Road Freight Operations Team Leader

Employment; Manama; On-site; BHD 15,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure to a leading logistics

Opportunities in a global company

Job summary

DHL Global Forwarding in Bahrain is seeking a Road Freight OPS Team Leader to coordinate transport planning, optimise routes and manage carrier performance. You will lead a team, set daily objectives and ensure safe, compliant operations across road freight activities.

Join a global logistics leader with a strong focus on efficiency, service quality and cost management. You will engage with stakeholders, drive process improvements and deliver reliable shipments for a diverse customer base.

Qualifications

• More than 2 years of experience in road freight/logistics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers and stakeholders.
• Setting day-to-day operational objectives for team.
• Coordinate plans and processes for transport operations.
• Coach and guide the team for execution of day-to-day tasks and activities to meet work schedules and targets.
• Execute transport activities including safe operations of machines and equipment, and warehouse and distribution activities such as receive, handle, store, record and dispatch goods.
• Draft route plans and load schedules, maximize consolidation levels in to service area, choose appropriate transportation, modify and communicate plans as per scheduling changes.
• Closely follow up for critical material transportation and special deliveries, and establish emergency plans and coordinate customs processes, if required.
• Define and record resources and movements on the transport planning system.
• Track performance of the subcontractors against set standards.
• Manage the carrier network for specific traffic region and achieve consistency of carrier service with defined standards and compliance with pallet and claim policies.
• Track delivery exceptions from the carriers and report back to principal and/ or customer service team.
• Examine and resolve customer service issues and exceptions, and prepare, process and distribute required customer reports accurately and on time.
• Participate in development and completion of transportation and traffic project activities such as transportation service analysis and consolidation studies.
• Achieve adherence to operating, environmental and safety procedures and standards through training and communication.
• Report financial, operational and customer information to improve overall network performance and cost management.
• Highlight issues and opportunities, and execute better transport operations methods and techniques focusing on increasing effectiveness and efficiency, and controlling costs.

Job description

DHL Global Forwarding in Bahrain is seeking a Road Freight OPS Team Leader to coordinate transport planning, optimise routes and manage carrier performance. You will lead a team, set daily objectives and ensure safe, compliant operations across road freight activities.

Join a global logistics leader with a strong focus on efficiency, service quality and cost management. You will engage with stakeholders, drive process improvements and deliver reliable shipments for a diverse customer base.