National chemical manufacturing company based in Cape Town is looking for a Logistics Coordinator to join their growing logistics team.
Key Responsibilities: - Ensure compliance of the Freight Forwarding processes with Company rules and all applicable laws and regulation
- Ensure the good administration and filing of all the Freight Forwarding documents in line with the applicable procedures
- Contracting with clients and suppliers
- Consolidate the planning related to shipments and customs clearance of goods
- Coordinate international logistics from material origin across the world to delivery at reception facility
- Liaise with various stakeholders to ensure efficient operations
- Ensure appropriate and correct shipping documents are obtained from the suppliers, freight forwarder, banks, etc.
- Optimize the activities of third party service providers and evaluate their performance
- Ensure that all import activities and shipping documentation are transacted and updated
- Ensure key performance indicators are reported and followed up. Prepare periodic shipping activity reports
- Supervise foreign purchases invoice certification reception, Freight Forwarding banking activities, import duties and shipping payments
- Be abreast of the market, participate to the follow-up and evaluation of clearing and freight forwarders
- Ensure adequate record keeping of customs documents, notices, government regulatory documents and documentations of other third parties
Skills and Attributes: - Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development
- Highly skilled communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
- Customer focussed
- Proven analytical, problem solving and organisational skills
- Strong planning skills with the ability to handle multiple projects through to completion and to manage competing priorities
- Project management skills
- Commercial and financial acumen with a full understanding of the impact of failure in terms of business cost, production schedules and customer order fulfilment
- Excellent attention to detail skills
Qualifications and Experience Levels: Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred
- At least 6 10 years relevant experience in International trade, Import/Export/Shipping activities preferably in relation to the Oil and Gas sector
- Demonstrable general knowledge of the industry
- Ability to use and enrich market intelligence information, cost models, target prices, etc
