Planning & Logistics Co-ordinator

3 weeks ago


Stellenbosch, South Africa COFCO International North America Full time

**Vacancy**: JUNIOR Planning & Logistics Co-ordinator

**Department**: Operations - Logistics

**Contract**: Permanent

**Location**: Stellenbosch

COFCO International South Africa (Pty) Ltd has an opportunity for a dynamic individual to fulfill a role in this Company.

Job Purpose
The purpose of this function is to perform a variety of support tasks in the Logistics Team, with consistent liaisons between various departments within general operations, trade execution and trade.

Minimum qualifications and experience
- Tertiary qualification in Logistics, Transport or related field
- Minimum of one(1) years’ demonstrated experience in a similar field.

Role & Responsibilities
- Managing and executing contracts within the delivery periods.
- Obtaining quotations and negotiating rates with transporters for new contracts.
- Liaising with transporters.
- Liaising with silo managers and farmers and arranging loading to destinations.
- Booking trucks in to load at silos and farm venues.
- Movement planning and scheduling - plan loads for following week based on slots confirmed with stakeholders.
- Coordinate product delivery schedules with Execution (Client facing) desk.
- Book trucks in to offload with Trade Execution Desk in accordance with client demand.
- Processing of daily transport orders - agreements.
- Manage and resolve transport invoice queries and claims.

Essential skills
- Good Microsoft Excel proficiency
- Excellent communication skills
- Fluent in English and in Afrikaans languages
- Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
- Adaptable to change & the ability to work under pressure
- Comfortable working after hours (logistics hours) and on weekends where applicable, answering calls from transporters and related, and after hours problem solving.
- Solution oriented and pro-active problem solver. Able to efficiently solve problems relating to sales and transportation of goods.
- Dedicated and diligent.
- Ability to work under pressure while always maintaining excellent attention to detail and high a degree of accuracy.
- Planning, organising and excellent time management skills.
- Critical thinker with emotional resilience to overcome obstacles.

Desirable skills
- Exposure to the Food / Feed / Grain and/or Agri commodity sector is an advantage.
- Tech savvy.
- An aptitude for innovation for continuous process and/or system enhancements and automation.

Core Competencies
- Customer focus: Strong external/internal customer orientation.
- Communication: Listens well and shares ideas and solutions.
- Teamwork: Seeks involvement and input from other people.
- Initiative: Proactive, drives processes and tasks to achieve results.
- Innovation: Comes up with resourceful ideas and solutions.
- Ownership & Accountability: Takes ownership of own decisions and actions - successes and mistakes.
- Management: Gives timely, constructive and specific feedback.
- Detail orientation: Organized, methodical, good attention to detail.

General
- Reports to the Logistics Controller.
- Company laptop and associated accessories, cell phone and contract will be issued.
- Location is Techno Park, Stellenbosch - may be required to work from other sites with ad hoc travel.
- Base salary with benefits: provident fund and medical aid.
- 18 days annual leave.
- Probation period applies.
- Financial year end is December.
- Seasonal activities run from approximately March to September.

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