Logistics (Export & Import)

Role & responsibilities

• Export Operations
• Manage end-to-end export shipments by Air, Sea, Road, and Courier.
• Prepare and verify export documents such as Commercial Invoice, Packing List, Shipping Bill, Bill of Lading/Airway Bill, Certificate of Origin, and other customer-specific documents.
• Coordinate with CHA, freight forwarders, shipping lines, airlines, transporters, customers, and internal departments.
• Ensure shipments are dispatched as per customer schedules and committed delivery timelines.
• Monitor shipment status until final delivery to the customer.
• Import Operations
• Handle end-to-end import shipments, including documentation and customs clearance.
• Coordinate with overseas suppliers, freight forwarders, CHA, shipping lines, and transporters.
• Verify import documents such as Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Entry, Bill of Lading/AWB, and Certificate of Origin.
• Ensure timely customs clearance and delivery of imported materials to the plant.
• Monitor duty payments, detention, demurrage, and other logistics-related costs.
• Customs & Statutory Compliance
• Ensure compliance with applicable Customs, DGFT, FEMA/RBI, GST, and foreign trade requirements.
• Handle IEC, LUT, Advance Authorization/EPCG and other applicable export-import schemes.
• Maintain proper records for statutory, internal, customer, and external audits.
• Coordinate for closure of export/import documentation and regulatory requirements.

Preferred candidate profile

• On-Time Shipment / Delivery %
• Export & Import Clearance Lead Time
• Freight Cost Reduction
• Logistics Cost as % of Sales
• Detention & Demurrage Cost
• Documentation Accuracy
• Customs & Statutory Compliance
• Vendor Performance
• Premium Freight Control
• Customer Delivery Performance