Website Alistair Group
Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better
Hours: Monday to Friday plus alternate Saturday mornings
Job Summary
General Leadership / Management Responsibilities-:
- Serve as the liaison between the Fleet teams and other support function, and work closely with department managers to understand and meet their needs
- Collaborate with division and department leaders; prepare and implement strategic long-range plans and forecast for space, operational, maintenance and equipment requirements; assist in the preparation, coordination and control of the capital improvement budget for Alistair
- Develop and manage department goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; recommend modifications as deemed appropriate and hold team and others accountable
- Provide oversight and leadership to direct reports. Set direction, evaluate performance, and align necessary resources to develop, motivate and inspire the team to achieve high results with a quest for continuous improvement
- Maintain detailed cost management records and continually review the profitability of fleet and facilities
- Conduct quality control and safety inspections of facilities, fleet and equipment; ensure adherence to safe work procedures
- Attend and participate in professional group meetings; maintain awareness of new trends and developments in the industry; incorporate new developments to provide a competitive advantage
Fleet Responsibilities-:
- Manage the Organization’s fleet management program, including acquisition, leasing, utilization, preventative maintenance, repair and replacement of vehicle and equipment fleet
- Promote a return-on-investment strategy for assets that includes creative revenue streams and detailed cost management
- Participate in annual budget development for staffing, maintenance contracts, vehicles, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitors and approves expenditures
- Approve or decline Manual purchase orders raised
- Maintain records to track vehicle registrations, titles, etc by supervising Compliance officers
- Perform other duties as assigned or requested by leadership
Client Liaison Responsibilities-:
- Prepare and distribute work detailed monthly, quarterly and yearly reports to clients
- Provide required information and documents to clients
- Be the main point of contact for all Alistair Group clients
- Provide support and assistance to other management teams
- Confirm invoices prior to being sent out to respective clients
- Provide feedback to management on areas of improvements and recommend implementation of enhanced processes
- Monitor client satisfaction through follow up on solving client issues and problems
- Initiate measures to research and resolve client raised issues and collaborate with clients to identify and implement value-added services
- Supervise Assistant client liaisons
- Follow up with relevant vendors providing trip-related services to ensure the unimpeded running of trips
- including Clearing agents, loading supervisors/warehouses, offloading supervisors/warehouses
Essential Skills:
- Leadership skills to motivate and inspire team members
- Clear communication skills ensuring clear and candid information
- Strong management skills ensuring efficient use of resources
- Computer Literacy to effectively operate and manipulate online management systems
- Faultless administration skills ensuring accurate and efficient procedures
- Problem solving skills to ensure obstacle to progress are overcome
Qualifications:
- A minimum of University Graduate Degree in any relevant discipline or equivalent vocational experience in Transport / Logistics service support
- LEAN SIX SIGMA (Desirable)
- Project Management (Desirable)
- Business Management (Desirable)
- Safety Management (Desirable)
Alistair Group is a fast-growing company offering Logistics solutions in Eastern and Southern Africa, growing from 2 to 400 trucks in only 13 years with a vision ‘To be known as the company that makes Africa work better’
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