IMPORT & EXPORT MANAGER \"URGENT HIRING\"
Reap HR Consultancy
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Job summary
Reap HR Consultancy in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Import & Export Manager to lead end-to-end international trade operations, including documentation, customs clearance, and freight coordination with suppliers and logistics partners to ensure timely, accurate shipments.
The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Incoterms, trade regulations, and multi-modal freight (air, sea, land), plus strong negotiation and leadership skills for a dynamic UAE market.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, International Business, Business Administration or related discipline.
- Proven experience in Import & Export, International Logistics, Freight Forwarding, or Supply Chain Operations.
- Previous managerial or senior supervisory experience.
- Strong knowledge of customs clearance and international trade procedures.
- Excellent understanding of Incoterms 2020.
- Strong knowledge of sea, air, and land freight.
- Practical experience handling shipping documentation.
- Experience coordinating with customs brokers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, and government/regulatory authorities.
- Strong freight negotiation and cost-control skills.
- Good knowledge of shipment tracking and logistics reporting.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP/logistics systems is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end import and export operations, including air, sea, and land shipments.
- Prepare, review, and verify shipping and customs documentation.
- Coordinate with freight forwarders, shipping lines, airlines, customs brokers, suppliers, and customers.
- Manage customs clearance processes and ensure timely release of shipments.
- Ensure compliance with applicable customs, trade, and regulatory requirements.
- Review commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, Bills of Lading, Air Waybills, and other shipping documents.
- Apply Incoterms for international transactions.
- Monitor shipment schedules and resolve delays and documentation issues.
- Negotiate freight rates and service agreements with logistics providers.
- Monitor freight, customs, transportation costs.
- Maintain import/export logs and shipment documentation.
- Coordinate with procurement, finance, warehouse, sales, and operations teams.
- Manage duty, tax, and other shipment-related requirements.
- Evaluate freight forwarders and logistics service providers based on cost, reliability, and performance.
- Prepare regular reports on shipments, costs, delays, clearance status, and logistics performance.
- Identify opportunities to reduce logistics costs and improve lead times.
- Maintain strong controls to prevent penalties, demurrage, detention, documentation errors, and storage charges.
- Lead and support the import/export or logistics team where applicable.
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Job description
Full time | Reap HR Consultancy | United Arab Emirates
Posted On 10/08/2026
Job Opening ID ZR_2757_JOB
Wholesale Trade/Import-Export
Number of Positions 1
Work Experience 6-10 years
Languages English
TBD will be discuss in the interview
City Abu Dhabi
State/Province Abu Dhabi
51133
Position: Import & Export Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time
We are seeking an experienced Import & Export Manager to manage and coordinate end-to-end international trade operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for import/export documentation, customs clearance, freight coordination, regulatory compliance, supplier and logistics partner management, and ensuring shipments are completed accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.
The ideal candidate should have strong practical knowledge of international shipping procedures, customs regulations, Incoterms, freight forwarding, and trade documentation.
- Manage end-to-end import and export operations, including air, sea, and land shipments.
- Prepare, review, and verify shipping and customs documentation.
- Coordinate with freight forwarders, shipping lines, airlines, customs brokers, suppliers, and customers.
- Manage customs clearance processes and ensure timely release of shipments.
- Ensure compliance with applicable customs, trade, and regulatory requirements.
- Review commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, Bills of Lading, Air Waybills, and other shipping documents.
- Apply and correctly interpret Incoterms for international transactions.
- Monitor shipment schedules and proactively resolve delays, documentation issues, or clearance problems.
- Negotiate freight rates and service agreements with logistics providers.
- Monitor freight, customs, transportation, and related logistics costs.
- Maintain accurate import/expom lgtrt records and shipment documentation.
- Coordinate with procurement, finance, warehouse, sales, and operations teams.
- Manage duty, tax, and other applicable shipment-related requirements.
- Evaluate freight forwarders and logistics service providers based on cost, reliability, and performance.
- Prepare regular reports on shipments, costs, delays, clearance status, and logistics performance.
- Identify opportunities to reduce logistics costs and improve lead times.
- Maintain strong controls to prevent penalties, demurrage, detention, documentation errors, and unnecessary storage charges.
- Lead and support the import/export or logistics team where applicable.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, International Business, Business Administration, or a related discipline preferred.
- Proven experience in Import & Export, International Logistics, Freight Forwarding, or Supply Chain Operations.
- Previous experience at managerial or senior supervisory level preferred.
- Strong knowledge of customs clearance and international trade procedures.
- Excellent understanding of Incoterms 2020.
- Strong knowledge of sea freight, air freight, and land transportation.
- Practical experience handling shipping documentation.
- Experience coordinating with customs brokers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, and government/regulatory authorities.
- Strong freight negotiation and cost-control skills.
- Good knowledge of shipment tracking and logistics reporting.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and relevant ERP/logistics systems is preferred.
Benefits and employment terms will be discussed with shortlisted candidates during the interview process.
1. Import & Export Experience
How many years of direct import and export experience do you have? Which countries or international markets have you handled?
2. Shipment Management
Explain the complete process you follow for an international shipment from receiving the purchase/order details until final customs clearance and delivery.
3. Incoterms
What is the difference between EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP, and DAP? Give an example of when you would recommend each.
4. Documentation
Which documents do you normally review before an international shipment is dispatched? What are the most common documentation errors you have encountered?
5. Customs Clearance
Describe a difficult customs-clearance issue you personally handled. What caused the problem, and how did you resolve it?
What experience do you have managing air, sea, and land freight? Which mode do you consider most challenging and why?
How do you compare and negotiate quotations from freight forwarders or shipping lines while ensuring service quality is not compromised?
8. Cost Control
Give an example of how you reduced freight, customs, demurrage, detention, storage, or other logistics costs.
An urgent shipment is delayed at the port because the commercial invoice does not match the customs declaration. What actions would you take immediately?
A supplier asks you to declare a lower shipment value to reduce customs duty. How would you handle the request?
11. Operational Planning
How do you monitor multiple international shipments simultaneously and ensure management receives accurate status updates?
12. Performance Management
Which KPIs would you use to measure the performance of an import/export department and its logistics providers?
Which ERP, customs, freight, shipment-tracking, or logistics systems have you used? How advanced are your Microsoft Excel skills?
How do you manage an underperforming team member who repeatedly makes errors in shipping documentation?
15. Final Assessment
What are the three biggest risks in import/export operations, and what controls would you implement to minimize them?
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