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Victoria Island, Lagos.

• Coordinating with nominated global freight forwarder to manage the shipping of massive construction materials i.e., rails, spare parts and heavy-duty construction equipment per purchase orders from international.
• Coordinating local customs brokers to navigate and facilitate customs clearance processes and swift delivery of heavy-duty construction equipment, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Collaborating with local authorities, terminal handlers, shipping lines and other regulatory bodies to facilitate the smooth passage of shipments and resolve issues that may arise.
• Managing and organizing all shipping and customs documentations with local brokers, ensuring accuracy and completeness, analyzing daily status report of the clearing and forwarding processes to ensure that stipulated.
• Liaising with project managers, engineers, and other team members on site to align logistics activities with project timelines and requirements, ensuring swift offloading of shipments and obtaining PODs for delivered.
• Managing the accurate entry of all logistics-related costs for all purchase orders in SAP, maintaining data integrity and supporting financial audits and reporting.

Lagos, Nigeria

• Managing and coordinating the external and internal development of assigned KAs (Key Accounts) e.g. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), ATC Wireless, General Electric etc.
• Developing and perpetuating activity (Gross Margin) with existing KAs and acquiring of new customers, traffics, activities though individual prospecting actions.
• Representing the company to the KAs for which a centralized and coordinated action is needed and sharing of sales leads to network in order to increase penetration rate on KAs at global level.
• Selling AGL full range of services to assigned KAs with the help of relevant expertise and setting up actions on KAs prospect to make the company more visible and participate to future tenders.
• Responding to all tenders, defining in coordination with the Business Development Manager & Commercial Manager, a consistent pricing policy and organization between all involved.
• Establishing, confirming and updating the company pricing offers and negotiating contracts in coordination with the legal team.

Nigeria

• Managing and coordinating annual shipments of over NGN5BN in CFR for assigned clients which includes but not limited to: Nigerian Breweries Plc, Total Energies, IPLUS solutions, Schneider Electric, ATC wireless.
• Tracking of container vessel to ascertain the estimated/actual time of arrival, the vessel voyage and rotation number as well as the stemming of the containers.
• Processing of Irrevocable and confirmed Letter of Credit for clients e.g. Nigerian Breweries Plc, through the respective authorized dealer bank i.e. Stanbic IBTC bank, Union bank, Access bank, First bank etc.
• Processing of Forms M and PAARs i.e. Pre-Arrival Assessment Report for various clients which includes but not limited to; Nigerian Breweries Plc, Easi Eight, etc., through the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria.
• Providing professional 3PL services to clients on documentation processes and vetting of clearing documents e.g. Bill of Lading, Proforma and commercial invoices, Packing list, Combined certificate of value and origin.
• Liaising with various terminal operators i.e. APMT, TICT, PCHS, SAPID, KLT etc. for the swift positioning of containers for joint examination with the NCS and other regulatory bodies e.g. NAFDAC, NAQS, SSS, Anti-bomb.

Nigeria

• Coordinating daily transport loading projections to avert delays as a result of expired delivery documents and planning containers to be evacuated by barge to off-dock terminal for onward delivery to client’s premises.
• Keeping track of containers i.e. Dry, Reefer, flat rack, etc. to be loaded at the ports and off-dock terminals, ensuring validity of DOs and TDOs.
• Preparing daily report on loading and delivery of consignments for proper tracking of containers in transit to aid swift return of empties and issuance of EIR i.e. Equipment Interchange Report.
• Following up with operations department for job files ready for loading with validated DOs & TDOs.
• Following up with third party transporters for availability of trucks, delivery in progress and return of EIRs.
• Tracking and following up on container demurrage, return or endorsed waybills of goods received by the customer.

Nigeria Shippers Council Tower, Apapa, Lagos.

• Applying and following up of terminal and shipping refunds with terminal handlers and shipping company respectively for swift payments into client’s account.
• Engaging in port operations which includes physical examination of containers at the port with NCS and other regulatory bodies i.e. NAFDAC, NAQS, SSS, Anti-bomb etc.
• Engaging in customs examination of shipments on fast-track at client's premises and proper documentation and preparation of examination report.
• Liaising with regulatory bodies i.e. NAFDAC, NESREA, NAQS, on queried consignments for swift resolution.
• Receiving of empty return interchanges and delivery waybills from third-party transport agents for calculation of demurrages.
• Supervising and monitoring of stuffing at client’s warehouse for export shipments.

Lagos State, Nigeria

• Assisting in managing the procurement and storage of construction materials to ensure they are available as needed.
• Collaborating with contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and adherence to project schedules.
• Assisting the site engineer in maintaining accurate records of work progress, materials used, and any changes or deviations from the original plans.
• Conducting site inspections to ensure work is being done according to plans, specifications, and safety regulations.
• Ensuring that all materials used and works performed are in accordance with the specification.
• Taking measurements, calculating quantities, and keeping track of materials used for accurate billing and cost control.