Yanbu - PetroChemical Operations Associate (Inbound & Outbound)

Maersk; Makkah Region; On-site; SAR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking an Operations Specialist in Saudi Arabia, Makkah Region. This role involves managing inbound and outbound orders, generating reports, and troubleshooting customer inquiries. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Maritime and Transport science, at least 2 years of experience in similar roles, and be fluent in English and Arabic. This position requires strong operational skills and a hands-on approach to warehousing and distribution tasks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience in Warehousing and Distribution operations.

Responsibilities

• Receive, plan, book, process and monitor inbound and outbound orders.
• Generate and maintain various performance reports.
• Troubleshoot customer issues and inquiries.
• Assist in daily operations and engage in improvement projects.

Skills

Fluent in English & Arabic

WMS / ERP / MS Office Knowledge

Drive for results

Problem-solving mindset

Hands-on operational experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Maritime and Transport science

Job description

Operations

• Receiving, planning, booking, processing, and monitoring execution of customer's inbound and outbound orders; and Distribution planning & execution
• Generate and maintain the following reports for the relevant customer (Plant Dispatch Report, Stock Receiving Report, Inbound Report, Port Shuttling Report, Customs Clearance plus Daily & Monthly KPIs Report & Staff Attendance Report).
• Troubleshooting and solving customer's issues and responding to customer inquiries.
• Coordinate with Local Procurement, Vendor Manager and Execution team for procurement, forecasting and daily operations.
• Assisting Hub Distribution Supervisor in daily execution of operations
• Arranging Empty Container inventory as per flow
• Report issues of Trucking Capacity, Storage capacity, people capacity, equipment capacity to direct supervisor.
• Engage actively in work improvement projects.
• Engage in new customers implementation projects.

Customer Services

• Handle all customer(s)’ requests in accordance to SLA and contractual obligations.
• Assist Supervisor in preparation of monthly business review meetings with the customer.
• Constant coordination with customer focal point for volumes forecast and accordingly planning the trucking / distribution capacity.

Reporting & Invoicing

• Responsible for creating monthly service invoice and tackling customer(s)’ inquiries.
• Ensures that Performance reports, invoicing are timely and accurate
• Jobholder should expect to carry out his/her duties even beyond the Office working hours.

To ensure the business continuity, Weekends/Holidays duties will be assigned to Job-holder based on the business needs and workload management.

• Bachelor’s Degree, in Maritime and Transport science. (Business Administration as an advantage)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role

Based around King Abdullah Economic city / Rabigh area. The facility is based in King Abdullah Economic zone and

Incumbent must attend his/her work daily at site.

• Fluent in English & Arabic

• WMS / ERP / MS Office Knowledge

• Experience in Warehousing and Distribution operations. Hands-on operational person.

• Drive for results – can be counted on to meet/exceed goals consistently, steadfastly pushing self and vendors for results
• Uses rigorous logic to solve difficult problems, looking beyond the obvious to probe for creative solutions
• A team layer with high sense of urgency and problems solving mindset.

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