Freight Forwarder

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa JSM Business Services Full time

**OUR CLIENT IS A FREIGHT FOWARDER IN CAPE TOWN WHO COORDINATE INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF CARGO FOR IMPORTERS & EXPORTERS (OR THEIR AGENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD). **They would like to appoint a Freight Forwarder who has a minimum of 2 years’ logistics experience in international movement of cargo (Air Freight, Sea Freight, Road Freight) and courier express shipments. Shipping experience to SADC countries is preferable.

**WHAT DO FREIGHT FORWARDERS DO ON A DAILY BASIS?**

1. QUOTE - estimations and sales
- Analyze clients’ needs
- Source adequate service providers and transporters
- Assess the right selling price
- Package and sell the comprehensive offer to clients

2. SHIP (handle shipments once awarded) - **operations**
- Meticulously organize and check shipping documentation
- Timely arrange bookings, inspections, and any requirements specific to shipment
- Organize collection / loading / delivery / off-loading / storage ( ) as needed
- Follow up with transporters and any service providers involved along the chain
- Provide feedback to clients at every step of the shipments’ operations

3. INVOICE AND FINALISE - **administration**
- Check and capture invoices from service providers in the accounting system
- Initiate payment to service providers at the right time
- Collect payment from clients at the right time
- Organise and save documentation to finalise and close the file
- Does negotiating & calculating profitability ignite you?
- Are you super organized, meticulous, disciplined, in other words, a bit nitpicky?
- Do you see hurdles & unexpected situations as opportunities to express your creativity?
- Are you enthusiastic about interacting with people from other continents who don’t speak your language?
- drawn to corporate environments
- unable to improvise
- dependent on software more than your brain
- unsure which parts of the world wake up before South Africa

**HOW MANY OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS RING A BELL?**

SADC, FOB, EU, MERCOSUR, CIF, PSI, IATA, CNCA, ECTN, SONCAP, BIETC, PPECB, Bureau Veritas, DAF, State vet, Intertek, Tariff, Temp control, COC, POD, SAD500, HAZ, AOL, BL, VAT, HAWB, IMGD, DU, CIPL, SI, RF, FR, PER, AVI, OOG, CFR, CL7, EXW, CPT, JNB, DAP, IMO, HS code, RoE

**DO YOU HAVE MATRIC?**

**DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A FREIGHT FORWARDER (EXPORTS)?**

**Salary**: R18,000.00 - R20,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Can you work productively from home?

**Education**:

- High School (matric) (required)

**Experience**:

- Freight Forwarding: 2 years (required)

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