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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Interests
Driving License
Health
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Louis Brockett

Fleet Manager, Operations Manager, Transport Manager
Eversdal

Summary

A dedicated, self-driven, professional person who strives on being challenged by designing, implementing and maintaining systems and structures. I am hard working, team player and goal vision orientated ensuring deadlines are met and customer service is a top priority. With my qualifications, strong administrative, operational and strategic skills, value will be added to any organization.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Regional Fleet/Transport/Asset Manager/Project Manager

DIGISTICS (SUPERGROUP)
Cape Town
12.2017 - Current
  • Company Overview: FMCG Distribution
  • Manage the delivery execution of the Distribution Centre customers (KFC, Corner bakery, King Pie, Burger King, Mcdonalds, Vida, Hungry Lion, Real Foods, Kaui) deliveries with the focus on Multi temp Distribution.
  • Daily planning of customer routing schedules.
  • Assess daily fuel recons to ensure budget fuel targets are met and potential fuel fraud prevented.
  • Assess daily driver hours to ensure budget labour hours in line.
  • Plan weekly driver roster schedules ensuring in line with the legislation of weekly maximum hours as per the NBCRFI.
  • Manage monthly staff payrolls submission to HR.
  • Manage fleet maintenance in accordance with road traffic act and company policies.
  • Responsible for 46 Multi temp compartmental refrigerated (Carrier & Thermo King) units & Tail-lift services done within service intervals, in line with SLA agreements.
  • Managing 4 Transport operations supervisors, 3 Fleet controllers, 3 Route controllers and 38 Ultra heavy-duty drivers ensuring daily customer deliveries is met through effective vehicle utilization and execution to meet customer KPI’s of 95% on time no error deliveries.
  • Weekly/monthly financials to Senior Management to ensure company revenue budget targets are met.
  • Ensure compliance to health, safety, statutory, industry and customer requirements.
  • Daily management review sessions on previous day performance of the Distribution Centre KPI performance.
  • Monthly staff meetings, ensuring staff issues attended to.
  • Daily inspections of physical buildings, assets, or equipment.
  • Asset management and equipment uptime.
  • Coordination of repairs of breakdowns, accidents, damages, and defects as reported or otherwise required.
  • Routine servicing and maintenance of physical assets or equipment per manufactures specifications.
  • Routine servicing and certification of physical assets or equipment per regulatory requirements.
  • Responsible to ensure equipment resourced according to operations planning.
  • To cultivate and maintain strategic third-party supplier relationships and service level agreements.
  • Responsible to ensure that quality standards are consistently maintained in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and company policies.
  • Responsible to ensure that expenditure is appropriately accounted for and managed within budget.
  • Responsible to maximise useful life of plant, fleet and materials handling equipment.
  • OHS compliance.
  • FMCG Distribution
  • Setting of fridges Thermo kings and Carriers Knowledge.
  • Load body repairs management through Serco.

Assistant Contracts Manager/Fleet manager

BARLOWORLD TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS (MANLINE ENERGY)
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Company Overview: Bulk transport services in the Chemical industry
  • Responsible for 23 6X4 Truck tractor units and 21 Tridem semi-trailer tankers.
  • Managing 4 Transport operations supervisors, 2 Transport planners, 3 Operations administrators and 38 Ultra heavy duty drivers ensuring daily customer deliveries is met through effective vehicle utilization and execution to meet customer KPI’s of 98% on time no error deliveries.
  • Schedule and route the fleet by accessing and interpreting the customer schedule, determining the availability of fleet and drivers, compiling, and implementing delivery plans, evaluating the effectiveness of delivery plans and ensuring that the briefing and de-briefing of drivers takes place.
  • Manage fleet maintenance and appearance through implementing service plans, implementing checks and controls for vehicle equipment, and implementing preventative maintenance plans.
  • Ensure that all fleet vehicles are roadworthy and that relevant certificates are displayed.
  • Maintain the fleet database using the relevant company IT systems.
  • Supervise the scheduling and co-ordination of the driver’s day to day activities including daily violations, leave and time-off.
  • Manage driver performance through the relevant systems (incl. Drive Smart, Drive Cam and fuel consumption) in line with company policies and procedures.
  • Drive employee engagement through implementing effective communication forums (incl. Smart Coms, counselling, toolbox talks, coaching and mentoring).
  • Manage driver disciplinary and grievance issues in line with company policies and procedures.
  • Plan and co-ordinate driver onsite inductions, annual refresher training, annual medicals and on road training in line with company policies and procedures.
  • Manage customer service by establishing and maintaining viable communication channels with customers and ensuring that contracted service levels with customers are exceeded.
  • Manage risk by ensuring that drivers adhere to operational protocols, policies and procedures (incl. driving hour rules, authorization of stop and sleep places).
  • Ensure compliance to health, safety, statutory, industry and customer requirements.
  • Adhere to the company’s Road Traffic Safety Management System (RTS,SQUASH,RISK).
  • Monthly reports and KPI presentations to the customer with the assistance of the Operations Manager.
  • Weekly/monthly forecasting financials to Senior Management to ensure company revenue budget targets is met.
  • Bulk transport services in the Chemical industry

