Route Planner (Last-Mile Deliveries)

Get off the road and into the control office at a road freight company in Richards Bay. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Richards Bay (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Update customers on delivery times and delays
• Arrange breakdown recovery and replacement vehicles
• Plan daily loads to use full truck capacity
• Capture trip sheets, fuel and toll costs on the system
• Keep a register of PrDP and licence expiry dates for all drivers
• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries

• Good with Excel and email
• Clear on the phone with drivers and customers
• Matric
• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• Calm and decisive when things go wrong
• Knowledge of South African road freight regulations

• Growth to transport manager
• Cellphone allowance for standby shifts
• Training on the fleet and tracking systems

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