Sappi Southern Africa
Forestry Saiccor Customer Services Centre
Transport Controller ( P12 )
Sappi Forests requires a Transport Controller to track and monitor vehicles on an electronic system, enabling the control of risk and the safety of drivers as well as ensuring client satisfaction through the on-time and in-full delivery of loads. To coordinate and expedite the off-loading of products at delivery points, contributing to the on-time delivery of transportation services and client satisfaction
This role reports to the Transport Officer.
The main responsibilities of this job are:
- Execute the daily route plan through live/integrated vehicle tracking for all site vehicles against the plan at an optimal level
- Raise and escalate trip deviation against a plan to Transport Officer and ensure that all events are governed by tracking procedure
- Liaise constantly with customers to optimise delivery schedules and lower the transport cost base through the reduction of turnaround times
- Measure on time delivery and turnaround time and reporting of deviations at a customer level on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Ensure that vehicle security procedures are followed
- Communicate all failed deliveries and ensure that a unique reference is issued to the driver to be presented at the point of debrief
- Submit accurate daily reporting for planner prior to routing session to ensure that returns can be optimally included into the next day’s plan
- Monitor and control driver behaviour and improve by managing key driver events and escalate to Transport Officer
- Ensure that the tracking system is accurately maintained to enable management of planned vs. actual routes through the optimisation of customer locations enabling > 96% customer/market order
- Track all vehicles electronically and ensure that all non-tracked vehicles are explained daily
- Capture every trip on relevant platforms i.e. Quartex and MixTelematics
- Re-plan, update, and communicate to relevant stakeholders as trip plans change
- Update, edit and communicate variations and changes on various platforms i.e Quartex and MixTelematics
- Handover daily shift and update to all stakeholders
- Report on detailed variance to the original plan with reasons and action plans
- Log off communications between stakeholders for every shift
The ideal candidate should have:
- Grade 12
- Diploma in Transport and/or equivalent advantageous
- Up to 5 years’ experience
- Planning experience advantageous
- Fluent in isiZulu and English
- MS Office and a good working knowledge of MS Excel
Closing date: 21 March 2022
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HR Contact
Malinee Dayanand
033 3476693
Malinee
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