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- Where
- Lagos, Nigeria
- How to apply
- Directly to the employer by email. The address is in the listing below.
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Our client is a reputable clearing and forwarding company in Lagos. The company is a major transport and logistics provider operating in Nigeria and across West Africa. The company is now seeking to recruit an outstanding Import/Export Manager.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will oversee all cross-border shipping, regulatory compliance, and international logistics operations to ensure goods move legally and cost-effectively.
Job Purpose
To manage the end-to-end import and export workflow, minimise transit delays and tariffs, maintain strict legal compliance, and build strong relationships with overseas suppliers and customs authorities.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance & Documentation: Ensure all shipments comply with local and international trade laws, tariffs, and licensing requirements. Prepare or verify invoices, bills of lading, and customs declarations.
Logistics & Coordination: Coordinate transport schedules with customs brokers and shipping lines. Track active shipments and resolve border or port delays.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Negotiate pricing, contracts, and service level agreements with international suppliers, carriers, and warehouses.
Cost & Risk Management: Monitor import/export costs, calculate import cost prices and minimum export transfer prices and mitigate supply chain risks.
Team Leadership: Supervise, train, and evaluate import/export coordinators, specialists, or customs clearance staff.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Education: Bachelor’s degree (an MBA or Master\'s will be an added advantage).
Experience: Minimum of 6 years’ hands-on experience in international trade, freight forwarding, or exim operations.
Technical Skills: Mastery of Incoterms, customs tariff coding, ERP/logistics software, and regulatory frameworks.
Soft Skills: Strong negotiation, cross-cultural communication, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
Minimum qualifications
BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: info@sunroseconsulting.com using the position as subject of email.
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