Clearing & Forwarding Border Liaison (Sakania)
Sakania, Zambia
Full Time
Mid Level
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:
Industries:
Mission
To make Africa work better
Company Values
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety.
Accountabilities & Responsibility Areas
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
Mission
To make Africa work better
Company Values
Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety.
Accountabilities & Responsibility Areas
- Monitor trucks movements towards and ensure effective clearance at Sakania.
- Receive, inspect and submit customs documents to appropriate customs officers / clearing agents.
- Send daily tracking reports to operations and clearing agents to ensure no delays at the border.
- Ensure trucks expenses at the border are ready, brief the drivers and handover to the same.
- Inspecting the documents to ensure quality (cleanliness, arrangement) during the exchange of the same at the border.
- Ensure drivers are disciplined and in full uniforms while at the border.
- Promote adherence of safety standards at the border all the time.
- General administration of office and supplies.
- M-PESA, Inter Africa, cash and asset administration in liaison with the finance responsible.
- Manage and coach subordinates.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the management.
Education, Skills & Qualifications
- A minimum of Diploma in Logistics or Clearing and Forwarding.
- Self-motivation, Attention to Detail & Deadline-Oriented.
- Comfortable with Microsoft Office Package.
- Have the ambition to help drive the growth of a growing company.
- Good communication and administration skills.
- Very effective organizational skills.
- Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity.
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