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The key purpose of this role is to be responsible to plan all daily routes for all DC’s/Breweries/Spirit Enterprise in Country and analyses these routes to update master data to drive efficiency and effectiveness in daily operations. Grow profitability by exploiting delivery mode opportunities.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Adherence to health, safety and environmental and other company standards and policies
• To ensure compliance with driver working hours whilst planning.
• To Ensure all routes planned comply with geofence and route road deviating protocols.
• Full implementation and adherence to DPO and LCP protocols
• Load planning
• Day to day distribution planning for all sites and all sales orders by means of planning systems and daily load plan generation.
• Scheduling distribution load plans for multiple depots within prescribed period.
• While striving for minimum alteration, remaining agile to unforeseen circumstances and necessary reaction
• Effective weekend and public holiday operations
• Assess daily out-of-standard Customer and Depot requests and set up meetings and Action logs to address the inefficiencies.
• Root cause analysis of queries and complaints conducted to prevent recurrence.
• Meticulous attention to routing options and daily plans, effect on costs, and sound decisions taken against these variables.
• Maintain regular and effective communications with internal stakeholders via email/Zoom/mobile phone

Master data management

• Set up and maintain off route planning systems.
• Manage the Syspro and Route Builder master data process to enable effective planning.
• Monitor and maintain all planning related depot master data for all sites in the country.
• Alignment of theoretical and actual time spent on route
• Manage truck master data

People Management

Manage own performance

DPO & LCP Implementation

• Support the implementation of the DPO Delivery and Planning Pillar in all sites across the country.
• Support the implementation of LCP in country
• Ensure daily/weekly/monthly routines are fully adhered to.
• Track relevant KPI’s and PI’s as per standard.
• Identify deviations and analyze this with the use of problem-solving tools to show improvements over time

Reports

• Review load plan execution performance at an operational level and constructively provide feedback to drive improvement.
• KPI reporting against pre-determined Customer, Cost and Resource performance levels.
• On time submission of any DPO related reports and requirements

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Numeracy and literacy skills
• Fluent in English and Swahili
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to adapt to change effectively.
• Computer literate
• Pro-active and customer centric
• Team player
• Goal and result oriented.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in Logistics or Supply Chain or related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years’ operational/planning experience in FMCG company
• Worked with routing tools such as RouteBuilder/FLO/Roadshow
• S4 knowledge an added advantage