Francois Oelsen

Experienced Fleet Controller and Transport Operations professional with more than two decades of experience across fleet management, transport operations, depot management, fleet scheduling and site supervision. Extensive hands-on experience monitoring and coordinating commercial taudliner fleets, including side tippers, flat decksand ,reefer trailers and bakkies, with responsibility for fleet tracking, load allocation, route monitoring, dispatch, fuel requirements, breakdown coordination, driver administration and operational reporting.

ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER - BUILDERS MARKET MIDDELBURG (1998 - 2003)

• Opening and closing on start of shift and on daily conclusion of shift - load and route planning of fleet to optimize efficiency and productivity - managing of staff and delegations of duties as needed - oversaw operations of a fleet consisting of trucks, dyna (8 Ton small trucks) and bakkies - Receiving and managing of stock, cleanliness and good housekeeping

DEPOT MANAGER - Veritas freight Carriers and Veritas Fuel logistics Engen SDCO, Middelburg (2003 - 2015)

• Overseeing daily operations on both retail and wholesale sites - planning, scheduling and dispatching of fuel to respective customers both own and Engen nominated clients - tracking and monitoring of fleet to ensure sufficiency and timely deliveries are adhered to - ensuring the upmost level of safety are being adhered to on both sites - conducting health and safety inspections on a weekly and monthly basis (920g) - ensuring the road worthiness of fleet are kept up to date and breakdowns are resolved speedily - Receiving, decanting of orders - handling internal sales and lube order and recommendations - managing of staff and if needed delegation of tasks - compiling bank recon /daily bank - closing and locking both sites after completion of daily tasks

FLEET CONTROLLER - MASSYN VERVOER (2015 - 2018)

• Tracking of fleet consisting of 36 laude-linners on a daily basis compiling of handover from dayshift to night shift and vice versa - ensuring high value loads are on track and as per scheduled route - tracking fleet on c-track and libro tracking platforms compiling and assessing of fuel orders as needed - booking breakdowns and resolving and following up on progress of breakdowns - allocation and issuing of loads to respective trucks as allocated - receiving of invoicing, checking of paperwork and resolving any queries as needed

FLEET SCEDJULER - Macdonald's Transport & Warehousing (2019 - 2022)

• Tracking of fleet consisting of 22 side tippers on a daily basis. Over weekends attending to your weekend off partners trucks of also 18, in total 40 side tippers at any given time - ensuring high value loads are on track and as per scheduled route - tracking fleet on c-track tracking platforms - compiling and assessing of fuel orders as needed - booking breakdowns and resolving and following up on progress of breakdowns - allocation and issuing of loads to respective trucks as allocated - receiving of invoicing, checking of paperwork and resolving any queries as needed - completion of driver attendance and signing off of driver timesheets - compiling of CPK and GYR reports - driver hearings and disciplinary actions

MAIN FLEET CONTROLLER - IMPANGELE LOGISTICS/LEVEL LOADS (2023 - 2024)

• Overseeing nightshift operations and planning of loads - Tracking of fleet consisting of 30 side tippers on a 4 day A night and a 4 off cycle - compiling of handover from dayshift to night shift and vice versa - ensuring high value loads are on track and as per scheduled route - tracking fleet on c-track and libra tracking platforms - compiling and assessing of fuel orders as needed - booking breakdowns and resolving and following up on progress of breakdowns - allocation and issuing of loads to respective trucks as allocated - receiving of invoicing, checking of paperwork and resolving any queries as needed - compiling of load-counts to ensure each load and route has been checked

FLEET CONTROLLER - MASSYN BULK (2024 - 2025)

• Tracking of fleet consisting of 22 side tippers on a daily basis - compiling of handover from dayshift to night shift and vice versa - ensuring high value loads are on track and as per scheduled route - tracking fleet on c-track and libra tracking platforms - compiling and assessing of fuel orders as needed - booking breakdowns and resolving and following up on progress of breakdowns - allocation and issuing of loads to respective trucks as allocated - receiving of invoicing, checking of paperwork and resolving any queries, as needed

FLEET CONTROLLER/ROAD SUPERVISOR - IMPANGELE LOGISTICS & LEVEL LOADS - Middelburg (2025 - 2026)

• Monitoring and overseeing daily operations of fleet of side tippers - ensuring issues are resolved and that the fleet gets loaded without delays - comunicatimg and reporting any issues arrising on site - checking and ensuring safety are adhered to - rerouting trucks when delays do occure-standing in for absent or sick controller(s)

Matric (N7) - Middelburg High school (1992 - 1997)