Senior Systems Specialist - Transport Systems

Network Finance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 750,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a hands-on systems professional to align transport operations, commercial needs, and technology for supply chain excellence. The role focuses on configuring TMS/SCE platforms, overseeing onboarding, and ensuring robust integrations across EDI/API/XML/JSON/SQL.

You will engage business and technical stakeholders, drive continuous improvements, and coordinate pricing, tariffs, and freight settlement processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years supporting enterprise transport, logistics, or supply chain systems.
• Experience with TMS or Supply Chain Execution platforms.
• Experience with EDI, API, XML, JSON, and SQL.
• Hands-on onboarding, testing, and deployment activities.
• Knowledge of transport rating, tariffs, billing, and freight settlement.
• Ability to engage effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize TMS and SCE platforms.
• Lead customer and carrier onboarding projects from requirements gathering through testing and go-live support.
• Manage and support EDI, API, XML, and other external system integrations.
• Troubleshoot system, data, and integration issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Facilitate SIT, UAT, deployment, and production support activities.
• Configure transport tariffs, rates, billing structures, and freight settlement processes.
• Partner with operations, business stakeholders, carriers, and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions and continuous improvements.

Skills

TMS experience

SCE platforms

System integration

EDI

API integration

XML

SQL

Onboarding projects

Testing leadership

Deployment

Stakeholder engagement

Tariffs & billing

Freight settlement

Job description

This is an opportunity for a hands-on systems professional who understands how transport operations, commercial requirements, and technology come together to drive supply chain excellence

What You'll Be Doing:

1. Configure, maintain, and optimize Transport Management Systems (TMS) and Supply Chain Execution platforms.
2. Lead customer and carrier onboarding projects from requirements gathering through testing and go-live support.
3. Manage and support EDI, API, XML, and other external system integrations.
4. Troubleshoot system, data, and integration issues and drive root-cause resolution.
5. Facilitate SIT, UAT, deployment, and production support activities.
6. Configure transport tariffs, rates, billing structures, and freight settlement processes.
7. Partner with operations, business stakeholders, carriers, and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions and continuous improvements.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years supporting enterprise transport, logistics, or supply chain systems.
• Proven experience with TMS or Supply Chain Execution platforms.
• Strong systems configuration, implementation, integration, and support experience.
• Experience with EDI, API, XML, JSON, and SQL.
• Hands-on experience leading onboarding, testing, and deployment activities.
• Knowledge of transport rating, tariffs, billing, and freight settlement.
• Ability to engage effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

Ideal Background:

Experience with Transport Management Systems (TMS), Supply Chain Execution (SCE), ERP, WMS, logistics technology platforms