Road Transport Manager

Responsibilities Manage activities related to booking, planning, dispatching, routing, and tracking of trucks in Tanzania and in Uganda. Collaborates with staff members to formulate and implement transportation-related procedures as well as company revenue goals and project services objectives. Organize and manage subordinate staff members to ensure work is completed and consistent with Project’s standards. Ensure smooth interactions between the transport team and the other departments / entity involved: Control Tower & COM departments, BTL Uganda, and site teams (Port/Buffer Yard/TIS plant & other place of loading/offloading). Team Management o Supervise and give guidance on daily operational issues. Provide a positive learning environment to strengthen and educate the team he/she responsible for. Manage staff including appraisals and coaching. Prepare JDs including Performance Indicators definition for each position within the Transport team, adapt team tasks according to Operations requirements if needed. He/she is proactive on suggestions of team organization/reorganization if needed, in order to maintain and improve the service level. Maintain good relationship with the transporters Assist to conduct suppliers HSE Performance Review Ensure standardisation of operating procedures with suppliers as per MLC’s requirements, including requirements on IVMS and reporting to be received from transporters Monitor supplier performance (Rate of bookings met etc.) Obtain best rates with high quality service as per Project’s Requirement Operational Excellence o Monitor his/her activity by the production of weekly and monthly reports (KPIs, HSE figures etc.) Maintain good service level by implementing a permanent Improvement Plan to meet Project’s objectives and monitor the effectiveness of actions taken by implementing Key Indicators. Participate to operational meetings with COMPANY, prepare reports and implement actions plans agreed with COMPANY. Ensure all deadlines and procedures are adhered to. QHSE In collaboration with QHSE, the Transport Manager assist to conduct investigations to resolve incidents/accidents. He/She implements corrective actions to prevent the same events from occurring again. Participate to all safety training as required Adhere to all HSE requirements of the project Requirements Knowledge and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics or any other related discipline Sound knowledge of the road transport business locally and internationally Customer Service Strong ethics in dealings with customers, suppliers and contractors 10 years’ experience in Freight Forwarding 5 of which should be in a Road Freight Head or similar role