Logistics Officer – Tracking at East Africa Fruits Ltd | August 2024

Logistics Officer – Tracking at East Africa Fruits

East Africa Fruits Company Limited (EA Foods)

Dar es Salaam 

Must have skills

• Skills:
• a) Knowledge of the Transportation industry
• b) Statutory knowledge regarding Insurance and road transport guidelines
• c) Strong system knowledge
• d) Team management specifically Truck drivers
• Good to have skills
• Additional Skills a) Tech oriented – Interested to adopt new technology

Qualifications

• We are seeking an energetic responsible Tracking Officer to join our team, responsible for handling the Long haul truck tracking and controlling the Drivers for our logistics company.
• The ideal candidate will have a background in logistics, Driver handling exposure, Knowledge of the Insurance process, road transportation rules and system knowledge.
• With a mind set to develop the Logistics business to make our fleets to give maximum utilization and make the Business profitable.
• The Tracking Officer will be responsible for the Individual truck wise revenue generation and the growth of the Logistics business with profitable margin.

Job role

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinating and placement of trucks for Both EAF and External transport customers on time at the right location.
• Truck scheduling for the trip –
  a) Each LH truck scheduling to be planned and executed. b) Maximizing each truck usage time. c) No “idling” hours for each truck other than scheduled. (Driver rest hours & Scheduled halting) d) Monitoring of Loading & Unloading time and escalate it and release the trucks if it is held up abnormally e) Do the billing if it is beyond the agreed norm and collect the demurrage.
• GPS enabled Long – Haul truck tracking & Transit Time adherence & Taking action.
• Willing to work 24*7, and monitor the fleet movements and bring in High level efficiency in the system using the Tracking team.
• Long-haul Truck Driver Deviation Management.
  (a) Speed limit monitoring, b) Night Halt deviation c) Route Deviation d) Transit Time adherence and e) Abnormal halting enroute
• Manage Long Haul driver related – a) Traffic fines b) Route Deviation control
• Coordination with the Insurance agency & Insurance renewal & Claims and Latra payments on time.
• Coordinating with the external customer and getting their week schedule and doing the truck planning.
• To make sure the truck is available and meet the customer demand.
• Long haul truck hiring from the market and meet the company requirement within the Budget cost.
• Coordinating with the Finance and following the process for the payment to the Hiring truck on time.
• Achieve the Transport Revenue Target and the Gross margin as per the Budget.
• Achieve the Transport related KPI assigned and meet out the same with the timeline.
• Able to handle all Truck related Insurance, Latra and other statutory payments. Insurance claim recovery in case of accidents.
• Coordinating with the Police and related authorities in collecting the required documents on time.
• To maintain all internal records with respect to the Transport business on line and the report submission as per the guidelines.