Junior Fleet/Transport Controller

Heriotdale - Johannesburg

This frozen foods company is recruiting for a Junior Controller at their depot in Heriotdale/City Deep.

Minimum Skills/Experience and knowledge required (Competencies):

• Amending/rescheduling transport on daily basis to take into account any changes involving clients, drivers, vehicles, and traffic.
• Contact with customers and building of customer relations.
• Tracking and expediting of vehicles on-route to designated off-loading points.
• Arranging vehicles changes between drivers and any changes involving clients, drivers, vehicles and traffic.
• Controlling all aspects of the day-to-day movements of the vehicle fleet.
• Undertaking any driving/admin duties as required by Management.
• Communicating with drivers.
• Assist with the capturing of KPI’s.
• Assist with resolving POD’s queries.
• Capturing of loading and off-loading times.
• Maintenance schedules are adhered to.

Brief description of duties:

• Matric/Grade 12.
• Ability to communicate in Afrikaans and English.
• MS Office and good writing skills.
• Willing to learn and to growth.
• Natural ability to organize, neat and punctual.
• Flexible and enthusiastic.
• Excellent and professional telephone manner.
• Ability to use own initiative.
• Detail-oriented and extremely accurate.
• Shift work, weekend work and overtime is required.