Senior Shipping Officer

 Attend to all Import shipping documentation (Air & Sea) activities.
 Global import logistics cargo planning and liaison {Air & Sea} with foreign suppliers/manufacturers/forwarders at origin to delivery in Company approved facilities in Nigeria.
 Ensure proper guidance in International Shipping matters to all parties, and ensure Forwarding and Shipping arrangements, in line with best practice and optimum efficiency.
 Advise and ensure strict compliance on Shipping documentation (Air & Sea) requirements and procedures in line with international and Nigerian Standard shipping policies.
 Ensure timely pre-alert documentations are received from source.
 Ensure proper regularization, amendment/correction are effected on pre-alert documents by forwarders/foreign suppliers before approval is given and cargo is shipped from source.
 Properly collate all necessary and complete set of received and approved import shipping (Air and Sea) documents and forward application to Government approved Inspection agencies for RAR approval/issuance.
 Liaison with various Government agencies for import/export activities where required.
 Participate in developing shipping strategy in co-operation with other members of the transit team taking into account the eventual synergy plans on dedicated projects.
 Propose improvement and generation of the shipping section procedures and policies to the Manager.
 Ensure maintenance of Database for tracking all shipments
 Monitor shipping trends on the International scene
 Data analysis and reporting.
 Prepare weekly /.monthly reports as appropriate.

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