Responsibilities:
- Liaise with customer service, quality control and production department on shipping arrangement, e.g., quantities to be shipped, packing and shipping details.
- RFQ for monthly freight rates from at least 3 forwarders, and award business to competitive offers on specific routes.
- Arrange booking of shipment with freight forwarders and co-ordination of outbound containers with production & warehouse.
- Prepare all the export shipping documents, i.e., Invoice, Packing List, Insurance Certificate, Certificate of Origin, Form D, Certificate of Analysis etc. and ensure accuracy and timeliness of tasks.
- Liaise with the bank on L/C negotiation, DP and D/A.
- Work closely with Customer Service to ensure all shipments ETD and ETA are in-line with customers’ requirement.
- Make decisions on container load, i.e., full load or LCL shipment to minimize freight costs and work closely with production department.
- Dispatch export shipping documents to customers and to ensure that customers receive the document on time for clearance.
- Responsible for customer invoicing generation and co-ordination between Customer Service department and Accounts department.
- Provide monthly report on total shipped volume and cost incurred with details by country.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Minimum diploma with at least 2 years experiences in logistic function in a manufacturing environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to meet demanding customers requirement at times and the ability to handle multiple tasks all with an attention to fine detail
- Experience in using an ERP system will be advantageous.
- Understands supply chain management and similar with financial and shipping terms.
- Resourceful and strive for continuous improvement.
- Able to work independently and able to cope well under stress are important attributes.
- Must have a knowledge of national and international import/export legislation and must be able to effectively troubleshoot any issues that may arise in international freight transportation
Working Conditions:
This position is required to work from Mon-Fri 8.30am to 5.30pm. This position requires the person to be flexible in term of ability to operate outside normal work hours as our sales and customers from the Asia pacific region do operate outside our normal time zone.