C&F Senior Declaration Officer

Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000-employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

Core Services:
▪              Freight Forwarding
▪              Clearance & Forwarding
▪              Energy Industry Support Services
▪              Equipment Rental
▪              Commodity Trading
▪              Integrated Solutions
▪              Warehousing
▪              Ocean Freight

Industries:
▪              Mining
▪              Oil & Gas
▪              Agriculture
▪              Construction
▪              Explosives
▪              Renewables

Vision
To be known as the Company that makes Africa work better.

Company Behavours
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Coordinate clearing declaration officers to meet KPI.
• Follow up correspondence between various statutory bodies and other parties in relation to the clearance procedures.
• Ensure correct use of Zambia Revenue Authority Tariffs this includes assigning proper and applicable HS Codes for items being declared.
• Execute Customs entries for assigned shipments, appropriately and efficiently.
• Work closely with the Road Freight team to monitor the movement of RIT trucks and proactively raise escalations on potential risks of account suspension.
• Tracking shipments using customs and other tracking tools to ensure clearance is done accordingly as per the KPI.
• Raise tickets to finance department and follow through to ensure payments are done on time to avoid clearance delays of assigned shipments.
• Ensure proper Customs bonds management to avoid account suspension.
• Proper archiving of cleared shipments to maintain records for potential internal & external audits
• Other assigned tasks.

Education, Skills & Qualifications

• Diploma in Clearing, Shipping and Forwarding/Transport & Logistics (Degree in the similar field will be an advantage)
• Grade Twelve School Certificate.
• At least 3 years’ experience executing customs declarations using Asycuda World (including motor vehicle clearance).
• Sound knowledge of customs regulations, procedures, and documentation requirements in Zambia.
• Proper use of Microsoft Office tools.

The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment.

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