Job title : Logistics & Maintenance Coordinator
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : July 15, 2024
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Main Purpose of the Role:
A logistics coordinator is a professional who is responsible for managing the movement of goods and materials from one location to another, facilitates communication between warehouse, sales and distribution stages to promote a healthy and efficient supply chain while projecting a positive image of the brand and closing sales through efficient delivery.
Main Activities
Logistics:
- Ensuring the quality objectives and delivery deadlines are met
- Liaising with transport companies/logistics, suppliers and clients
- Managing, evaluating and reporting on warehouse productivity through budget management.
- Checking orders, bills, items received, inventory, and deliveries for accuracy.
- Maintaining records, reporting relevant information e.g damages or lost items, and preparing any necessary documentation.
- Track and fix delivery errors
- Ensuring basic maintenance standards and compliance with health and safety regulations by drivers.
- Performing a daily inspection and maintenance of company vehicles and ensure cleanliness at all times
- Coordinating and maintaining fleets and equipment e.g fuellin, handle insurance plans and service contracts.
- Train drivers on job duties, safety procedures and company policies.
- Coordinate timely and accurate delivery of rental items and provide periodic report on performance
- Detect delivery issues and address these at the root cause and prevent delays in service delivery.
- Analyze and advise on delivery tariffs
- Negotiate with vendors and suppliers in respect to vehicle maintenance
Sales and Customer Service:
- Communicating and coordinating with other departments and customers; always projecting a professional image in keeping with the business’s goals and objectives
- Intentionally engage with customers and their representative during delivery and pick -up of rental items to deepen relationship and seek referrals
- Identifies opportunities for improving service delivery methods and procedures; identifies resource needs; reviews with appropriate management staff; implements improvements
- This can involve answering customer enquiries or dealing with any complaints.
- Other designated duties not limited to fleet maintenance and management of drivers and assigned loaders/cleaners
Key Relationships:
Head of Departments, Vendors, Clients:
Critical Success Factors of the Job.
Key Competencies
- Organizational capacity
- Outstanding coordinating and planning skills
- Good knowledge of store keeping processes
- Excellent grasp of numerical and depreciation details.
- Good knowledge of warehousing, transportation health and safety.
- Work independently with little direction and Multi-task
- Logistics Supply Chain
Key Skills
- Written and oral communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving attitude
- Interpersonal skills
- Time-management
- Analytical ability
- Detail-oriented
- Team player
- Flexible
- Leadership
- Positive attitude
- Negotiation
- Priority management
- Critical thinker
- Self-starter
Qualities and Work Experience
- Minimum of University degree or equivalent
- Minimum of 4 years work experience in a similar role in a multi-site, structured environment.
- Relevant professional certifications (Added advantage) .
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Truck turnaround time
- Inventory accuracy
- Average transportation cost
- No of deliveries handled
- On-time pick up
- On-time delivery
- Order management efficiency and accuracy
- Safety measures effectiveness
- Reactive versus planned maintenance
- Accident per year
How to Apply for this Offer
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.
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