Job Description

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Key Performance Areas (primary objectives): ... to be measured against developed KPIs

1. Logistics costing, planning and optimization

2. Logistics coordination and tracking

3. Logistics problem solving and reporting (transport recon and landed template population)

4. Management of shipping agents (local and foreign)

Role Responsibilities:

? Shipping agent liaison

? Logistics process co-ordination and management

? Review and completion of import documentation

? Lead logistics strategies and provide Merch team support

? Overseeing shipping status across projects

? Tracking shipments and solving challenges

? Management responsibility of the BOB board on Monday.com

Resource Responsibilities:

? Develop and maintain exceptional relationship with shipping agents while aggressively

resolving performance/capability issues to ensure alignment with customer expectations.

? Maintain critical logistics information such as shipping timelines, transport costs and

logistics challenges.

? Ensure all relevant legal documents are reviewed, completed and submitted to the

forwarding agents timeously.

? Negotiate with shipping agents in terms of lead time, pricing and shipping options for the

optimal solution per project.

? Work closely with and support project leads with relevant costing information.

? Feedback to management with meaningful and timeous data and solutions.

Skills Requirements

? Excellent internal support skills

? Superior analytical skills

? Strong written and communication skills

? Strong decision-making skills

? Superior negotiation skills

? Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

? Ability to interact with employees at all levels

? Knowledge of shipping

? Experience in problem solving, reporting and analytical methods

? Willingness to travel if needed

Shipping Agent Liaison

? Overall logistics management - manage shipping agents to meet the overall goals and

objectives of the business (services and operations)

? Supplier relationship:

o Motivate shipping agents to provide optimal shipping solutions for each project

o Achieve best possible transport costs

Logistics process co-ordination and management

? Negotiation of transport costs, transport options and timing

? Cost improvement of transport: use exceptional skills to work with suppliers for opportunity

to improve the cost margin

? Cost improvement of shipping: consolidate orders from different suppliers to achieve FCL

? Follow-ups: communicate on time delivery, partial shipment, exception or delay shipments

Contracts and legal documents

? Ensure all legal documents are provided by the supplier before shipping are accurate and

contain all the necessary information for importation into South Africa

? Record and reference of legal documents and invoices in the relevant folders on

Monday.com and the Zone

Lead logistics strategies and provide Merchandise team support

? Obtain transport quotations and record summary on relevant tool

? Understand and communicate logistic challenges and conditions that impact transit times,

transport cost, and the resulting impact on clients

? Communicate with merchandise team about the status of any critical shipments that could

affect DC date.

? Provide documentation from the shipping agents that can be forwarded to the relevant

customers

? Lead cross-functional logistics, sourcing team and merch team meetings when there is

relevant information to be shared

? Prepare and review any relevant documents in support of shipment booking

? Overseeing shipping status across projects with team members

Monitoring shipments

? Be in regular contact with the forwarding agents regarding the shipment status.

Management BOB board on Monday.com

? Take ownership of the BOB board ensuring that all information is accurate and current.

If interested in this job, please apply using the link below:

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Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person