Transport Operations Manager

The Transportation Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing transportation policies, standards and steps taken. This is done in accordance to transportation business and customers' needs. He/She is also responsible for managing transport business resources, including manpower, resources and outside suppliers.

He/She is required to be capable and persuasive, in order to manage resources and obtain investment from partners. He/She is also expected to lead a department and make business decisions.

• Align resource management (manpower and asset) strategy with business strategy across different business activities.
• Anticipate emerging transport operations parameters to determine future resource requirements.
• Build a culture of business process improvements that extend beyond project life cycle.
• Communicate importance of achieving cargo handling timeframe outcomes with efficient use of resources.
• Communicate importance of achieving transportation operation timeframe outcomes with efficient use of resources.
• Communicate key messages resulting from transport operation's data analysis to key stakeholders.
• Develop the strategic positioning of transportation operation processes within warehousing or freight forwarding operations.
• Drive the successful completion of technology projects.
• Engage senior management for buy-in to implement solution identified.
• Formulate vehicle fleet management strategy across different plans.
• Identify strategic priorities of each specific transport link in development of plans.
• Influence stakeholders' perspectives of requirements and activities.
• Manage overall transportation operations, including the transport of dangerous goods and chemicals.
• Motivate colleagues at organisational level to develop innovative solutions for driving change.
• Review areas in logistics operations where technology can enhance processes.
• Review better ways to approach problems through synthesising and reorganising the problem information.
• Review cargo consolidation plans to identify savings in space, cost and efficiency.
• Review effectiveness of risk management plan and resources for transport execution.
• Review incident or crisis management plans to mitigate gaps.