Routing and Scheduling Controller needed at RCL FOODS

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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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