Assistant Manager, Transport Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Requirements

- Provide optimized transport routing plans using route optimization tool – Paragon. Ensure the plans effectively maximize truck utilization/ truck turn given operations criteria (OTIF, truck capacity, time window, product combination, etc.) and customers’ priorities are fully met.

- Lead the route optimizer implementation and improvement projects, that involve multiple stakeholders: Operations/ IT/ Subcontractors/ Operations Excellence/ Key Account Management/ SD/ BD/ KAM/ etc. and Regional team.

- Well-manage the planning parameter configuration and capable of running simulations for continuous improvement opportunities.

- Make sure SOPs and WIs are well established. Furthermore, be able to drive process improvement & digitalization.

- Work closely with daily planners and operations to improve transport route plans via getting their feedback as well as reviewing actual transport plan execution.

- Establish and provide planning performance reports to internal stakeholders and/or external stakeholders.

- Be logical and data driven in understanding problems and developing practical solutions to those problems.

Management Requirements

- Set KPIs, targets, and goals for monitoring and evaluating operations and cost effectiveness.

- Ensure that appropriate data is correctly and efficiently stored, processed and made available at all times.

- Ensures that DHL comply with prevailing legal and statutory requirements in all aspects

- Develop a culture of quality, service excellence, and cost consciousness.

- Participate in safety committee initiatives - allows and supports staff to participate in safety committees as required.

- Ensures that the employees comply with the rules, regulations, instructions, orders or measures relating to work safety.

- Checks the performances of the place of operations according to the work plan, project or measures on work safety.

- Complies with company OHS policy and procedures.

- Bachelor’s degree in any field, preference to Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics.

- Strong analytical thinking and data processing skills

- Transport management and transport planning

- Understanding of logistics operations, focused on transport executional approaches

- 4+ years in relevant experience with transport product management, network planning, transport management system & data analysis, control tower concepts, project management.