Transport Manager at International Breweries Plc

International Breweries Plc - Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.

Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Transport Manager

Location: Osun
Job Type: Full-time

Description

• The key purpose of this role is to be responsible for delivering the T1& T2 Logistics Transport strategy and ensuring that the country develops and implements global best practices to drive safety, cost and service level aspirations, whilst adhering to all DPO & VPO requirements.
• Owning all the country transport KPI's and doing internal benchmarking and gap identification to improve productivity and develop internal best practices. Acting as the country pillar owner for DPO (delivery, fleet) and responsible for developing and implementing all country transport SOP's and policies.

Key roles and responsibilities:
T1 & t2 Distribution Planning:

• Ensure safety is priority in all T1 & T2 operations
• Ensure that T1 & T2 distribution planning systems are effectively implemented and used to ensure optimal distribution
• Set up and implement centralized T2 planning for Botswana
• Maintain and improve T2 service delivery levels to ensure targets are met
• Transporter contract management
• Drive VLC improvement across all sites
• Accountable for the fulfilment of key transport KPI’s for both T1 and T2.
• Customer and transporter master data management
• Own the T1 LCP block

Fleet Management:

• Ensure safety is priority in all fleet operations
• Fleet management across the country (processes and costs, people and reporting)
• Develop and review annual Country Transport Capex Guidelines according to Zone and Global strategic priorities
• Manage the fleet Capex for the country
• Drive VLC improvement across fleet
• Improve delivery capacity
• Accountable for the fulfilment of key fleet KPI’s for all fleets (trucks, forklifts, small vehicles)
• Fleet master data management

DPO & VPO Implementation:

• DPO Fleet and Distribution country pillar owner
• Develop and implement standardized country SOP’s and policies
• Full adherence to on-site safety guidelines for all vehicle maintenance

People Management:

• Ensure that the Shop Floor are aligned in terms of goals and meeting routines to drive continuous improvement
• Ensures that Monthly One on Ones are conducted in line with the target review process
• Maintains a healthy industrial relations climate with key stakeholders through documented SLA meetings
• Communication channels are open to relevant stakeholders via Monthly All Employee meetings
• Follow up on Engagement Survey results with clear actions to correct areas of concern
• Recruitment of talent and building of pipeline
• Perform 180 reviews and address poor performance where required by means of improvement plans and or disciplinary hearings

Reporting:

• Design technology strategy to improve quality of reporting, efficiencies and visibility
• Develop transport dashboards for the country
• Implementation of new automation projects in the country

Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain / Logistics / Commerce
• 3 to 5 years relevant experience
• Understanding of end-to-end logistics/supply chain in a FMCG environment
• High level of computer literacy (MS Office, Syspro, Teams, Power BI etc.)
• Strong analytical skills to convert data into business insights
• Strong numerical capabilities especially around budgeting and cost optimization initiatives
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with good interpersonal skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.