Procurement / Logistics Administrator

Procurement / Logistics Administrator – Observatory, Cape Town.

Opportunity available for a Procurement / Logistics Administrator to join a successful and established company within the global fruit export industry.

Salary: R18k – R23k per month negotiable.

Requirements:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification advantageous.
• 2+ years’ experience within Procurement, Logistics or Export Administration.
• MS Office.
• Knowledge of the fruit and vegetable industry advantageous but not essential.
• Fully bilingual in English and conversational Afrikaans is essential due to the client base.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with Accounts, Procurement / Logistics & Sales department
• Provide regular reporting and assist Sales Manager/Director as required
• Assisting the logistics agent
• Liaising with shipping lines / freight forwarder and shipping line with regards to loadings, bookings and relevant documents
• Ensuring on-time receipt of export documentation
• Communication, rate negotiations, invoice checking and approval with shipping lines, freight forwarders (national and cross trade), PPECB, department of agriculture, transporters.
• Container loading schedule and monitoring from booking to reception at port of delivery
• Reporting and statistics (shipment report, export report, shipment statistic, export statistics)
• Assisting the procurement agent
• Check availability and packing programs of fruit at farms and cooperatives
• Maintain good relationships with suppliers / farmers
• Negotiate prices and payments under the guidance of the Director / GM
• Oversee physical transfer of goods and logistics arrangements for stock movements / Oversee loadings at depots
• Keeping / coordinating request from sales and communicating on availability / time frame to load requested orders
• Assisting the manager to do market research and implementation