Landside Transport Coordinator
External
Maersk · Uganda, KampalaFull-timeOn-siteToday
Stakeholder ManagementVendor Management
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Responsibilities
- Providing daily visibility on empty container positions.
- Tracking empty containers from offload to return at designated depots.
- Managing reporting dashboards (empty ageing, return status, export readiness)
- Identifying available trucks for export loading & updating allocation boards
- Communicating daily status updates to CX, Planning, and Operations teams.
- Liaising with Landside vendors on movement plans, priorities, and exceptions
- Manage daily dispatch and logistics execution by ensuring smooth operation / service delivery of client needs by keeping a close track on the service providers and ensuring On Time In Full Delivery (OTIF).
- Ensure local supply chain procedures are in line with global SOP
- Review weekly and monthly client schedules and demand forecasts to estimate peak and delivery timings
- Manage the performance of the distribution and transport service providers to achieve best in class levels of on time in full delivery while ensuring quality standards are met.
- Regular and timely system updates.
- Exception Management with decisive corrective progress actions while proactively managing any changes and contingencies.
- Coordinate and collaborate with customer facing agents to quickly respond to planning amendment, equipment breakdowns or other arising issues
- Proactively coordinate with vendor management team to ensure we have loading capacity to support loading plans.
- WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Someone with:
- 2-3 years of experience in freight forwarding, logistics, transportation, or supply chain operations.
- Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Business Administration, or a related field
- Experience coordinating transport execution, container movements, or landside logistics activities.
- Good knowledge of logistics processes, transport operations, and supply chain management.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and operational systems.
- Key Competencies
- Conceptual and strategic thinking.
- Business acumen.
- Ability to drive and deliver results.
- Solution oriented.
- Build value-based relationships.
- Analytical ability and problem solving.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- #RPO
- We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing accommodationrequests@maersk.com .
Benefits
At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job - irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.Vision insuranceParental leave
Additional Information
Landside Transport Coordinator: JL2 Would you like to be part of a value-driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? We have an opportunity for a Landside Transport Coordinator to join our team in Kampala, Uganda. Drive efficient execution of landside logistics operations by ensuring optimal empty container tracking, truck circulation, and transport execution, while minimizing cost exposure and delivering high service reliability in line with customer commitments and global SOPs.
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