Transport and Admin Manager

Australian Country Choice; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted Beef Sales

Uniform

Short Term Incentive Bonus

Onsite Parking

Onsite Health & Physio centre

Job summary

Australian Country Choice in Cannon Hill invites an experienced Transport and Admin Manager to lead domestic and export transport scheduling, customer service, and shipment administration. You will supervise a small team, ensure bookings, loading, and on-time dispatch while keeping customers informed.

This is a visible, hands-on leadership role for someone who understands transport operations and builds strong customer relationships.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in transport, logistics or distribution operations.
• People leadership in a customer-facing environment.
• Strong knowledge of domestic road freight, exports, and booking processes.
• Familiarity with export compliance for perishables.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own scheduling and slot performance for domestic trucks and export containers.
• Be the main transport contact for customers and export stakeholders.
• Proactively flag load or timeslot risks and drive resolution.
• Coordinate with cold store ops on stock, labour, loading, docks.
• Manage container bookings, cut-offs, shipping documents and compliance.
• Review transporter performance, costs, DIFOT, slot adherence, claims.
• Lead and develop six direct reports with clear service standards.
• Support HACCP, safety, biosecurity, animal welfare and audits.
• Identify improvements to service, efficiency, safety, waste reduction.

Skills

Transport leadership

Schedule management

Customer service

Stakeholder management

Data interpretation

Tools

WMS

TMS

Job description

Australian Country Choice is one of Australia's largest family-owned integrated beef supply chain companies, from cattle production through to processing and distribution. Our Cannon Hill site plays a key role in delivering high-quality beef products, supported by people who value belief, energy, responsibility, integrity, grit, humility and team.

We are currently seeking an experienced Transport and Admin Manager to lead domestic and export transport scheduling, customer service, shipment administration and small team. You will ensure trucks and containers are booked, loaded correctly and dispatched on time, while keeping customers informed before they need to ask.

This is a visible, hands‑on leadership role for someone who understands transport operations, builds strong customer relationships and treats every booked timeslot as a promise.

Responsibilities

• Own scheduling and slot performance for domestic trucks and export containers.
• Act as the main transport, booking and load‑status contact for key customers and export stakeholders.
• Communicate early when loads, orders or timeslots are at risk and drive issues through to resolution.
• Work closely with cold store operations to align stock, labour, picking, loading capacity, docks and equipment.
• Manage container bookings, cut‑offs, shipping documentation and regulatory requirements.
• Review transporter performance, logistics costs, DIFOT, slot adherence and claims data.
• Lead, coach and develop six direct reports, setting clear service and accountability standards.
• Support HACCP, BSM, biosecurity, safety, animal welfare, environmental and audit requirements.
• Identify practical improvements to service, efficiency, quality, safety and waste reduction.

Requirements

• At least five years’ experience in transport, logistics or distribution operations.
• People‑leadership experience in a customer‑facing environment.
• Strong knowledge of domestic road freight, container exports, shipping documentation, bookings and slotting.
• Working knowledge of Australian export compliance for perishable goods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, negotiation and stakeholder‑management skills.
• The ability to interpret operational data, make sound decisions and improve processes.
• A calm, accountable and hands‑on approach in a fast‑paced operation.
• Desirable: food, perishables or cold‑chain experience; experience managing contracted transporters; relevant logistics or supply‑chain qualifications; and exposure to WMS and TMS platforms.

What do we offer?

• Discounted Beef Sales and Uniform
• Short Term Incentive Bonus
• Onsite Parking
• Onsite Health & Physio centre
• Opportunity to shape the service customers receive, improve transport performance and build a capable, accountable logistics team

If you are a customer-focused transport leader who can connect operational detail with dependable service, we would like to hear from you.

Australian Country Choice is committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace.