Secondary Transport Manager - Malmesbury at PepsiCo

Responsibilities

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a Secondary Transport Manager to join our dynamic team. The role is physically located in Malmesbury, Western Cape reporting to the Transport Lead. The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end management of secondary transport freight from collecting customer demand, securing services to execution of delivery. They will supervise the Transport Planners and ensure execution of centralized planning. They will also be accountable for all secondary transport demand, centralised planning, total optimization of trucks in the secondary space while reporting on all key performance indications against transport including corrective actions

The successful candidate will also be responsible for the following:

• Support Work with the Network Enabler and Technical Development teams to improve solution or technology solution quality
• Work with the field to resolve daily execution issues that arise. Support the field by insuring emergency shipments are managed in a timely manner and meet service expectations (out of regular business hours)
• Manage the order feed processes to the Transportation Management System including those generated by various Order Management Systems and those manually entered
• Monitor system generated exception/error reports and take action as necessary to correct issues
• Work with Warehousing/Manufacturing to develop prioritization rules for loads to minimize delays on loads & improve loading process
• Produce/review various performance reports to drive results.
• Supervise Execution Team within Org to complete all transport execution functions which includes getting vehicles to load and deliver on time and making operation changes to plan to ensure deliveries on time.
• Sign off and implement transport budgets to ensure transport rates aligned
• Measure and identify any deviations to actuals against budget
• Develop and implement corrective actions for any deviations to budgets and productivity
• Provide feedback on performance in weekly Budget review sessions.

Qualifications

What will qualify you for the role

• BCom/BTech/Diploma in Logistics, Business Management, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering
• 3-5 years experience in Supply Chain/Logistic/Transport environment.
• Solid background in secondary planning and load optimisation
• Experience with a Transport Management System & SAP (preferred) 

Skills Required:

• Planning and organizing
• Relationship Management
• Leadership
• People Management
• Attention to detail
• Teamwork
• Working under pressure
• Adaptability