Transportation Operations Manager
4 days ago
The Transportation Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing transportation policies, standards and steps taken. This is done in accordance to ..
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.
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