SHIPPING CO-ORDINATOR
Head-Office: Wadeville, Germiston.
Closing date: Monday, 16 September 2024.
Role Description
Coordinate the import and export shipping activities for glass and commodities and spares. Oversee the daily shipping and receiving operations of the company.
Role Responsibilities
- Receive and coordinate the export and procurement requirements.
- Serve as the main communication link between AGP-ZA and ROA, and countries involved in glass exports.
- Manage the acquisition of materials from South African plants, local suppliers and international suppliers (GTI and others).
- Coordinate with value add and plants regarding export customer requirement for finished goods.
- Organize the consolidation of finished products, procured commodities, and spare parts.
- Arrange and carry out the packaging of consignments and obtain freight estimates.
- Arrange for the PFIs to be sent.
- Organize the collection and shipment of consignments, including finished goods, commodities, and spare parts, by freight forwarders.
- Manage the processing of original documents from financial initiation to final payment and acceptance (PFI/CI/Customs and Bank payments).
- Maintain a status record of all requests for finished goods, commodities, and spares from order requirement and receipt of goods by end user.
- Establish and maintain sound internal and external relationships with key stakeholders to maximize cost efficiency.
Required Qualifications - Matric / Grade 12 required.
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Logistics, Supply chain management is preferred.
Required Experience - Previous experience in Sales, Value add, procurement, Logistics, Inbound and Outbound supply chain in a manufacturing environment.
- SAP Knowledge is required.
- Must have BW knowledge.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint skills.
- EXP system knowledge is required.
Other Competencies Include But Are Not Limited To - Good time management skills.
- Great problem solving skills.
- Planning and organizing skills are advantageous.
- Good decision making skills.
- Good team player.
Desired Skills - Imports
- Exports
- Commodities
- Spare Parts
- Shipment of Consignments
- Procurement
- SAP BW
- EXP system
- Finished Goods
- Freight Forwarding
- Customs Regulations
- International Shipping
About The Employer About Ardagh Group:
Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world's leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then, we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 16,000 people with revenues of almost $7 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe and the Americas.
- Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
- Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
- Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?
This position will be filled in accordance with the company's equity objective.
The advertisement has minimum requirements listed.
Ardagh reserves the right not to fill vacancies and to use relevant information as a criteria for shortlisting.
Correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates.
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