Assistant Contracts Operations Manager (Dedicated Contract)

AGL South Africa – Assistant Contracts Operations Manager (Dedicated Contract)

With the group’s expertise of more than 50 years of experience and a continuous presence on the African continent, Africa Global Logistics South Africa provides end-to-end solutions with in-depth knowledge of the legal and cultural diversities specific to each country. Our powerful integrated global network and sustainable solutions enable innovative and flexible designs in their execution.

AGL South Africa is your gateway throughout Africa, facilitating freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing and distribution activities for many multinational companies.

Job Purpose: The Assistant Contracts Operations Manager (Dedicated Contract) will assist the Contract Operations Manager and responsible for the end-to-end operational, commercial, and contractual management of a dedicated customer contract within AGL. The role serves as the single point of accountability for ensuring contract performance, customer satisfaction, operational excellence, profitability, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Job Function:

Contract Management

• Take overall responsibility for the successful management and execution of a dedicated customer contract.
• Act as the primary operational interface between AGL and the customer.
• Ensure all contractual obligations, KPIs, and service commitments are consistently achieved.
• Develop and implement contract-specific operational strategies aligned with customer requirements.

Operations Management

• Oversee day-to-day transport and logistics operations relating to contracted services.
• Ensure optimal fleet utilization, route planning, driver management, and asset productivity.
• Monitor operational performance against agreed KPIs and customer expectations.
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives.

Customer Relationship Management

• Build and maintain a strategic partnership with the customer.
• Conduct weekly, monthly, and quarterly operational review meetings.

Financial & Performance Management

• Take accountability for department P&L performance
• Prepare and manage budgets, forecasts, performance and management reports
• Ensure accurate financial reporting and reconciliation process

Employee Management & Leadership

• Lead, motivate and develop high-performance staff across all operational functions
• Promote staff engagement, communication and morale
• Manage employees effectively in line with the company standards, policies and code of conduct
• Support succession planning and employee development initiatives

Reporting & Governance

• Prepare and present departmental reports
• Report on KPI's, financial, safety and operational performance

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE)

• Promote a strong safety culture across all contract operations.
• Ensure compliance with AGL QHSE standards and customer safety requirements.
• Lead incident investigations and corrective action implementation.

Manage and supervise the operational activities

• Oversee daily depot operations, load planning, route optimisation and scheduling
• Ensure planning vs actual performance is monitored and corrected
• Lead and manage all departmental operations and service planning activities

Minimum Education and

Experience

Requirements

• Matric
• At least 5 years' experience in transport management
• At least 2 years' experience as a manager
• Knowledge of transport methods, costs and benefits
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Complex problem-solving skills
• Good attention to detail.
• Good use of email
• Excellent communicator