Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Overall responsible for the implementation of the Zone/BU safety and Fleet strategy
• Responsible for the regional fleet/safety performance tracking and course-correcting
• Ensuring compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 93 and municipal bi-laws
• Maintain healthy relationships with local authorities across the region of established interaction routines
• Accountable to providing sustainable fleet/safety support to the region, warehouses, tier 2 truck fleet services, tier 1 fleet support and the commercial operations
• Provide support to the FLEET/SAFETY supervisors, with regular support sessions
• Provide strong safety leadership and guidance to the regional business units
• Drive the DPO Safety/Fleet pillar roll out and develop standards aligned to not only the DPO requirements but to the local legislations
• Develop and maintain regional safety standards to minimize losses, ensure compliance to legal provisions (e.g. OHS Act, Environmental Act, COID Act) and limit legal liability exposures.
• Insure accurate reporting on CR360 of all SIF, fatalities and SIO’s
• Monitor/advise on the Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental program performance
• Ensure fleet availability accuracy for the region with action plans
• To manage internal self-audits and ensure all audit findings are closed
• Identify SHE is training needs, arrange and co-ordinate legal training for employees and contractors
• Ensure Fleet master data accuracy on SAP
• Plan COF, Licensing and load testing execution to avoid unavailability of equipment 
• Ensure compliance with the National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996
• Implement and execute all the requirements in the National transport policy
• Manage expenditure against the budget (VLC) with monthly latest estimate (LE) align to period phasing

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant 3-year tertiary qualification.
• 2 – 5 years fleet functional work experience.
• Applicable Occupational Health and Safety Act of 93, South African Road Traffic Act and governance knowledge
• Business and financial acumen.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word and knowledge of SAP.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Good performance track record.