Transport and Distribution Manager

Boardroom Appointments; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Gauteng seeks a Transport and Distribution Manager to direct and oversee all transport and distribution activities, ensuring efficient, cost‑effective operations and alignment with budget goals.

The ideal candidate has matric, 5+ years in transport management, 2+ years in a leadership role, and strong MS Office skills; you will develop strategies, coach your team, monitor KPIs, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Matric
• Minimum 5 years experience in Transport Management
• Minimum 2 years experience as a Manager
• Knowledge of transport methods, costs and benefits
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Complex problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Direct, coordinate, plan and oversee tasks and operations involving transportation activities
• Develop strategies to ensure efficient and cost-effective functioning of distribution services
• Develop activities in line with management policy and objectives
• Coach and develop the team
• Ensure employees have relevant skills and mastery of tools and processes
• Implement operational processes to be adhered to by all team members
• Follow and monitor budget goals
• Define, follow-up on and optimize the annual budget
• Pilot profitability of operations (GM+OR)
• Monitor achievement of budget goals
• Draw up dashboards and issue reports
• Manage and supervise activity
• Optimize purchasing and fleet management
• Follow up on providers' service quality according to SLAs
• Oversee performance indicators
• Conduct regular reviews with partners to analyze results and update improvement plans
• Ensure data quality and integrity
• Ensure compliance requirements are fulfilled
• Assist and support middle & front office in setting up solutions
• Promote communication from and towards operations managers

Skills

Transport management

Matric

Experience in management

Knowledge of transport methods

Microsoft Office

Complex problem-solving

Education

Matric

Tools

DMP Platform

Job description

About the job Transport and Distribution Manager

• Matric
• At least 5 years experience in Transport Management
• At least 2 years experience as a Manager
• Knowledge of transport methods, costs and benefits
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Complex problem-solving skills

Responsibilities:

• The Transport Manager will be responsible for directing, coordinating, planning and overseeing tasks and operations involving transportation activities
• This responsibility will extend to developing strategies to ensure the efficient and cost-effective functioning of the distribution services
• Develop activities, considering the policy and objectives fixed by general management
• Coach and develop his team
• Ensure that nominated employees have the relevant skills
• Ensure that his team master the necessary tools and processes
• Implement operational processes to be adhered to by all employees in the team
• Follow and monitor budget goals
• Define, follow-up on and optimize, the annual budget
• Pilot profitability of his operations (GM+OR)
• Monitor the achievement of budget goals
• Drawing up the dashboards and issuing the reports
• Manage and supervise the activity
• Optimize Purchasing and fleet management
• Follow up of providers service quality according to service level required
• Oversee the activities and performance indicators
• Carry out regular reviews together with main partners to analyse the results, adjust the objectives, develop prospects and update the improvement plan
• Be responsible for data quality and integrity
• Ensure compliance requirements are fulfilled
• Insure updating the rate database and the various transport-related taxes (DMP Platform when available)
• Assist & support middle & front office in the setting-up of solutions
• Promote the communication from and towards the operations managers within their area of responsibility