Route Planner (Last-Mile Deliveries) – Immediate Start

You'll plan the loads and watch the trucks for a road freight company in Umhlanga, keeping every trip on time. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

You'll be based at a road freight company in Umhlanga. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Check driver hours so nobody drives too long without rest
• Compile daily reports on trips completed and late deliveries
• Phone drivers when trucks stop too long or go off-route
• Book vehicle services, licence renewals and roadworthy tests
• Capture trip sheets, fuel and toll costs on the system
• Update customers on delivery times and delays

• Able to work shifts in a 24-hour control office
• At least 2 years in transport or logistics
• Calm and decisive when things go wrong
• Good with Excel and email
• Matric

• Knowledge of cross-border documentation
• Transport management system (TMS) experience

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

• 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.