JOB DESCRIPTION – TRANSPORT MANAGER

Position: Transport Manager
Department: Logistics & Transport
Reporting To: Operations / General Manager
Location: PATNAGARAH, BALANGIR

JOB PURPOSE

To manage the company’s transportation operations, ensuring secure, timely, cost-effective, and well-controlled vehicle movement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage daily vehicle planning, routing, and deployment.
Monitor drivers, attendance, discipline, and trip performance.
Conduct travel audits, trip audits, and fuel inspections.
Monitor fuel consumption, mileage, vehicle utilization, and transportation costs.
Ensure timely vehicle servicing, repairs, maintenance, and documentation.
Monitor GPS tracking and vehicle movement to prevent unauthorized use and route deviations.
Coordinate with drivers, transporters, dispatch, warehouse, and operations teams.
Verify trip sheets, fuel records, transporter bills, and related documents.
Handle vehicle breakdowns, delays, accidents, and emergency situations.
Prepare daily/weekly transport and cost-control reports.




Ensure compliance with vehicle safety, permits, insurance, fitness, and other statutory requirements.

KEY SKILLSSkill AreaRequired KnowledgeTravel AuditingTrip verification, route checking, distance and expense auditingFuel InspectionFuel consumption, mileage analysis, fuel theft/leakage controlDriver ManagementDriver allocation, attendance, discipline, performance monitoringVehicle MaintenancePreventive maintenance, servicing, repairs, breakdown managementVehicle ManagementVehicle utilization, route planning, documentation and cost controlGPS TrackingKnowledge of GPS-based vehicle tracking and route monitoringFleet SoftwareBasic knowledge of Wheels Eye / Fleet Management Software or similar systemsReportingMS Excel, MIS reports, trip and fuel reportsCommunicationStrong coordination and negotiation skillsProblem SolvingAbility to handle breakdowns, delays and operational issuesQUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE
Graduate/

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