Transport Operations Manager (Guerrero)

Engen Petroleum Limited

Location: Gauteng

Purpose of the Job

To develop bulk and pack 3rd Party contract strategy and negotiate, implement and administer the contractual obligations of Transport contracts in the most cost effective and HSEQ compliant manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Forecast Management and Budget Management control for own fleet and contracted fleet.
• Manage and maintain Service Level Agreement with internal customers and with contracted fleet.
• Consult with outbound scheduling to meet product delivery windows, order placement requirements and minimum load requirements to ensure optimal and cost‑effective use of own and third‑party fleet.
• Enable and implement Transport Operations systems to promote efficiency, safety, and cost reduction (ICAM).
• Benchmark contract costs against historical and industry standards.

Challenges and Focus Areas

• Safety concerns: ensuring transport safety as per RTSOG and applying HSEQ principles in Land Transport, with mitigations and interventions for own and contracted fleet.
• Compliance with regulations: ensuring transport operations comply with all relevant laws, regulations, safety, and environmental standards.
• Managing logistics: handling ad hoc movements of fuel storage facility customers.
• Business continuity: proactively planning and coordinating to deliver fuel on time and in the right quantities.
• Cost management: managing costs to keep operations profitable.

Qualifications

• Baseline: NQF Level 7 (bachelor's degree in management/Transport Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics or related).
• 8 years' experience in fuel/petro‑chemical and/or transport industry, specialising in transportation and distribution of bulk fuels.
• Detailed knowledge of HSEQ and transport regulatory requirements, including dangerous goods transportation.
• Experience in transport operations/fleet management, operations/distribution business processes and SAP.
• Experience in customer order fulfillment/marketing principles.
• Experience in project management (initiate and implement).
• Experience in managing employees in a unionised environment.

Who You Are

You are an excellent communicator, organiser and multitasker with skills to engage direct reports and maintain a high‑performance culture among your team and meet stakeholder expectations. You are enthusiastic about playing an integral role in optimising, planning and innovating transport operations to ensure world‑class delivery of customer service. You are keen to lead and energise Engen's hybrid transport strategy, translating your passion into solid business results with a heavy focus on high performance. You have a reputation for delivering business results consistently.