Import Coordinator

 

Recruiter:

Tech Pro

Job Ref:

TPO000134/KN

Date posted:

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

330 000 Annually


SUMMARY:
Are you an immediately available Imports Coordinator looking to refine your experience in an organization that has been around for over 80 years, as this is a newly created role due to exponential growth this role is a blank canvas offering the successful incumbent an opportunity to negotiate, plan, and manage import operations?

My client is known for their product quality as innovation allowing them to offer a range of products that brings family and friends together, they have also won several international awards for excellence over the years.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Role:
  • Forecasting via MRP on Syspro.
  • Check stock on a two-weekly basis – maintain excel sheet which indicate Current stock, Usage, Outstanding orders – and calculate how many months stock available – this together with MRP is used as a tool to indicate when new orders need to be placed.
  • Send order suggestion with quantity and arrival date in Warehouse to MD – who confirm that stock can be ordered
  • Purchase order, date of order, Stock code, Quantity, Unit Price, Total Price, Payment date, Currency, ETD, ETA Durban, ETA in Warehouse.
  • Purchase order schedule – excluding cost is send to Sales and Warehouse on a weekly basis – to inform them of stock on order, sheet also indicate which orders is on the water and which orders has been booked to ship out.
  • Communicate with different suppliers on availability of orders / update Purchase orders schedule daily with current info.
  • Rate negotiation with Clearing and Forwarding agent on current shipments – as shipping industry and rates has become very challenging over the past 2 years.
  • Calculate import estimates on new and current products to MD
  • Adjust stock as per Warehouse requests
  • Oversee assistant who assist with various stock transfers
  • Meet with local suppliers
  • Price negotiation with local suppliers
Qualification:
  • Diploma/ Degree in Supply Chain or Logistics
  • Knowledge of various methods of transport on Imports: Local and international payments knowledge & experience
  • Ensure that MSDS sheets are on file and send to Clearing and Forwarding agent
  • Knowledge of Incoterms
  • Goods Imported on FOB basis
  • Have knowledge of CFR, CIF, EXW, DDP etc
  • Excel sheet – indicating which payments are due for payment the following week
  • Excel sheet – indicating which payments were made the previous week
We appreciate your interest, however if you have not had any response within 2 weeks from one of our consultants, we will place your CV on our database and contact you as soon as a suitable career opportunity for your skills and experience becomes available.
Thank you and Good Luck!
Tech-Pro Recruitment

 

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