Manager - Transport Operations - Rail & Inland Terminals - Hyderabad

DP World; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 6,75,000 - 9,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A global logistics company in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Transport Manager. Responsible for optimizing transport operations, ensuring compliance with KPIs, and managing staff training. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of transport management experience and excellent communication skills in English. Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools is essential. This role offers opportunities for impact in the logistics sector and contributes to meeting organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in transport management.
• Strong knowledge of logistics and transportation processes.
• Ability to train and manage drivers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure transport operation meets performance and safety targets.
• Supervise staff and organize work shifts.
• Develop transport strategies to confront climate change.

Skills

Good Communication skills in English

Transport management

Problem-solving in transport

Education

Graduate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Primary Objectives

• Driver management
• Planning of Vehicle Maintenance.
• Vehicle Documentation.
• Organize safety training for drivers.
• Reduction of operation and maintenance costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Make sure the transport operation meets its performance and safety targets, monitor it and report to senior management.
• Write reports and present options and recommendations to clients and senior management.
• Manage and supervise staff, organize work shift rotation, coordinate staff training.
• Identify existing and possible future transport problems, develop transport models and investigate the feasibility of alternative means of transport.
• Transport management:
• Implementation of all transportation activities.
• Developing transportation relationships.
• Ensuring adherence of transport costs.
• Ensuring positive P&L accountability.
• Negotiating and bargaining transportation prices at initial levels.
• Dealing with the effects of congestion.
• Confronting climate change issues by implementing transport strategies and monitoring an organization’s carbon footprint.
• Diesel record (internal shifting and outside dispatch).
• Vendor bill verification.
• E-Way Bill Management.
• Follow up with Concerned authority and ensure timely compliance of all vehicles.
• Ensure proper maintenance of trailers to improve their uptime.
• Ensuring that all operational KPIs are achieved.
• Quick response to attend enroute breakdown vehicles and physically checking of all vehicles with record to ensure 100% compliance.
• Periodic training of Drivers to cover all drivers at least once in a year.

Qualifications & competencies

• Good Communication skills in English language, both oral and written.
• Qualification – Graduate / Experience - Minimum -5 years.
• To have very good knowledge of words, excel & PPT as well as software.