Import Logistics Manager (Ilm)

Role and Scope of the Task
The role of the Import Logistics Manager is:
•Identify and secure reliable sources of quality goods from foreign suppliers, negotiate pricing, payment terms, and delivery cycles to meet the needs of the organization.
Specific tasks
•Responsible for importing goods according to regulations:
- Manage import procedures and apply for import permits
- Manage import procedures and apply for import permits
- Ensure the compliance with import regulations
- Check freight rate by sea, by air according to the requirements of each order (if any)
- Manage full set of import documents for custom clearance, inspection and quarantine and the company.
- Prepare all documents for customs declaration, price consultation, post-clearance audit.
- Track and trace shipments status, update shipping status and alert relevant departments when ETA are delayed than expected.
- Maintain import documents according to regulations, adapt to the requirements of internal, audit and customs dept.
- Contact the bank to receive documents (if payment term in LC)
- Receive and update order data from the Buying team/Director.
- Liaise with other related department to handle arising problems related to shipments.
•Inform delivery plan to Warehouse the schedule of incoming import merchandising:
- Work closely with forwarder on the progress of customs procedures, the expected delivery schedule to warehouses.
- Notify the list of goods, delivery time to warehouses
- Notify estimated landing cost to relevant departments.
•Responsible for calculating the total cost of imported goods and other related tasks:
- Calculate estimated landing cost for import shipments.
- Calculate final landing cost for import shipments and email to accounting dept
- Summarize arising cost to suppliers/ warehouses due to their fault and inform to relevant parties.
- Check red invoices, summary of costs and arrange payments to Forwarders, Shipping lines (if any)
•Reporting:
- Status of shipments.
- Collect database, other reports as required.