Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group is an international investment and holding company with over three decades of experience in building sustainable businesses in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), agriculture, agro-allied, healthcare, chemicals, real estate and oil and gas in 12 countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Benin, Morocco, UAE, India, South Africa, China etc. with an over 9,000 multicultural workforce.
Job Title: Export Manager
Scope of Work
The successful candidate is required to :
- Manage existing business
- Identify and appoint distributors ( new business development) in the markets currently not present in
- Agree export prices / payment modalities /trading terms with new customers in line with company policy.
- Co-ordinate with Sales Ops, Supply Chain and Logistics teams to ensure timely dispatch of shipments and required documentation.
- Work with existing clients to develop their sales capability by regular visits to their markets, devising/implementation of distribution plans, planning below-the-line marketing activities etc.
- Develop and manage customer relationship
Job Specific
- Regular visits to clients markets
- Plan / Prepare activities to help clients with their distribution efforts
- Prospection for new business
- Supervise shipment activity as and when arises
- Arrange for promo material for BTL activities
- Manage all relevant record keeping and reporting.
- Ensure container clearing cost is within the norms laid down by the Company.
- Responsible for planning, managing, tracking and controlling shipments/ consignments physically and relevant documentation
- Handling containerized shipments and bulk shipments.
- Liaison with the port customs for various aspects of clearance of the outbound Shipments.
- Selection and management of external clearing agents for clearing Shipments.
- Well contact with the shipping lines for the destination ground support.
- Liaison, interaction and coordination with Carriers, Commercial Department, Terminal Operation Department, Terminal Operators and clearing agents for operational aspects.
- Improving business practices and reducing operating costs of the Company.
- Looking after Export Dry/Reefer Shipments for various destinations around the globe.
- Negotiation of the Freight Rates with the Carriers for Sea Exports.
- Negotiation of the Air Freight Rates with the Freight Forwarders/Airlines for Air Exports.
- Continuous follow ups & monitoring of Sea and Air Shipments upto its delivery.
- Follow-up for Shipping Company / Terminal refunds and maintaining records of outstanding refunds.
- Keeping updates on the delivery projection of the inbound shipments and to inform concerned departments on a weekly basis.
- Other miscellaneous logistics job as and when required.
Education & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- MBA from a premier institute
- Good knowledge of transport modalities ( road/sea) and terrain knowledge in West Africa
- Good knowledge of inventory management , planning and organizing skills
- Computer expertise especially in MS Excel , Word & PowerPoint
- Good oral and written communication skills
- French language skills are mandatory and should be of a high proficiency level
Experience
- 3-6 years working experience in a similar role in West /Central Africa
- 12+ year’s relevant experience in any big Food/FMCG/manufacturing Industry.
- Good experience of working in an ERP environment like SAP, Mfg-Pro, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics systems.
Country of Posting
Lagos, Nigeria
How to Apply
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