Job Description

Closing Date 2025/12/10


Reference Number SHO251204-1


Job Title Operations Manager (Transport)


Job Type Permanent


Location - Country South Africa


Location - Province Western Cape


Location - Town or City Gqerberha


Purpose of the Job

Purpose of the Role

To lead and manage the operational delivery team within Transrite, ensuring optimal performance across driver management, shift operations, and logistics execution. This role is responsible for driving service excellence to DC and Freshmark through strategic oversight of daily schedules, vehicle utilisation, and compliance processes. The Operations Manager will play a key role in fostering accountability, resolving operational challenges, and enabling continuous improvement across all touchpoints of the delivery function.







Job Advert Details


Job Category Transportation


Job ObjectivesManagement of Drivers, Shift Managers and Debriefing Personnel Daily performance reports Monitoring daily and weekly registers - Toll cards, attendance, breakdowns, fines, wash bay,

pre and post trip inspection sheets.

Disciplinary action and grievance handling. Follow up on daily handover book - problems and queries from drivers and stores. Weekly feedback reports from debriefing manager on driver performance - fuel, co-driver

and accidents.

Weekly feedback reports from Operations Shift Managers - vehicle utilisation, service level

to DC and Freshmark, meal allowance schedules and follow up on whether vehicles for service

were booked off.

Clocking's and the editing thereof Managing daily delivery schedule/plan to achieve high service levels to both DC and Freshmark. Adhoc Operational tasks that influence the efficiency of the Transrite operation



QualificationsTeritary qualification in Transportation or related fields. (Essential)



ExperienceA successful track record (Minimum of 3 years experience) in Operations at Management level in a similar operation



Knowledge and SkillsComputer literacy: Good all round computer literacy, in particular a thorough working
knowledge of excel
Special skills: Good interpersonal skills at management and staff level.





To lead and manage the operational delivery team within Transrite, ensuring optimal performance across driver management, shift operations, and logistics execution. This role is responsible for driving service excellence to DC and Freshmark through strategic oversight of daily schedules, vehicle utilisation, and compliance processes. The Operations Manager will play a key role in fostering accountability, resolving operational challenges, and enabling continuous improvement across all touchpoints of the delivery function.


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