Logistics Officer – Tracking at East Africa Fruits
Job Overview
Logistics Officer – Tracking at East Africa Fruits
East Africa Fruits Company Limited (EA Foods)
Dar es Salaam
Must have skills
- Skills:
- a) Knowledge of the Transportation industry
- b) Statutory knowledge regarding Insurance and road transport guidelines
- c) Strong system knowledge
- d) Team management specifically Truck drivers
- Good to have skills
- Additional Skills a) Tech oriented – Interested to adopt new technology
Qualifications
- We are seeking an energetic responsible Tracking Officer to join our team, responsible for handling the Long haul truck tracking and controlling the Drivers for our logistics company.
- The ideal candidate will have a background in logistics, Driver handling exposure, Knowledge of the Insurance process, road transportation rules and system knowledge.
- With a mind set to develop the Logistics business to make our fleets to give maximum utilization and make the Business profitable.
- The Tracking Officer will be responsible for the Individual truck wise revenue generation and the growth of the Logistics business with profitable margin.
Job role
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinating and placement of trucks for Both EAF and External transport customers on time at the right location.
- Truck scheduling for the trip –
a) Each LH truck scheduling to be planned and executed. b) Maximizing each truck usage time. c) No “idling” hours for each truck other than scheduled. (Driver rest hours & Scheduled halting) d) Monitoring of Loading & Unloading time and escalate it and release the trucks if it is held up abnormally e) Do the billing if it is beyond the agreed norm and collect the demurrage. - GPS enabled Long – Haul truck tracking & Transit Time adherence & Taking action.
- Willing to work 24*7, and monitor the fleet movements and bring in High level efficiency in the system using the Tracking team.
- Long-haul Truck Driver Deviation Management.
(a) Speed limit monitoring, b) Night Halt deviation c) Route Deviation d) Transit Time adherence and e) Abnormal halting enroute - Manage Long Haul driver related – a) Traffic fines b) Route Deviation control
- Coordination with the Insurance agency & Insurance renewal & Claims and Latra payments on time.
- Coordinating with the external customer and getting their week schedule and doing the truck planning.
- To make sure the truck is available and meet the customer demand.
- Long haul truck hiring from the market and meet the company requirement within the Budget cost.
- Coordinating with the Finance and following the process for the payment to the Hiring truck on time.
- Achieve the Transport Revenue Target and the Gross margin as per the Budget.
- Achieve the Transport related KPI assigned and meet out the same with the timeline.
- Able to handle all Truck related Insurance, Latra and other statutory payments. Insurance claim recovery in case of accidents.
- Coordinating with the Police and related authorities in collecting the required documents on time.
- To maintain all internal records with respect to the Transport business on line and the report submission as per the guidelines.