Transport Administration Manager

  • Posted24 February 2026
  • Salary$90000 per annum
  • LocationVictoria
  • Job type Permanent
  • Expertise Sirius People
  • ReferenceBH-66434

Job Description

Key Responsibilities Leadership & Governance
  • Lead and develop national transport administration teams

  • Establish and maintain standard operating procedures and best-practice frameworks

  • Drive accountability, performance and continuous improvement

  • Coach and develop supervisors and high-potential team members

Invoicing, Revenue Integrity & Reconciliation
  • Oversee national run sheet processing, driver times, POD management and invoicing accuracy

  • Manage invoice processing cycles (dummy and live runs)

  • Own reconciliation processes between banking and Freight Management Systems

  • Analyse variances and implement corrective actions

  • Prevent revenue leakage and billing errors

  • Act as escalation point for complex billing and margin issues

  • Partner with Finance to support collections and dispute resolution

Systems, Reporting & Data Integrity
  • Define and standardise KPIs, reporting and dashboards

  • Ensure FMS data integrity for billing and operational accuracy

  • Lead automation initiatives and system improvements

  • Reduce manual processes through workflow optimisation

Customer & Driver Setup (FMS)
  • Oversee customer and subcontractor driver setup

  • Ensure accurate pricing, charge rules and service configuration

  • Align system setup with operational service delivery

Commercial & Margin Protection
  • Review customer and subcontractor rates to protect margins

  • Identify and address revenue leakage

  • Provide commercial insights to senior leadership

  • Support pricing reviews and contract renewals

Compliance & Operational Alignment
  • Align administration and operations workflows

  • Support compliance obligations including COR and fatigue requirements

  • Ensure documentation is maintained and audit-ready

  • Escalate non-conformances and risk matters appropriately

Supplier & Cost Management
  • Manage key system and service suppliers

  • Lead supplier reviews and cost negotiations

  • Benchmark and recommend alternative solutions where required

Credit Risk Management
  • Conduct credit assessments and ongoing monitoring of customers

  • Identify payment risks, insolvency alerts and adverse credit events

  • Partner with Finance on credit exposure and recovery strategies

  • Provide reporting to support credit decision-making

About You You are a confident, commercially astute leader with strong transport administration experience and a passion for structure, accuracy and continuous improvement.

Essential Experience & Skills:

  • 5+ years’ senior experience in transport or logistics administration

  • Strong Freight Management System (FMS) experience

  • Proven leadership across multi-site or national teams

  • Strong financial acumen and reconciliation expertise

  • Experience improving processes and implementing automation

  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Key Attributes
  • Commercially driven and outcomes-focused

  • Highly process-oriented with strong attention to detail

  • Calm, decisive and solutions-focused

  • Hands-on leadership style

  • Strong sense of accountability and integrity

What’s on Offer
  • Senior leadership role within a growing national business

  • Opportunity to shape and standardise national processes

  • Strong commercial exposure and executive visibility