Transport Manager Job in West Kenya Sugar

West Kenya Sugar Company is a fast growing sugar company in the Kenyan Sugar Industry. 

The Company is located in Kakamega North District, Shamberere village. 

The Company’s core business is processing sugar and related products.

West Kenya Sugar Company seeks to recruit a Transport Manager.

Reporting to the General Manager the selected candidate will oversee the transport function at West Kenya Sugar Company. 

The main purpose of the job will be development and implementation of Transport strategy that is focused on assisting the Company meet its daily cane delivery targets while ensuring efficiency in transport operations and safety in the entire transport activity. 

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Managing, the execution, direction and coordination of all transportation matters within the company, including managing budgets, organizing schedules and routes, ensuring that the fleet is safe and meets legal requirements and that drivers are fully aware of their duties, responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Ensuring that fresh sugarcane is delivered to the factory as required, without fail while observing road safety, safety of other road users and in a cost effective way that maximizes the fleet’s capability.
• Ensuring that the company fleet is compliant with the traffic rules and regulations.
• Developing transportation relationships, negotiating and bargaining transportation prices, contracting outsourced transporters and ensuring that they operate safe vehicles and comply with traffic rules and regulations.
• Ensuring that outsourced transporters deliver within agreed terms.
• Monitoring and evaluating transport costs and advising management on strategies to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the company fleet and reduce costs.
• Allocating and recording resources and movements on the transport planning and monitoring system.
• Communicating effectively with user departments, and responding to their requirements.
• Confronting climate change issues by implementing transport strategies to ensure for smooth operations.
• Managing all human resources management issues in the transport department.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate should have a degree in Engineering or Logistics and Transport or other relevant field and at least
• 10 years of relevant work experience, 5 years of which should be in sugar cane transportation operations. In addition, the candidate must have:
• Ability to appraise and use IT packages and electronic communication methods.
• Tact, diplomacy and calmness, especially when dealing with tired drivers and loaders.
• An analytical mind and good numeric skills
• Excellent geographical knowledge
• Good people management and coordination skills.
• Excellent financial acumen.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Extensive knowledge of the transportation industry
• Good intuition to make crucial judgment calls
• Ability and willingness to work long hours without rest.

Send your application including CV to:

The Managing Director
West Kenya Sugar Company Limited
P.O. Box 2101 – 50100
Kakamega
E-mail address: hr@wksugar.com

Closing date for receiving applications is Monday May 28, 2012.