Operations Manager

SIGROUP (Staff Initiatives)
01.2010 - 12.2015
  • Company Overview: Staffing and HR solutions.
  • Managing a staff complement of 1148 contracted employees and client base of 9 customers.
  • Supplying drivers and staff to various Transport companies.
  • To ensure that Staff Initiatives provides contract labour to its clients in a professional manner and to focus on the significant growth in the number of drivers and other labour categories on contract to Clients.
  • Responsible for the effective management of SI’s operation in respect of placement, control, and administration of all contract employees at clients.
  • Daily client liaison to gain knowledge of labour requirements and service satisfaction.
  • Responsible to communicate all labour requirements to Recruitment Department.
  • Ensure that the required number and skilled employees are presented to clients complete with copy files.
  • Responsible for the introduction of new / additional employees to clients.
  • Responsible for timeous reporting of employees to clients always.
  • Handling of all disciplinary matters.
  • Suggest training requirements where required.
  • Responsible to approve all employment contracts.
  • Required to have an in-depth knowledge of all rates to employees and clients in respect of all labour categories.
  • Must have an informed knowledge of the whereabouts of employees placed at clients.
  • Jointly responsible for proper handling of injuries-on-duty.
  • Responsible for all employment advices, employment contracts to be channelled to the Administrative Office.
  • Assisting payroll administrator with essential payroll inputs.
  • Assist with the timeous submission of time sheets and pay notes where required.
  • Staffing and HR solutions.

Fleet controller/ Operations supervisor

SIGROUP/MAKHASONKE KING COURIERS
01.2009 - 12.2010
  • Manage performance of employees with emphasis on productivity, efficiency, and service delivery.
  • Effectively and successfully managing a fleet of up to 10 vehicles, and 13 drivers and 13 assistants.
  • Plan and coordinate, distribution, operations, routes and schedules.
  • Ensuring that loads reach their destination safely, on time, and in a cost-effective way.
  • Implement and maintain Speed-, Fatigue-, and Shift Management Plans and Procedures.
  • Monitor routes effectively.
  • Ensure loading and offloading times are met and delays are escalated to the relevant manager.
  • Supervise drivers by administering time off, planning, coaching, counselling, and conducting toolbox talks.
  • Issue stops order numbers and confirm if a driver stop is authorised.
  • Drive communication and engagement through clear and effective communication of routes and instructions, effective risk monitoring and response, implementation of the hand over process.
  • Control the briefing and debriefing process to ensure maximum efficiency.
  • Ensure daily reports are generated and are effectively communicated.

Education

B.COM LOGISTICS HONOURS -

University of JHB
01.2012 - 01.2014

B.COM TRANSPORT ECOCONOMICS - undefined

University of JHB
01.2004 - 01.2009

No Degree - HEALT AND SAFETY COURSE

NOSA
04.2001 -

No Degree -

In House Training
04.2001 -

CERTIFICATION UNDERSTANDING THE NBCRFLI MAINAGREEMENT - undefined

DRIVER REMUNERATION - undefined

INTROSUCTION TO SPILL RESPONSE AND DRIZIT PRODUCT FAMILIRATION - undefined

BASIC FIREFIGHTING TRAINING - undefined

BASIC CPR TRANING - undefined

WABCO TRAINING FOR ADJUSTING AXLES - undefined

Skills

  • Good mechanical aptitude and technical knowledge

  • Good computer proficiency (Adept in all MS office applications)

  • Complete and up-to-date knowledge of road traffic regulations

  • Complete and up-to-date knowledge of OHSA

  • Word

  • Excel

  • PowerPoint

  • Internet and Email

  • INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

  • MAX

Certification

NOSA-INTRODUCTION TO SAMTRAC 1 WEEK. HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE.

Interests

Hunting
Fishing
Diving

Driving License

Code 8, 2024, upgrade to Code 14 drivers licence with PDP and Dangerous goods

Health

Very Good

Timeline

Regional Fleet/Transport/Asset Manager/Project Manager

DIGISTICS (SUPERGROUP)
12.2017 - Current

Assistant Contracts Manager/Fleet manager

BARLOWORLD TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS (MANLINE ENERGY)
01.2015 - 12.2017

B.COM LOGISTICS HONOURS -

University of JHB
01.2012 - 01.2014

Operations Manager

SIGROUP (Staff Initiatives)
01.2010 - 12.2015

Fleet controller/ Operations supervisor

SIGROUP/MAKHASONKE KING COURIERS
01.2009 - 12.2010

B.COM TRANSPORT ECOCONOMICS - undefined

University of JHB
01.2004 - 01.2009

No Degree - HEALT AND SAFETY COURSE

NOSA
04.2001 -

No Degree -

In House Training
04.2001 -

CERTIFICATION UNDERSTANDING THE NBCRFLI MAINAGREEMENT - undefined

DRIVER REMUNERATION - undefined

INTROSUCTION TO SPILL RESPONSE AND DRIZIT PRODUCT FAMILIRATION - undefined

BASIC FIREFIGHTING TRAINING - undefined

BASIC CPR TRANING - undefined

WABCO TRAINING FOR ADJUSTING AXLES - undefined

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