Job Description

Job Summary Minimum Qualifications:

• Matric
• Diploma/Degree in Road Transport Management.
• Trade tested Diesel Mechanic
• EC drivers' licence
• Good communication skills (Written and Spoken)
• Financial (budgets, Capex, Recons)
• Computer Skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook)
• Qualified Diesel Technician with minimum 8 years' experience on trucks. (Mechanical, Auto Electrical, Cooling Systems, Tyre management) (FMCG)
• Workshop Management with 5 years' experience and sound knowledge of workshop procedures and processes. (FMCG)
• Knowledge of workshop health and safety principals
• FMCG experience (Food Manufacturing)
• Sound Management skills (Planning, implementation, Execution, Staff management)
• Motivated and Energetic
• Strong HR/IR

Role and responsibilities:

• Oversee transport, workshop departments and all depots, including assets and employees.
• Plan and implement budgets.
• Plan, Motivate and Implement Capex Replacements.
• Maintain Vehicle Asset Register.
• Source cost effective parts and ensure on time delivery by securing reliable suppliers
• Develop relationship with suppliers.
• Daily recon of all fuel used to ensure that target fuel usage margins are maintained
• Ensure all fleet is available for Distribution on a daily basis including spare units.
• Schedule all services, repairs and ensure parts availability.
• Maintain and repair fleet as per requirements
• Downtime to be kept to a minimum. (Daily VOR)
• Verify and sign off job cards in the workshop including depots.
• Manage performance of employees with emphasis on productivity, efficiency, and service delivery
• Train, motivate, coach, and mentor transport and workshop employees
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities in the workshop.
• Weekly Depot visits to ensure that standards are maintained at Depot level.
• Ensure the workshop staff adhere to all Health and Safety Regulations.
• Ensure that workshop staff adhere to all Food Safety Regulations.
• Oversee and approve of all parts purchased in the workshop.
• Monitor fuel reserves and order timeously.
• Weekly and Monthly Fuel Recons to balance all diesel stock for month end.
• Ensure stores stock availability, complete monthly stock take and balancing.
• Ensure that all drivers adhere to the National Road Traffic act, daily monitoring of speeding, misuse of any company vehicles and implement corrective action.
• Monthly tyre surveys and sourcing of the correct tyre application for the fleet.
• Monthly tyre reconciliation and document tyre performance and utilization on the total fleet including depots.
• Ensure recapped stock is returned to Workshop Stores.
• Daily and Monthly Tyre Stock Recons.
• Monthly Tyre scrapping reports.
• Daily and Weekly Vehicle inspections.
• Ensure that all vehicle checklists are complete and closed out.
• Ensure that company pool vehicles are monitored and tracked to avoid abuse.
• Ensure optimum utilization of all trucks
• Ensure that a proper cleaning register is maintained
• Monthly Workshop Expenses breakdown down and average cost per / km is calculated and monitored monthly. (CPK).
• Report incidents and accidents, investigate and implement preventive measures.
• Close out all accidents with Insurance administrator within time.
• Maintain fleet image. (Mechanical, Branding and cosmetics)
• Monitor and track staff KPI's
• Comply with BU procedures and policies.
• Staff Training analysis and implementation

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