Jobs at Maersk Line

The customs declaration agent will be responsible for executing documentation related activities biased towards actual entry preparation all geared towards declaration team targets and eventually enhancing company performance. The ideal person will be responsible for executing all declaration and customs regulations provisions end-to-end, related with Trucking, Customs House Brokerage, Warehousing and Cargo-Insurance. On a day to day basis, this role will be required to ensure timely declaration of entries and support the customer service teams in resolution of customer queries related to documents, Customs provision related to cargo import export and warehousing

Key Responsibilities:

• Customs Entries be declared on time as per KPI given.
• IDF and permit applications to be submitted as per KPI
• Data Quality-Ensure accurate declaration to evade customs and other statutory bodies penalties
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues / escalations
• Ensure adherence to the SOP & create/modify as appropriate
• Identify the areas of improvement & implementation of process improvement initiative
• Timely and accurate interpretation of Hs Codes to Customs and Client satisfaction
• Timely update of internal operating system.

Min Qualification:

• Diploma in clearing and forwarding.
• East African customs and freight forwarding practicing certificate
• Strong understanding of ICMS/ASYCUDA/ KENTRADE applications
• Strong understanding of customs regulations, valuation methods and GIR
• Customer orientation/Collaboration/Agility
• Be able to effectively prioritize workload

Role Related Desired Qualities:

• Good communication skills
• Ability to drive and deliver results
• Solution oriented
• Analytical ability and problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

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An exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business setting characterized by high pace and diversity. You will get to focus on creating valuable relations with current and new customers and work with highly-professional teams in an environment where you will be valued, recognized and well-rewarded.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing day to day performance management of vendors for on time delivery, capacity and split of volumes as per procurement logic
• Onboarding new vendors into SLA and process
• Coordination of vendor payment process
• HSSE & vendor compliance.
• Vendor onboarding & system updates
• Ensure thorough analysis is in place that clearly illustrates demand management opportunities.
• Provides relevant support on defined issues for contract and vendors.
• Escalation point for issue and risk management.
• Coordinates contract overviews and contract life cycle.
• Monitors vendor performance according to SLAs/KPIs.
• Contributes through application of expertise and knowledge.

We are looking for

• Minimum Bachelors degree
• At least 3 years experience in logistics & services, procurement or similar industry
• Procurement skills and analytical
• Team player and good stakeholder management
• Cost conscious and optimization
• Strong functional and structured
• Self-driven & Solution oriented