Responsibilities and duties:

• Selecting carriers and negotiating contracts and rates.
• Planning and monitoring inbound and outgoing deliveries.
• Researching ideal shipping techniques, routing, and carriers.
• Working with other departments to incorporate logistics with company procedures and operations.
• Evaluating budgets and expenditures.
• Updating and evaluating metrics to assess performance and implement enhancements.
• Ensuring all operations adhere to laws, guidelines, and ISO requirements
• Ensure cost avoidance by getting multiple quotes to leverage negotiation.
• Ensure on-time delivery performance.
• Coordinates with the company-approved logistics forwarders.
• Collaborate with other departments, in order to guarantee smooth operations
• Develop efficient strategies that maximize savings by optimizing transport methods and routes
• Support documentation processes, including invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin and manifestos
• Report on the status of shipments and any issues related to logistics

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or any related course

Years of Experience: 

Minimum of 2 years on import/export experience using land, sea and air freight in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.