Role & responsibilities

Vehicle Planning & Placement

- Coordinate daily truck placement as per dispatch plan (bagged / bulk).
- Align with dispatch, sales, and production for priority movements.
- Ensure availability of the right vehicle type (2040 MT, bag trucks, bulkers & LCVs).
- Manage peak demand, and emergency placements.

Coordination with Transporters

- Act as the single point of contact for transporters.
- Allocate orders as per the routes & order size.
- Handle transporter issues: non-reporting, delays, breakdowns, route constraints.
- Ensure adherence to dedicated vs market vehicle norms.

Dispatch & Documentation Support

- Coordinate with weighbridge and dispatch teams for:

- Invoice generation
- E-way bill compliance

- Loading sequence management
- Ensure correct destination, route, and customer mapping.
- Avoid misrouting, short loading, and wrong consignee dispatches.

Turnaround Time (TAT)

- Monitor TAT.

- Reduce congestion at

- Entry gate

- Weighbridge

- Packing plant
- Ensure FIFO loading unless priority approved.

Compliance & Safety

- Enforce:
- Valid RC, DL, insurance, pollution certificates
- Helmet,



safety shoes, reflectors
- Ensure tarpaulin coverage for bag movement.
- Control night movement and local administration norms.

Freight Cost & Control

- Ensure dispatches are within approved freight rates.

SAP / System Updates

- Track vehicle status in SAP / TMS:

- Reporting/Empty

- Loaded

- Dispatched

- Share daily MIS

- Planned vs actual dispatch

- Vehicle shortages

- Pending orders
- Support audit and reconciliation of freight bills.

Exception Handling

- Handle:

- Customer destination changes requests
- Vehicle re-routing

- Breakdowns and transshipment
- Coordinate damage, shortage, or rejection cases.

Stakeholder Coordination

- Interface with:
- Sales & marketing
- Dispatch & packing
- Security & gate
- Transporters & drivers
- Local administration (RTO, police, unions)

Key Outcome of a Road Coordinator

- On-time delivery
- Lower freight cost
- Minimum detention
- Zero compliance violations
- High transporter & customer satisfaction

📌 Road Coordinators - Belgaum (Belagavi)
🏢 Dalmia Cement
📍 Belagavi