Load Planner (Road Freight)

Trucks, drivers, loads and deadlines all meet on your screen at a courier operations centre in Kempton Park. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is in Kempton Park (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity
• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Assign trucks and drivers to routes and track them on telematics

• Calm and decisive when things go wrong
• At least 2 years in transport or logistics
• Knowledge of South African road freight regulations
• Matric
• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• Clear on the phone with drivers and customers

• Experience on a vehicle telematics platform
• Logistics or supply chain certificate
• Knowledge of cross-border documentation

• Cellphone allowance for standby shifts
• Office-based work with a steady roster
• Training on the fleet and tracking systems
• Growth to transport manager

• If you drove trucks before, say so. Controllers who know the road earn quick respect from drivers.
• Give the fleet size and route types you handled, for example "40 trucks, long-haul and local". Hiring managers want scale.