Sea Freight Operations Executive

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 146,896 - 220,345; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Dubai seeks a logistics professional to ensure effective liaison with agents and manage shipment arrangements from origin to delivery. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's Degree and has 1-5 years of experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities include negotiating shipping terms, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing shipment documentation. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and fluency in English are essential. Apply to join a dynamic team focusing on innovative process improvements.

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of work experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective liaison with agents and coordinated arrangement of shipments.
• Negotiate with forwarder to achieve the best price with favorable payment terms.
• Take responsibility for shipments from origin to delivery.

Skills

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Fluent in English

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective liaison with agents and coordinated arrangement of shipments
• Negotiate with forwarder to the lowest best price with comprehensive payment terms
• Approve bookings for container and freight with comprehensive payment terms
• Take responsibility for the shipment from its origin country until the shipment is delivered to the customer
• Review and sign off shipping documents while ensuring completeness and accuracy
• Assist to prepare authorization letter and send to forwarder together with shipping documents for clearance of the goods from the port
• Seek innovative ways to improve service and cost which will include both technological and process improvements
• Ensure appropriate coordination between land and marine operations in different locations and provide appropriate support to facilitate operations
• Ensure compliance with import export regulations for all equipment and materials
• Review, approve and follow up the documents, processes and controls of freight payment and audit system and ensure all documents, processes and controls updated
• Support the supply chain process through planning, online allocation, pick release and invoicing to ensure customer’s requirements are met
• Manage archiving of completed shipment files and maintain record keeping
• Fulfill any and all other tasks as deemed fit by the management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-5 years of work experience in a similar role
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word and Power Point)
• Ability to communicate fluently in English