Routing and Scheduling Controller needed at RCL FOODS
RCL FOODS’s job vacancy, Career and Recruitment
Job title : Routing and Scheduling Controller jobs in KwaZulu-Natal
Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Johannesburg
Deadline : August 25, 2022
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Minimum Requirements
- Completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics / Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or Operations Management (or similar)
- A postgraduate qualification is highly advantageous.
- At least 2 – 4 years’ experience in an FMCG transport environment.
- Plato/FLO system, vehicle tracking and telematics experience advantageous.
- Working Knowledge of SAP R3, SAP BW and Qlikview reporting suite.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensure daily route plans deliver optimal productivity and service levels:
- Deliver daily route plans to DC’s within specified time lines and ensure route plans are aligned.
- Review all special requests on orders, build in to temporary master data and make decisions about feasibility.
- Compile and share next day’s final schedules including special requests, startup times, KPI achievement, potential high-risk routes, fleet required as well as any hired requirements.
- To achieve optimal utilization of the dedicated secondary fleet:
- Review available fleet against next day orders, understand current fleet requirements (prioritize before hired fleet) and engage and agree any hired fleet requirements before planning commencement and communicate to depot.
- Conduct monthly analysis of fleet utilizations at each site to ensure they are acceptable
- Daily monitoring of plan vs actual performance and calibrate scheduling system to ensure continuous improvement:
- Daily engagement with expeditors and DC trackers to gain insight into prior day issues experienced.
- Review of all previous day routes comparing plan vs actual and categorize variances into master data, ad hoc, once off and analyses buckets.
- Conduct root cause analysis on issues, build intelligence into Routing and Scheduling system to avoid repetition
- To manage daily expediting activities for a selected number of transport hubs:
- Regular review of current day load execution, engage expeditors on tracking system.
- Ensure all customer delay communication has taken place, monitor expeditor delay communication tracker against actual tracking system delays
- Ensure that expeditors maintain frequency of daily update reports to DC leadership teams:
- Coordinate daily debrief sessions with DC de-briefers and expeditors, ensure that action items identified are closed out daily.
- Monitor daily back door engagements between customer receiving departments and expeditors.
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