National Transport Manager
Retail, Healthcare / Pharmacy
Minimum Requirements
- Knowledge of South African transport and logistics operating environment
- Knowledge of health and safety regulations
- Knowledge of contract management
- Solid understanding of supply chain operations and processes, including the warehouse management systems (WMS)
- Solid understanding of transportation management systems (TMS).
- Knowledge of route planning, fleet management and delivery optimisation
- Budget control and productivity improvement methods
- South African transport legislation, safety regulations and compliance requirements
- Fleet sourcing, capacity planning and service provider management
- Transport performance metrics (for example on-time delivery, cost per kilometre, utilisation)
- Transport network design and optimisation
- Logistics strategy in retail or FMCG environments
- Sustainable transport practices and fuel efficiency
- Labour relations in unionised environments
- Advanced data analytics and reporting techniques
- Digital transformation in logistics
- Industry trends and best practices in transport and supply chain
- Omni-channel fulfilment (home delivery, click and collect, pharmacy delivery)
- National budget management and cost control
- Analytical and reporting skills (Excel/Power BI analysis)
Responsibilities
- To plan, lead and manage the end-to-end transport function by integrating and optimising national transport operations to deliver safe, reliable, compliant and cost-effective movement of goods across the Clicks network, in order to enable consistent store availability, protect margin and support sustainable business growth in line with regulatory requirements and the logistics strategy.
- To develop and manage the implementation of the Clicks national transport strategy and governance framework in order to enable integrated, consistent and scalable transport operations that support store and omni-channel growth as well as service delivery.
- To deliver efficient, compliant and cost-effective end-to-end national transport performance across the distribution network in order to meet service standards and optimise cost-to-serve.
- To implement an integrated and scalable national transport network across last mile, mid mile and omni-channel operations to support business growth.
- To define and monitor national transport performance indicators in order to achieve defined service standards, metrics and manage operational risk.
- To establish transport performance visibility and operational control across the network through digital enablement in order to enable accurate data, informed decision-making and proactive risk management.
- To lead a resilient, flexible and cost-effective national transport capacity model across owned and outsourced fleets in order to meet service standards and business objectives.
- To optimise national transport cost-to-serve within the approved budget through productivity gains and continuous improvement in order to protect margin while meeting service levels.
- To lead delivery of compliant, safe and sustainable transport operations in line with regulatory and audit requirements in order to manage operational risk and strengthen network resilience.
- To build effective stakeholder relationships and alignment across internal and external partners in order to enable timely resolution of transport-related issues and minimise impact on service, cost, safety and risk.
