The Role
Lead regional operations for the Western Cape, managing resources, P&L, operational coordination, billing and contingency planning, driving cost reduction, customer satisfaction, and liaising with sales and service providers.
Summary Generated by Built In
What You Can Expect:
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Manage the change process with your business units
- Monitor and optimize utilization and performance of all resources
- Ensure the effective running and co-ordination of the operational functions within the branch and region
- Prepare contingency plans in cases of operating system failure on Parcel Perfect
- Compile weekly / monthly billing reports on sales accounts and the exact amount of business and potential business generated by these accounts
- Manage the Profit and Loss of the branch and region
- Investigate and implement ways in which to reduce costs and increase margins
- Maximise customer satisfaction
- Liaise with sales staff regarding new client’s requirements and the effectiveness of these calls
- Negotiate and implement agreements with approves service providers
What You Bring:
Knowledge & Experience:
- Matric or Senior Certificate equivalent
- An appropriate tertiary qualification (Degree or National Diploma). Additional qualifications in the field of supply chain management, freight forwarding, or operations management would be preferable
- 10 years’ experience within the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry – Customs Clearing knowledge preferable
- Experience in leading managers and multi skilled teams
- Superior communication skills, both written and verbal
- Computer Literate with good Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint skills
Skills & Attributes:
- Leadership skills with the enthusiasm to develop the team members
- Strong focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to solve problems
- Client centric focus
- The ability to handle conflict resolution
- Level-headed, flexible and the ability to adapt to a changing environment / situations
- Tenacity: Staying with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is obtained
Skills Required
- Matric or Senior Certificate equivalent
- Appropriate tertiary qualification (Degree or National Diploma)
- Additional qualifications in supply chain management, freight forwarding, or operations management
- 10 years' experience within the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry
- Customs clearing knowledge
- Experience leading managers and multi skilled teams
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literate with strong Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint skills
- Leadership skills and enthusiasm to develop team members
- Strong focus on continuous improvement
- Problem solving ability
- Client centric focus
- Conflict resolution ability
- Adaptability and level-headedness in changing environments
- Tenacity (persistence to achieve objectives)
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The Company
What We Do
Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG (NIAG) is a regional transport company based in Moers, Germany, that provides comprehensive bus and rail services to the Lower Rhine region.
