Transport Planner

Overview

We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner adding value to your business through a fully integrated, temperature-controlled network in Southern Africa.

Thekweni

We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner adding value to your business through a fully integrated, temperature-controlled network in Southern Africa. Vector’s vehicle fleet includes a food industry first in ‘multi-temperature’ vehicles enabling the company to service business across frozen, chilled and ambient temperature zones on a single delivery.

To develop and manage daily transport plans that balance service delivery with operational efficiency, while supporting vehicle tracking and resolving day-to-day operational queries. The role provides critical planning support to ensure effective fleet utilisation and a high level of customer service. In addition, the role manages principal customer logistics requirements at both operational and depot level.

• Develop daily route plans to ensure optimal productivity and service delivery.
• Deliver route plans to depots or PBCS’s within agreed timelines.
• Ensure planning is aligned with prescribed operational KPIs.
• Review special delivery requests, update temporary master data, assess feasibility, and communicate outcomes to stakeholders.
• Engage regional DC leadership teams or PBCSs to validate routing plans and ensure operational alignment.
• Compile and issue daily final schedules, including:

• Special requests
• Startup times
• KPI achievement
• High-risk routes
• Fleet requirements (owned and hired)
• Analyse previous day routes to compare plan vs actual and clearly identify variances.

• Maximise utilisation of the secondary fleet and or Unitrans fleet.
• Review fleet availability daily and fully understand constraints.
• Align next-day orders with available fleet capacity.
• Prioritise owned fleet usage over hired fleet.
• Determine hired fleet requirements where necessary.
• Communicate daily fleet requirements (drivers, VAs, and vehicles) clearly to depots.
• Conduct monthly fleet utilisation analysis by DC and implement corrective actions where required.

• Monitor plan vs actual performance daily:
• Categorise Variances Into

• Master data issues
• Ad-hoc events
• One-off incidents
• Analytical improvement opportunities

• Conduct root cause analysis on deviations and embed learnings into planning systems.
• Maintain ongoing feedback with the Routing and Scheduling Controller on master data changes.
• Perform regular Turnaround Time (TAT) and travel speed analysis.

• Manage daily expediting operations across assigned transport hubs.
• Track live execution in communication with expeditors.
• Identify risks early and communicate delays to customers and sales teams.
• Maintain a redelivery register and plan accordingly.

• Lead and manage a team and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with labour legislation and collective agreements.
• Manage attendance, overtime, and leave.

• Plan vs actual
• Fleet utilisation
• Service levels
• Financial performance

Prepare monthly efficiency reports and present to depot leadership.

Provide updates on corrective actions and process improvements.

• Planning
• Depots
• Sales
• Customers

• Maintain accurate planning and routing master data.
• Produce weekly master data quality reports.
• Champion customer onboarding processes.

• The role directly supports delivery against:
  Fleet utilisation targets Route profitability Customer hit rates Delivery…