Educational Requirements:
• Matric
• Export qualification (Advantage)

Number of Years' Experience Required:
• 3 year experience in exports and logistics

Soft Skills Requirements and level of competency:
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working with Syspro

Inherent Competencies required in this position:
• Must be willing to learn and apply new knowledge.
• Deadline and goal driven.
• Ability to reason and apply logic.
• Professional Etiquette.
• Willing to be part of a team.

Key Responsibilities:
• Import & Import Control
• Road freight
• Legal compliance and cost control
• General administration of all shipping documentation
• Check and track all shipping documentation
• Keep track of production, label delivery date and stack movements
• LCT Receipting ( Landed Cost Tracking)

Duties: (Including, but not limited to)
• Co-ordinate and consolidate shipments from suppliers in the most cost effective manner.

• Negotiate freight rates and sailing and flight schedules etc. to ensure timeous clearance and delivery.

• Track shipments with clearing agents with regards to timelines, custom releases or detentions etc.

• Assist sales team with export quotations via air, sea and road.

• Negotiate rates with various export agents, shipping lines and road transporters for all forms of expert, air, sea and over border.

• Negotiate transport and delivery of shipments via the various modes of transport to our premises at the best rate to accommodate our specific
schedules and requirements i.e. from ports, airports etc.

• Track and trace departure and arrival of shipment.

• Keep up to date with tariff consulting, custom regulations, etc.
• Ensure that all stakeholders are up to date with gazetted amendments and regulations.

• File all amendments in the Jacobsens tariff book on a month to month basis.

• SABS rules, regulations, standard of requirements, etc.

• Effective Administration of shipments documentation i.e. shipping files, filling, etc.

• Follow up with suppliers for invoices, packing list and related documents.

• Follow up with forwarding agents for ANF, shipping lines notifications.

• Submit same to clearing agent with clearing instructions.

• Shipping files to adhere to auditors requirements at all times.

• Assist accounts with relevant documents and signatures for payment of foreign and local invoices.

• Air & Sea freight – Costing’s and volumes calculations, delivery dates, tariff codes and carton quantitative etc. on Syspro.