Transport coordinator at Diageo

Overview of the role

The Transport coordinator is responsible in monitoring the timely delivery of Diageo products from the respective Diageo plants to the distribution sites and Key account customers.  They have the responsibility to ensure that all products are delivered safely by all the 3rd party Transporters.

Key accountabilities

• Regularly review and conduct benchmarks to ensure efficient distribution networks
• Optimize loads to drive cost reduction/avoidance and improve efficiency
• Implement required business procedures and drive improvements focusing on timely deliveries, quality of service, turnaround time, damages, and truck utilization to ensure effective management of transportation.
• Optimize the use of Diageo fleet Management tool ensuring maximum truck utilization and Lane adherence by all Transporters.
• Manage plant to customer shipments for working directly with 3PL to meet service level agreements and ensure reliability.
• Build relationships with logistics provider (Third Party Contractors), understand the contractual agreement, track execution, and raise performance issues to ensure maximum compliance to contract terms and conditions.
• Utilize KPIs to monitor the performance and cost efficiency of all contracted logistics providers and identify areas for improvement.
• Monitor the cost to Deliver ensuring adherence to the Budget performance.
• Transport Purchase Orders processing: responsible for raising purchase requisition for the transport service providers in Coupa a Diageo tool for non-stocked items to facilitate timely service once approved as purchase orders and follow through to closure and GRN raising.
• Work closely with Supply Finance and 3PL Finance/reporting teams to ensure accurate recharges are done by Transporters.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of the Move Key performance indicator
• Support local logistics and production teams
• Maintain and issue the transportation portion of the Logistics dashboard.
• Update visual performance management in every operational area in move-transportation

Qualification and experience required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business management – Knowledge/proficiency in Transport Management.
• Computer proficiency in:
• Microsoft word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Trained in use of TMS and SAP
• A minimum of 3 year working in a similar role.