Transport Coordinator-Kisumu

Overview of the role

The Transport coordinator is responsible for monitoring the timely delivery of Diageo products from the respective Diageo plants to the distribution sites and Key account customers. 

They have the responsibility to ensure that all products are delivered safely by all the 3rd party Transporters.

Role Responsibilities:

• Regularly review and conduct benchmarks to ensure efficient distribution networks

• Optimize loads to drive cost reduction/avoidance and improve efficiency

• Implement required business procedures and drive improvements focusing on timely

• deliveries, quality of service, turnaround time, damages, and truck utilization to ensure

• effective management of transportation.

• Optimize the use of Diageo fleet Management tool ensuring maximum truck utilization and Lane adherence by all Transporters.

• •Manage plant to customer shipments by working directly with 3PL to meet service level

• agreements and ensure reliability.

• Build relationships with logistics providers (Third Party Contractors), understand the

• contractual agreement, track execution, and raise performance issues to ensure maximum

• compliance to contract terms and conditions.

• Utilize KPIs to monitor the performance and cost efficiency of all contracted logistics

• providers and identify areas for improvement.

• Monitor the cost to Deliver ensuring adherence to the Budget performance.

• Transport Purchase Orders processing: responsible for raising purchase requisition for the

• transport service providers in Coupa a Diageo tool for non-stocked items to facilitate timely

• service once approved as purchase orders and follow through to closure and GRN raising.

• Work closely with Supply Finance and 3PL Finance/reporting teams to ensure accurate recharges are done by Transporters.

• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of the Move Key performance indicator

• Support local logistics and production teams in the execution of the deliveries of the full goods and receipt of returnables accurately

• Maintain and issue the transportation portion of the Logistics dashboard.

• Update visual performance management in every operational area in move-transportation

• Work closely and collaboratively with the Digital control Tower.

Experience / skills required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field.

• 3–5 years of experience in transport coordination, logistics operations, or supply chain roles.

• Experience working with 3PL providers and managing transport contracts.

• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP) for delivery management.

• Hands on experience with Coupa for invoicing and PO management

• Experience in FMCG or beverage industry is an added advantage.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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