The Transportation Manager is responsible for the execution, direction, and coordination of all transportation matters within the company in all covered geographies. He is in charge of other transport staff members in addition to taking charge of every transportation asset and process.?
He is responsible for overseeing and leading all aspects of transportation operation staff including driver supervision, national and local lawful operation compliance, equipment maintenance, and operational safety and compliance with the standard operating procedures of the company.
Job Responsibilities:
Analyze expenditures and other financial information to develop plans, policies, or budgets for increasing profits and improving services.
Responsible for getting deliveries to the right locations at the right time.
Comply with operations policies and standards, including determining safety procedures for the handling of goods.
Responsible for all of the dispatching, routing, and tracking of delivery vehicles.
Ensuring company compliance with all transport policies, legislation, and procedures.
Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer or shipper complaints with authorization level (cost, scope, assets involved, territory covered, etc.?) above Transportation Supervisor role.
Negotiate and authorize contracts with equipment and materials suppliers, and monitor contract fulfillment, in coordination with central or group procurement manager.
Involved in strategic development and strategy making for your assets e.g. Transport Management System
Making sure that all transport fleet vehicles are properly maintained and serviced.
Identifying operational issues, potential problems, and opportunities, and providing plans to implement solutions.
Regularly liaising with the Regional Warehouse Managers to ensure a smooth running of both departments.
Periodical site visits to the regional offices and/or remote sites to follow up on the implementation of set work processes and policies and taking immediate appropriate action to fix any deficiencies.
Maintain a dashboard of the fleet, assets, driver performance, expenses, budgets, and other transportation-related KPIs.
Success Indicator
Actual spend to company budget
Deliveries on time within set customer time windows (OTD)
Route Compliance
Truck capacity utilization
Staff performance
Product damages due to transportation
Non-Delivery
Truck turnaround time
Number of shipments per period
Number of cartons or pallets shipped per period
Cost per carton, pallet, consignment, etc? shipped per period
Duplicate consignment charges
Delivered to received consignments (value and quantity)
Regulations non-compliances
Leadership:
Develop the guidelines to clarify the key responsibilities and practices to ensure the team promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
Ensure the implementation of Company programs, procedures, methods, and practices to promote customer key messages and achieve a competitive advantage.
Monitor & put actions in place to achieve Saudization plans
Self-Development:
Ensure the alignment of the companys best practice and initiate the development plan based on the outcome of the PDR and Career Development Plan.
Ensure performance review with the line manager every quarter and agree on the action plan.
Performance Management:
PDR or Appraisal for the Team: Team up with the HR partner to prepare and timely submit PDRs for all Team Members, and ensure process completed on time as company communication and direction.
Organization & People Development:
Development (Coaching & Training): Identify Team training needs and work with his Team and HR to ensure skills gapes are covered through systematic coaching and training courses & on the job coaching?
Building Team Talents: Build an Area pool of talents to allow for promotions from within and to supply the organization with capable Supervisors & front lines.Team Building & Work Environment: Create/Maintain a vibrant, engaging, and celebrative culture that delivers business excellence and promotes personal learning & development, and enhances the company?s? values within each individual.
