, your duties include:

• Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency
• Create policies or procedures for logistics activities.
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
• Participate in carrier management processes, such as selection, qualification, or performance evaluation.
• Monitor container import or export processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or local delivery.
• Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives.
• Negotiate transportation rates or services.
• Develop risk management programs to ensure continuity of supply in emergency scenarios.
• Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers.
• working with suppliers and customers, planning routes and scheduling delivery times
• Booking in deliveries and liaising with customers.
• Allocating and recording resources and movements on the transport planning
• Ensuring all partners in the logistics chain are working effectively and efficiently to ensure smooth operations.
• Communicating effectively with clients and responding to their requirements.
• Booking sub-contractors and ensuring they deliver within agreed terms
• Directing all transportation activities.
• Developing transportation relationships.
• Monitoring transport costs.
• Negotiating and bargaining transportation prices.
• Dealing with the effects of congestion.
• Plan or implement improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes.
• managing/coordinating with our team or our supplier’s team of supervisors, administration staff and drivers
• making sure the operation meets its targets
• putting together performance reports for directors
• arranging vehicle maintenance and tax payments
• organising vehicle replacements parts
• managing contracts and developing new business.
• Supervise the logistics officer who will report to you and the GM
• Minimize downtime and penalties the company may incur at all costs by using all means necessary

Working hours

You would normally work about 45 hours a week, but this may increase during shift-work and weekends to cover 24-hour operations.

Your time would be split between the office, the transport depot and your clients' premises.

Numeration Package & Benefits will be discussed during the interview.

All cvs to be emailed to info@aplogistics.com