Job Objective
To provide effective sales coordination and administrative support for export and e-commerce operations, ensuring smooth order processing, accurate documentation, timely customer communication, and coordination with internal teams to support sales targets and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities/Duties
1. Purchase Planning & Procurement
- Plan international purchases based on sales/operations forecasts, inventory levels and supplier lead times.
- Maintain the planning file, purchasing records, shipment tracking and ERP/Oracle transactions accurately and on time.
- Review forecasts and identify over- or under-forecasting to prevent stock shortages and excess inventory.
- Coordinate purchase orders with international suppliers, ensuring product availability, order confirmation and timely shipment.
- Follow up with suppliers on order status, production, availability and required shipping documents.
2. Product Registration & Government Compliance
- Manage Dubai Municipality product registrations, including new registrations, document submission, system uploads, approvals and renewals.
- Ensure compliance with Dubai Municipality, Customs, Chamber of Commerce, Excise and other government requirements.
- Coordinate required invoices, certificates, licenses and regulatory documents and ensure they are complete and submitted on time.
3. Import & Shipment Coordination
- Coordinate international shipments with suppliers, freight forwarders and 3PL partners from dispatch through customs clearance and warehouse delivery.
- Monitor shipment status, resolve documentation or clearance issues and ensure timely product availability.
- Prepare and verify shipping documents and maintain accurate shipment records.
- Calculate and maintain accurate landed costs for imported products.
4. Inventory & Warehouse Coordination
- Coordinate inbound shipment priorities based on stock requirements, promotions and business priorities.
- Ensure timely invoice and return bookings and maintain inventory/system accuracy.
- Coordinate physical and system returns with the warehouse and relevant teams.
- Support efficient warehouse and pallet utilization.
5. Export Coordination – GCC
- Coordinate and manage exports to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman, including receiving customer POs, confirming product availability and coordinating order fulfillment.
- Prepare and follow up on commercial invoices, Certificates of Origin, export documents, licenses/certificates and required attestations.
- Coordinate with customers, suppliers, freight forwarders and 3PL partners to ensure smooth customs clearance and delivery.
- Track export shipments through final delivery and ensure all required documentation is completed and properly filed.
6. Systems, Planning & Reporting
- Maintain accurate planning files, purchasing records, shipment tracking and ERP/Oracle transactions.
- Prepare purchasing, inventory and shipment reports and highlight potential supply risks or delays.
- Ensure timely and accurate system transactions, documentation and records.
7. Supplier & Stakeholder Coordination
- Maintain strong communication with customers, suppliers, freight forwarders, 3PL partners, warehouse and internal departments.
- Monitor supplier and logistics partner performance and elevate delays or service issues when required.
- Identify opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency, reduce costs and improve service levels.
Ability & Skills
- Strong knowledge of supply chain management
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, Arabic is an advantage
- Proven history of developing effective inventory management policies
- Strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in understanding the market
- Aptitude in decision‑making and working with numbers
- Experience in collecting and analyzing data
- Solid judgement along with decision making skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular),
- Experience in ERP/Oracle etc.
- Must Possess UAE Driving License
Experience
A minimum of 5+ years professional experience in similar industry-
Pharmaceutical/medical device/FMCG/Transportation /Construction Machineries etc. Trading environment .
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management/Accounting/Logistics/ Business Administration.
Accountabilities and Performance Measures
Prepare Report & Cost analysis
Professional negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.