Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 25 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000-employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

Core Services:
• Freight Forwarding
• Clearance & Forwarding
• Energy Industry Support Services
• Equipment Rental
• Commodity Trading
• Integrated Solutions
• Warehousing
• Ocean Freight
• Industries:
• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Explosives
• Renewables

Vision
To be known as the Company that makes Africa work better.
Company Behaviours
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Identifying and eliminating obsolete operational processes &procedures and simplifying them
• Develop operation processes and procedures to improve service quality
• Ensure new operational procedures are implemented across the group
• Following up with proper updating of KPI tracking tools for all ops offices
• Developing flawless customs processes to streamline cross border movements
• Develop key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of the operations department
• Remain current with latest industry technology systems and procedures
• Prepare operations management reports and recommendations on request
• Providing a support role to operations
• Ensure all legal documentation of the fleet are in order
• Ensure accuracy of information updated on all operational platforms ie Airtable, Smartsheet, etc
• Mentor/coach the fleet teams to ensure overall efficiency
• Ensure statutory documents are uploaded on time
• Ensure PODs are uploaded on time to avoid delays in invoicing
• Perform any other task as assigned by supervisor/management

Education, Skills & Qualifications
• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in related field. An MBA qualification will be a plus.
• Experience in working in a structured system-oriented environment.
• Extensive knowledge of quality improvement systems.
• International exposure.
• Commercially astute.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivation, leadership and innovation.
• Excellent written report writing skills.

The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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