Transport Specialist

About the role

The Transport Specialist will plan and optimise all product movements for Warc Africa’s agricultural supply chain in Ghana. The role ensures timely deliveries to offtakers, efficient internal transfers, and high fleet utilisation while monitoring performance, costs and compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and manage the weekly transport plan to achieve close to 100% OTIF delivery performance.
• Lead coordination meetings with Operations and Logistics teams to confirm weekly schedules.
• Plan daily and weekly internal product transfers between hubs, mega‑hubs and warehouses, optimising routes for stock availability.
• Allocate company‑owned, rented and contractor vehicles, monitor fleet performance, fuel usage, maintenance schedules and vehicle availability.
• Maintain transport documentation such as permits, logs, maintenance records and insurance.
• Analyse transport cost‑per‑ton, fleet utilisation, downtime and routing performance for continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with transport providers and negotiate service terms and tariffs.
• Participate in Logistics Committee meetings and support rollout of the Transport Management System (TMS), Odoo and data dashboards.

Required profile

• Proven experience in transport planning, coordination and fleet management.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to monitor performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills to work with cross‑functional teams and external providers.

Required skills

• Transport Management System (TMS)
• Odoo
• Post Tracker
• Fumigation Table
• Data dashboards