The Freight Specialist will be responsible for the procurement of air, ocean, land transportation services for materials and goods. The goal is to ensure goods and materials are at the right place at the right time.
Main Responsibilities & Tasks:
- Evaluate, compare and coordinate with freight forwarders for SEA market
- Manage database of forwarder quotes and agreements in a standardized format to enable benchmarking and analysis of freight costs
- Process documents related to freight forwarding such as customs clearance, invoices for payments of duty, etc.
- Monitor and collect shipment statistics for in and outbound flows to support global transparency of flows
- Manage warehouse activities to ensure inbound and outbound lead time and accuracy
- Support internal teams such as Order Handling, Logistics, Procurement, etc for transport-related questions
- Handle day to day operations activities
- Involvement in continuous improvement process
- Co-ordinate with warehouse team for Import / Export shipment preparation
- Compliant to local regulatory
- Undertake any relevant tasks as may be directed by the superior from time to time.
- To always act in a responsible manner to avoid risk to self or to the company and comply with the workplace safety and health and security policy.
Qualification & Skills:
- Graduated with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification
- 3-5 years of working experience in distribution/logistics
- Working knowledge of compliance to local governance rules and regulations from a logistical perspective
- Excellent problem solving skills, strong analytical and organization skills
- Expertise in Excel with macro programming, proficiency in MS Office suite, SAP knowledge desirable
- Good communication skills
- Knowledge of SAP application
- Requires both written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Computer proficient in Windows-based software package using Work, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook