Distribution Supervisor
2025-07-09T09:03:38+00:00
Unga Holding
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https://unga-group.com/
FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Sales & Retail
2025-07-20T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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Customer Relationship Management
- Work closely with the sales team on customer requirements and coordinate the operation team on product availability.
- Coordinate with Customer Service Rep. & Sales Team on customer orders for delivery schedules and timely delivery.
- Review and approve customer orders, plan and accomplish delivery of customers’ orders effectively within set timelines, in liaison with Customer Service Executive and Sales Representatives.
- Coordinating logistics for market returns from trade to enhance good trade relations while preventing undue loss to the company.
- Coordinating customer orders for special products and cross-border shipments, ensuring flow of information and goods.
- Public relations/ customer service; attending to enquiries, sales and complaints from walk-in customers at the plant
- Overall process ownership for Proof of Delivery (POD) to prevent loss of revenue.
Fleet Management
- Ensure timely and effective maintenance of company trucks to minimum their downtime /& minimize distribution disruption.
- Enforce adherence to the maintenance schedules and trucks roadworthy by third party transporters – maintain close relations with hired transporters
- Manage the availability of both company and hired vehicles to meet the delivery requirements for all customer orders.
- Implement and achieve agreed performance targets and efficiencies for both company and hired fleet – Truck capacity utilization, fuel consumption, repair and maintenance
Logistic Management
- Develop and implement distribution strategies to optimize the flow of goods and manage the distribution costs.
- Coordinate logistics for interplant transfer and stock allocation daily to ensure balance in stock availability for both UL plants
- Availing trucks and planning for by-products logistics in liaison with Warehouse team – Ensure Mill operations are not interrupted due to filled up byproduct store.
Compliance
- Ensuring compliance with County Distribution Licenses in ALL the County Governments that fall within the scope of delivery
- Work closely with the operations team to ensure all the products being distributed meet statutory requirements and regulatory requirement – product and permit compliance.
- Enforce road discipline and adherence to the rules by the distribution assistant.
- Ensure all distribution trucks are road workand inspection and insurance compliant.
People Management & Employee Capacity Building
- Develop, motivate and direct staff in the department for excellent delivery service
- Conducting monthly Distribution Team performance reviews.
- Offer Coaching and mentoring to develop employees.
- Regularly conduct face to face sessions and ensure timely closure of action identified.
- Prepare and implement employee personal development plans in liaison with the HRBP.
- Train and review employees skill levels and timely address skill gaps through TWI
PaTaMu, Safety Health and Environment, Food Safety & ERM
- Drive and actively participate in 6K, CI, SHE, FSMS, GMP , PaTaMu & ERM activities and initiatives at the department.
- Identify and report all quality, food safety , SHE & ERM issues during daily operations for actions.
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for missed targets within the Distribution department and timely close identified improvement actions to continually improve the process.
- Ensure timely action closure of all actions relating to PaTaMu, SHE, FSMS & ERM.
- Carry out regular safety tools box awareness sessions and training.
- Organize for hazards spotting and closure of all the potential hazards within the required timelines.
- Offer training support to all the employees on matters of Health and safety within the department.
Customer Relationship Management Work closely with the sales team on customer requirements and coordinate the operation team on product availability. Coordinate with Customer Service Rep. & Sales Team on customer orders for delivery schedules and timely delivery. Review and approve customer orders, plan and accomplish delivery of customers’ orders effectively within set timelines, in liaison with Customer Service Executive and Sales Representatives. Coordinating logistics for market returns from trade to enhance good trade relations while preventing undue loss to the company. Coordinating customer orders for special products and cross-border shipments, ensuring flow of information and goods. Public relations/ customer service; attending to enquiries, sales and complaints from walk-in customers at the plant Overall process ownership for Proof of Delivery (POD) to prevent loss of revenue. Fleet Management Ensure timely and effective maintenance of company trucks to minimum their downtime /& minimize distribution disruption. Enforce adherence to the maintenance schedules and trucks roadworthy by third party transporters – maintain close relations with hired transporters Manage the availability of both company and hired vehicles to meet the delivery requirements for all customer orders. Implement and achieve agreed performance targets and efficiencies for both company and hired fleet – Truck capacity utilization, fuel consumption, repair and maintenance Logistic Management Develop and implement distribution strategies to optimize the flow of goods and manage the distribution costs. Coordinate logistics for interplant transfer and stock allocation daily to ensure balance in stock availability for both UL plants Availing trucks and planning for by-products logistics in liaison with Warehouse team – Ensure Mill operations are not interrupted due to filled up byproduct