Hobark International Limited (HIL) is recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

POSITION : Shipping Officer

Responsibilities

• Properly collate all necessary and complete set of received and approved import shipping (Air and Sea) documents and forward application to Government approved Inspection agencies for RAR approval/issuance.
• Liaison with various Government agencies for import/export activities where required.
• Participate in developing shipping strategy in co-operation with other members of the transit team taking into account the eventual synergy plans on dedicated projects.
• Attend to all Import shipping documentation (Air & Sea) activities.
• Global import logistics cargo planning and liaison {Air & Sea} with foreign suppliers/manufacturers/forwarders at origin to delivery in Company approved facilities in Nigeria.
• Ensure proper guidance in International Shipping matters to all parties, and ensure Forwarding and Shipping arrangements, in line with best practice and optimum efficiency.
• Advise and ensure strict compliance on Shipping documentation (Air & Sea) requirements and procedures in line with international and Nigerian Standard shipping policies.
• Ensure timely pre-alert documentations are received from source.
• Ensure proper regularization, amendment/correction are effected on pre-alert documents by forwarders/foreign suppliers before approval is given and cargo is shipped from source.
• Propose improvement and generation of the shipping section procedures and policies to the Manager.
• Ensure maintenance of Database for tracking all shipments
• Monitor shipping trends on the International scene

Qualilfications

• A graduate of any Social Science discipline
• At least 4 years experience in international trade / shipping in similar activities
• Good inter-personal skills. Good computing software skills.

Primary Skills:

• Administrator, Buyer, Engineering, MS Office, MS Power Point, Oil & Gas.