Comply with and enforce all Heath & Safety directives and company’s policy.
• Daily planning and scheduling of vehicles/deliveries including sub contractors.
• Route planning to optimise vehicle usage, fuel and drivers hours and etc.
• Monitor and review vehicle maintenance and service costs, ensure vehicles are serviced to schedule liaising with Transportation Manager.
• Negotiate external sub-contract rates. Actively seek to reduce sub-contractor costs.
• Co-ordinate drivers including holiday and sickness cover.
• Accident and damage investigation and reporting.
• Writing and issuing of driver procedures, addressing of issues as they arrive.
• Hiring of replacement vehicles, obtaining quotes and making recommendations for the purchase of new vehicles.
• Liaise with the customers to ensure the appropriated requirement as needs are maintained to avoid customer’s complaints.
• Reporting any system and operation failures in a prompt manner.
• Preparation and Presentation of daily statistics and reports accurately and on time.
• Ensure Tachograph charts are analysed, filed and any infringements managed.
• Manage driver briefing / de-briefing.
• Achieve agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Monitor operations schedules.
• Organize record and collate return goods and liaise with customer.
• Observe all local depot/customer’s instructions and comply to all standard operations procedures (SOP).