DSC _ Planner - Kempton Park at DHL Supply Chain

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversee Planning team and guide resources around analyzing of orders on origin and destination locations
• Apply best methods overall to lower transport and routing costs - thereby reducing delivery costs                     
• Ensure Planning teams Consolidate orders into loads, and guide resources in determining the best way to move those loads    
• Increase DHL asset utilization                                                                                                                                     
• Effectively automate routing process                                                                                                                                        
• Manage, plan and utilize all internal resources to ensure maximum productivity                                             
• Reduce operating costs through Improved fleet utilization, reduce waiting time, reduce distance travelled, etc
• Maximize routing solutions: balance service levels and delivery costs                                                                                         
• Fixed dynamic routing: Manage costs per route, customer, order sequence, lowest cost, shortest route, shortest distance    
• Ensure all systems are used effectively and ensure teams use the appropriate systems                                             
• Support LH planners in daily market purchase (Subcontractors)                                                                                                
• Review Regional Lane LH trends and propose improvement initiatives                                                                                         
• Health and safety management and compliance                                                                                                                                  
• Increase customer services levels.                                                                                                                                              
• Measure attendance and performance in accordance with site procedures and policies                                      
• To ensure compliance with all legislative and site policies and to ensure all relevant site processes and procedures are adhered to, which would include Health and Safety requisites                                                       
• KPI Management                                                                                                                                              
• Process Improvement                                                                                                                                    
• Review and analyze results.                                                                                                                                          
• Collaborate with Business Leads on new projects, initiatives and or other implementations.                                       
• Ensure SOP's are reviewed at minimum every 24 Months                                                                                                               
• Collaborate with Functional CCT Dept Leads and support where necessary.                                                                                    
• Share applicable Monthly reports with Management.                                                                                                                        
• Manage wholistic customer data base by building the best routes for our dedicated and sub-contractor fleet      
• Ensure databases of customers, products and routes are continuously updated.                                                                      
• Ensure Daily/Weekly/Monthly Resource schedules are in place.                                                                                                 
• Ensure development and succession plans are in place.                                                                                                                   
• Ensure all new Subcontractors are on-boarded in DHL's compliant manner.

Qualifications, Experience & Attributes:

• Matric
• Relevant professional qualifications
• Degree/ Diploma in Road Transport, Supply Chain Managements
• Experience in Fleet Management
• Ability to handle transport network in near real time.
• Exceptional in-depth knowledge of operations
• Support complex operations - cross docking.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Ability to review and analyse results, reports, and findings.
• Ability to function on a strategic level.
• Customer Focus and Problem Solving
• Computer software- Select, C-Track, Heat, MS Office
• Fixed/dynamic routing experience
• Geocoding on victor maps with full street search
• Analyse and manage distribution resources.