Job Opportunity Transport Liaison Officer At Logistics

Hamilton Lloyd and Associates is a young and innovative boutique human resources firm, which is focused on offering personalized services to organizations across a diverse range of sectors.

Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client offers a world-class integrated logistics service that spans across the supply chain. Being specialists in importation, exportation and transportation, they offer a comprehensive service that can expertly transport freight by land, sea or air. Due to the expansion of the company, it has decided to hire a Transport Liaison Officer.

Job Title: Transport Liaison Officer

Direct Report: Transport Manager
Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• To ensure proper coordination, improvement and effective communication on various Transporters
• Monitor and control on truck and trip round trip times for transporters and give suggestion for improvements and optimization.
• Keep communication open with drivers or escorts, the company‘s staff on ground at clients, transport coordinators on transporters side and Transport Security Officer.
• Keep record of diversion and break down/repairs of trucks per trip and transporter
• Engage Escorts through security officer and check Escorts assignment as per company policy, including analysis and recommendation regarding required number of escorts
• Escalate to transport security officer and to Transport Manager and breakdowns, accidents or diversions immediately upon information available.
• Keep records of agreed truck routes to various destinations as needed, in order to allow optimized utilization of mopol team under Transport Security Officer
• Lead and work with the two other transport liaison officers for the optimized result.
• Sourcing, screening, vetting and introducing reliable transport companies to cope the growing volumes of cargo handled, cleared and delivered to numerous customers on a daily basis.
• Ensuring quality control and compliance by transporters
• Enforcing compliance with proper truck certification and documentation to include relevant insurance requirements for all trucks used by transporters.
• Forging a good relationship between the company and third service providers/transporters
• Create and formulate effective transport policies targeted at achieving good results
• Liaising with ports, terminals and shipping companies in relation to effective truck controls and dropping of empties.
• Regular tracking of shipping lines, terminal and holding bays operators for dropping of empties as a way of facilitating quick turnaround of trucks and reducing the duel time for deliveries.
• Other responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Good knowledge of Transport operation
• Good organizational skills
• Good time management
• Confident communications skills
• Required to work 6 days Monday through Saturday, assist during evenings, Sundays or Special trips or events may be required
• 6 years experience in Logistics & Transport Operations.
• Bachelors Degree in Mass communication.
• Masters in Management Psychology would be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
30th January, 2014

• Method Of Application
• Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: nwadiuto@hamiltonlloydandassociates.com
• Please indicate job title as subject of the mail and only qualified candidates should apply.
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful