Route Planner (Last-Mile Deliveries)

Trucks, drivers, loads and deadlines all meet on your screen at a bus and coach operator in Lephalale. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Lephalale-based, with most of your time spent at a bus and coach operator.

• Keep a register of PrDP and licence expiry dates for all drivers
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Arrange breakdown recovery and replacement vehicles
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity

• Knowledge of South African road freight regulations
• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• Matric
• Clear on the phone with drivers and customers

• Experience on a vehicle telematics platform
• Logistics or supply chain certificate

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

• Mention the tracking and Excel skills you have. Bring an example report if you are allowed to share one.
• Give the fleet size and route types you handled, for example "40 trucks, long-haul and local". Hiring managers want scale.