Operations Manager

Purpose of the role

The Operation Manager is heading operations department and responsible for managing the execution, direction, and coordination of all fleet matters within the company. This includes controlling budgets, organising schedules & routes, booking vehicles, documentations, tracking, performance review for the subordinates, ensuring that vehicles are safe and meet compliance requirements, ensure all subordinates are aware of their duties through scheduled trainings.

Responsibilities

· Ensure tucks achieve minimum 8 trips per year.

· Sops: Ensure all developed sops are implemented and records kept accordingly.

· Managing and supervising the operation Team

· Planning and Budgetary control for all trip expenses.

· Developing strategies for greater fuel efficiency

· Analysing data to increase business operational efficiency.

· Ensure truck availability for loading.

· Ensure trucks are booked, allocated and dispatched for loading accordingly.

· Ensure all dispatched trucks have proper documents which align with the registration cards, Chassis number and fixed on a specific trailer.

· Ensure that the following reports are written and submitted daily (customer daily going and return load tracking reports, internal tracking reports, breakdown reports, fuel orders, master trip sheets, etc)

· Ensure that the correct quantity is delivered to the client at the destination and that the driver collects and submits the PODs from the client upon return.

· Setting performance targets, conduct & submit performance evaluation for all subordinates under the department.

· Review and confirm all trip expenses, vehicle parking bills and trip invoices.

· Vehicle performance monitoring, record keeping, and improvement.

· Monitoring and evaluating Drivers’ trip performances.

MaintainingconstantcommunicationwithDriversandTeam

Knowledge & Experience

· Bachelor’s degree in transport and logistics from accredited higher learning institution or related field

· Five years’ experience as Operations Manager in Transport and Logistic

· Knowledge in Vehicle Transit business in EastAfrica