Transport Officer at Greenroad Kenya

Purpose

• Ensure that all vetted transporters meet the company’s standards of transport provision.
• Monitor costs and negotiate contracts and rates with all transport suppliers and continually search for ways to improve quality and better value for money from our suppliers.
• Verify all transport invoices and deal with any issues before payment.
• To ensure that company drivers and staff authorised to drive comply with the legal requirements.
• Attend to all incidents and accidents as required by law.
• To control transportation costs/budgets by getting competitive prices for transportation.
• To liaise with contracted service providers on the maintenance of company vehicles.
• To build, develop and maintain a strong working relationship with clients to optimise on service delivery.
• Identify operational issues and opportunities, escalating them, where and when necessary.
• Develop and maintain a transport policy for companies wishing to offer transport services.
• To ensure collection and delivery of goods to customers in good condition.

Key Performance Indicators

• 100% Transporter compliance to standards
• Zero customer complaints on cargo delay
• Well maintained budget
• Timely collection of goods to and from customer premises/ICD
• Nil accidents
• 100% good stakeholder management
• 100% timely communication

Qualification, Competencies and Skills

Qualifications

• More than 1 years progressive experiences in transportation
• Ability to handle pressure and to work with active attitude
• Excellent personal interaction skill
• Problem solving skill & time management &report writing
• Relationship in and dully understanding of transportation market will be considered as advantage
• Proficient in all computer application packages

Competence & Skills

• Excellent communication
• Provide high impact performance feedback
• Planning, making decisions, and problem solving.
• Avoiding common managerial mistakes.