Main Duties and Responsibilities

Providing support services such as receiving and verifying export-related clients' documents, initial purchase intents, facilitating internal activities, participating in new market expansion activities, and purchasing export items as well as engaging in relevant and routine customer services.

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

1. Assesses and studies the international export markets, promote the company, contacts potential and existing buyers through email, phone, social media, maintains close relationship and concludes sales deals
2. Strives to acquire new buyers/customers from the international and domestic market, maintains the existing ones.
3. Receives clients' requests and provides assistance in addressing their queries and complaints and prepares proforma for them depending on their requests;
4. Prepares purchase orders for crops and grains and collects store issues voucher when purchased items reached warehouse or at processing plants;
5. Collect and Coordinate all purchased goods from all ECX and non-ECX warehouse locations,
6. Oversees the products that meet proper standards and specifications.
7. Prepare and provide assets/stocks reports to the concerned people on monthly basis or whenever required.
8. Processes and compiles export-related documents and records as per the procedures, rules, and mode of practice of the company and as instructed by supervisor;
9. Facilitates contract agreement signing whereby informing concerned bodies and ensures proper reservation of copies;
10. Processes banking, insurance, customs, shipments, and so forth, and follows up letter of credit (LC) documents for those transactions which deserve it;
11. Cooperating with all internal work units-especially with transportations, warehouse, finance, etc., to facilitate smooth flow of export activities;
12. Takes part in projects of data collections aimed to evaluate the quality of crops and efficiency of the procurement process, shipments, etc.
13. Develops and maintains close relationships with all customers to support the company's achievements of sales targets and strategies;
14. Presents periodic performance reports to the immediate supervisor;
15. Manages the cleaning/ processing, warehousing, distribution, and other related supply chain activities of the export operation;
16. Performs other similar activities as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Job Requirements

 Education-Supply chain, Accounting and Related Years of experience 5 plus years

Career Level: Senior Level 5 years of experience in import-export officer prior experience foreign import goods from LC opening up to LC clearing

• Manage the day-to-day relationship with our freight forwarder, taking responsibility for documentation, export handling, and temperature control
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with Ethiopian shipping lines; Custom authority, National bank of Ethiopia clear delicate list, our different banks and transit.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicant should apply through the email below ethio_nippon@ethiojobs.net