Controller: Transport Operations (Execution)

Job Context

To coordinate and control the quality of the work activities of a team that executes a load plan for the cost-effective, on-time and in-full delivery of client loads, contributing to managerial decision making.

Key Performance Areas:

• Execute own work and team work according to set operating procedures and service level agreements
• Execute own work and teamwork in line with governance and compliance processes
• Monitor and report on own and team's transactional activities to provide timely information for decision making
• Plan, coordinate and deliver own and team activities to ensure that agreed standards and operational objectives are met (daily to 3 months)
• Coordinate and participate in learning interventions to establish a learning and development culture within the team
• Coordinate and monitor daily work activities within the team environment in order to prevent financial losses
• Coordinate team activities to meet and exceed internal and external customer expectations
• Brief and despatch drivers to execute load plans
• Conduct vehicle and driver inspections
• Debrief drivers, check and control delivery documentation
• Despatch drivers to execute operational transport plans
• Ensure adherence to vehicle maintenance schedules
• Create an engaging, enabling and productive work climate aligned to the employee value proposition by demonstrating leadership through personal commitment to organisational values

Qualifications Required:

• Completed Grade 12 / Matric.
• Bachelor's or equivalent 3-year degree (NQF Level 7)

Experience and Skills Required:

• Up to 5 years of experience in a similar environment with at least 2 years tactical leadership or specialist experience
• RTMS, TMS, Mix Telemetric experience.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

EEO Statement

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