LOGISTICS OFFICER -CONTROL ROOM

Employment Terms : Permanent

Location : Nairobi

Summary

Our client an FMCG with a busy fleet of delivery trucks is seeking to employ a Logistics officer with good experience in a Control room. Generally, the jobholder will perform Control Room daily operations with high integrity and efficiency.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Track vehicle  locations by GPS system
• Make comparison of actual amounts fuelled vs. invoiced amounts on a daily and monthly basis and highlight discrepancies in the reports.
• Ensure strict compliance with company regulations by drivers.
• Identify on-road exceptions and take immediate remedial action including co-ordinating and responding to emergency situations
• Liaise with drivers, operations personnel and Management
• Develop and present daily management reports relating to vehicle utilization and tracking
• Monitor truck driver performance by Identifying poor trends and driving behaviour through real time and weekly system reports and alerts.
• Analyse operational efficiency of each vehicle in terms of idle time, stop time etc. as a percentage to identify any underutilized vehicles on monthly basis.
• Make comparison of the mapped route vs. the actual route followed on each day and take follow up action to find out cause of deviation.
• Calculate various metrics such as loaves/km, loaves/litre, customers/km to determine efficiency of routes and areas with low presence or penetration on monthly basis for each route.
• Maintain register of alerts from the analysis, who has been contacted and what action has been taken.
• Any other duties related to or arising from the performance of what is listed above.

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

• A Bachelor’s degree in Logistics/Supply Chain or related field
• Minimum of 5 years work experience managing transport in a company with very busy fleet of vehicles
• Experience in a busy control room
• Alert and keen on details.

• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent IT skills and ability to interpret data.
• Integrity, confidentiality and professionalism.
• Good report writing skills with ability to provide timely and accurate reports
• Good record keeping skills
• Ability to take initiative and use own judgment
• Flexibility as the job may entail shift work(day/night)

How to apply:

Qualified candidates should send their CV’s quoting relevant skills, qualifications and experience to

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Interviews will be done on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.