Distribution Supervisor at Fan Milk Plc

Fan Milk Plc is a leading manufacturer and marketer of healthy, nutritious and safe frozen dairy and non-frozen dairy food products with distribution channels across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Fan Milk Nigeria is a well established and fast growing food processing industry offering wide range of products.
We are recruiting to fill the following position:
Job Title: Distribution Supervisor


Location: North-Kano
Responsibilities

• Fan Milk Distribution Supervisor is directly responsible to the Fleet and Distribution for the effective and efficient monitoring of all vehicles/drivers for the distribution of Fan Milk ambient and frozen products across Northern region of Nigeria to Fan Milk customers.
• The DS support Fleet and Distribution Manager to ensure prompt loading of trucks in order to meet customer’s daily request for Fan Milk products.
• He is overall responsible to the Fleet and Distribution Manager;
• Prepare all daily performance reports on Distribution activities
• Monitor each trucks performance metrics: fuel per km, drops/day, and drops/day/truck
• Provide feedback to Distribution Planner and Distribution Management on utilization and performance of trucks.
• The Distribution Supervisor supports the Distribution Department through change and delivers results within the organization culture and value of Fan Milk Plc.

Work/Business Contact and Authority
(IPE Factor: Communication)

• Government: Interact with relevant governmental institutions (Road Safety, Police, Local Government and other Government Officials etc).
• Meet regularly with management team to ensure operations are being executed in accordance with the Fan Milk policies and plans.
• Interact frequently with Distribution Centre, Mini-distribution Centre, Logistics, Customers service and Sales.

Principal Accountabilities
(IPE Factors: Impact & Innovative)

• Ensure daily preventive mechanisms are carried out on the fleet in conjunction with the Distribution Fleet Supervisor by daily status report in orders to meet daily trucking needs.
• Provide feedback to Distribution planner and Distribution Management on utilization and performance of trucks.
• Vehicles/drivers monitoring to ensure operational targets are meeting as in targets and goals requirement.
• To ensure daily loading of trucks for next day
• Support Fleet Supervisor in planning for preventive maintenance and periodically maintenance.
• Improve efficiencies in cost, productivity and customer service through proactive pursuance of development in technology & system as applicable.

Requirements

• The right candidate should posses BSc/HND in Mechanical Engineering or Maritime Studies or Business Administration while knowledge of Fleet Management/Supply Chain Management or Logistics Management from a trucking Company is added advantage.
• The candidate must understand fundamentals/management of trucking operation service would be an advantage.
• Must have high degree of assertiveness across cultural and educational diversity
• Extensive and thorough knowledge of supply chain management, logistics and/or distribution management
• Must have some managerial and leadership knowledge also applying best practices to all section of the business.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills with a collaborative work style, fostering cooperation and teamwork.
• The successful candidate must be able to provide track record of achieving high level of productivity.
• He/She must be skilled in negotiation and conflict resolution.
• He/She must be able to handle company information with confidentiality and discretion.
• Knowledge of major/local routes in the North would be an advantage.
• Successful candidate for this position must be based in Kano.
• Ability to speak and understand major languages in Hausa is a necessary requirement.

Application Closing Date
6th January, 2014
Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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