Permanent - North Bound Fleet Manager - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Department:  Operations

ROLE OVERVIEW: 

The Fleet Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day functions of the fleet in combination with the use of both internal and external systems as well as available support teams to ensure that the Fleet objectives and monthly/yearly targets are met, being responsible for directing, coordinating, planning, and overseeing tasks and operations pertaining to transport activities.

 OUTLINE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees the Imports, Exports and Tracking teams and their related functions. 
• Oversees the Discipline team and ensures related issues are timeously followed up and dealt with accordingly and escalated where necessary. 
• Consult with the Legal team concerning discipline issues and provide solutions to pertinent issues which may affect the day-to-day running of the fleet. 
• Monitors Loads available from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe to ensure vehicles are optimally used and that sufficient capacity is always provided to our customers by also incorporating driver management. 
• Understands and leverages the company’s operating systems and communication devices, ensuring that reporting staff are using the systems and devices correctly and in full, to the benefit of the operation. 
• Oversees KPI performance actively seeking to improve efficiencies within the fleet. 
• Effectively and actively promotes a customer services approach understanding customer requirements and quality standards. 
• Escalates issues or concerns that cannot be resolved to Management to address. 
• Identifies and communicates any threats or weaknesses relating to Fleet performance, as is deemed relevant. 
• Consistently promotes and adheres to Company policy, procedure, and legislation, including but not limited to, that relating to health and safety.
• From time to time, works on ad-hoc projects and undertakes other reasonable duties as required by senior management

• Degree in Business and/or Administration, Logistics And/or Transport Diploma.
• 5 - 8 years with relevant management experience in a similar role within the transport/logistics industry, preferably in Transport and/or Logistics.
• Must have Leadership experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office products (word; excel; PowerPoint)
• Others: English – Full Command of the English language, both written and spoken

Key Competencies:

• Customer, people and results-centric.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team, as well as manage people; excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Works logically and systematically to solve problems, make decisions and think laterally and flexibly with the ability to manage sustainable change.
• Must be able to go out of his/her way to get the job done.
• Maintains a positive attitude to continued learning and growth