store. Compliance Ensuring compliance with County Distribution Licenses in ALL the County Governments that fall within the scope of delivery Work closely with the operations team to ensure all the products being distributed meet statutory requirements and regulatory requirement – product and permit compliance. Enforce road discipline and adherence to the rules by the distribution assistant. Ensure all distribution trucks are road workand inspection and insurance compliant. People Management & Employee Capacity Building Develop, motivate and direct staff in the department for excellent delivery service Conducting monthly Distribution Team performance reviews. Offer Coaching and mentoring to develop employees. Regularly conduct face to face sessions and ensure timely closure of action identified. Prepare and implement employee personal development plans in liaison with the HRBP. Train and review employees skill levels and timely address skill gaps through TWI PaTaMu, Safety Health and Environment, Food Safety & ERM Drive and actively participate in 6K, CI, SHE, FSMS, GMP , PaTaMu & ERM activities and initiatives at the department. Identify and report all quality, food safety , SHE & ERM issues during daily operations for actions. Conduct Root Cause Analysis for missed targets within the Distribution department and timely close identified improvement actions to continually improve the process. Ensure timely action closure of all actions relating to PaTaMu, SHE, FSMS & ERM. Carry out regular safety tools box awareness sessions and training. Organize for hazards spotting and closure of all the potential hazards within the required timelines. Offer training support to all the employees on matters of Health and safety within the department.
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JOB-686e306a5dad9
Vacancy title:
Distribution Supervisor
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Sales & Retail]
Jobs at:
Unga Holding
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, July 20 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Customer Relationship Management
- Work closely with the sales team on customer requirements and coordinate the operation team on product availability.
- Coordinate with Customer Service Rep. & Sales Team on customer orders for delivery schedules and timely delivery.
- Review and approve customer orders, plan and accomplish delivery of customers’ orders effectively within set timelines, in liaison with Customer Service Executive and Sales Representatives.
- Coordinating logistics for market returns from trade to enhance good trade relations while preventing undue loss to the company.
- Coordinating customer orders for special products and cross-border shipments, ensuring flow of information and goods.
- Public relations/ customer service; attending to enquiries, sales and complaints from walk-in customers at the plant
- Overall process ownership for Proof of Delivery (POD) to prevent loss of revenue.
Fleet Management
- Ensure timely and effective maintenance of company trucks to minimum their downtime /& minimize distribution disruption.
- Enforce adherence to the maintenance schedules and trucks roadworthy by third party transporters – maintain close relations with hired transporters
- Manage the availability of both company and hired vehicles to meet the delivery requirements for all customer orders.
- Implement and achieve agreed performance targets and efficiencies for both company and hired fleet – Truck capacity utilization, fuel consumption, repair and maintenance
Logistic Management
- Develop and implement distribution strategies to optimize the flow of goods and manage the distribution costs.
- Coordinate logistics for interplant transfer and stock allocation daily to ensure balance in stock availability for both UL plants
- Availing trucks and planning for by-products logistics in liaison with Warehouse team – Ensure Mill operations are not interrupted due to filled up byproduct store.
Compliance
- Ensuring compliance with County Distribution Licenses in ALL the County Governments that fall within the scope of delivery
- Work closely with the operations team to ensure all the products being distributed meet statutory requirements and regulatory requirement – product and permit compliance.
- Enforce road discipline and adherence to the rules by the distribution assistant.
- Ensure all distribution trucks are road workand inspection and insurance compliant.
People Management & Employee Capacity Building
- Develop, motivate and direct staff in the department for excellent delivery service
- Conducting monthly Distribution Team performance reviews.
- Offer Coaching and mentoring to develop employees.
- Regularly conduct face to face sessions and ensure timely closure of action identified.
- Prepare and implement employee personal development plans in liaison with the HRBP.
- Train and review employees skill levels and timely address skill gaps through TWI
PaTaMu, Safety Health and Environment, Food Safety & ERM
- Drive and actively participate in 6K, CI, SHE, FSMS, GMP , PaTaMu & ERM activities and initiatives at the department.
- Identify and report all quality, food safety , SHE & ERM issues during daily operations for actions.
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for missed targets within the Distribution department and timely close identified improvement actions to continually improve the process.
- Ensure timely action closure of all actions relating to PaTaMu, SHE, FSMS & ERM.
- Carry out regular safety tools box awareness sessions and training.
- Organize for hazards spotting and closure of all the potential hazards within the required timelines.
- Offer training support to all the employees on matters of Health and safety within the department.
Work Hours: 8
Experience: No Requirements
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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