Experience

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  Rutherford

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Shipping Manager

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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  DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Senior Import Ocean Freight Controller

    • Aug 2017 - Apr 2024
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    • Facilitating the Import transaction from order placement with supplier to delivery at our customers warehouse• Orders are captured by our order registry department where they then assessed by our risk department and once approved are “placed” within our system where I then take over and contact the supplier to ensure that cargo is moved as per customers required shipment dates. • Notifying forwarding agents a week prior to cargo readiness in order to obtain the best possible sailings/bookings at the best possible negotiated rates while ensuring customers service and delivery requirements are met.• Following up to ensure that cargo is handed over at Origin as agreed and that vessels meet sailings as per approved bookings, should there be any delays, the customer is notified immediately and the next immediate sailing is then booked.• Obtaining commercial invoices, packing lists, COO (if required) from suppliers prior to shipping. Checking that unit prices, product codes and quantities are in line with customers original order placed. Any variances are conveyed to the customer immediately for approval before payment to supplier is arranged• Obtaining bills of lading from forwarding agents and tracking with shipping lines to ensure container details are correct and confirm vessel details.• Creating or Registering shipment details • Checking that weights and measurements tie up to bills of lading, ensuring that if there is no Certificate of Origin, that the commercial invoice is endorsed. • Daily follow up on vessel arrivals with portnet• Surrendering of original bills if required prior to vessel arrival• Obtaining and checking rates on all costings received from forwarding agents, clearing agents, transporters etc• Processing excel cost sheet and finalizing file for handover to invoicing department 24 hours prior to delivery• Following up and confirming deliveries to customers prior to delivery • Resolving of customer queries timeously.

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  DHL Global Forwarding

  • Plumbago office Park, Kempton Park

  • Customer Service Professional and Senior Import Logistics Controller Sea freight - Key Accounts

    • Nov 2014 - Jul 2017
    • Plumbago office Park, Kempton Park

    Customer Service Professional at DHL Global Forwarding, Import Air and Sea. Key account controller - Schneider Electric (end to end service and planning of all deliveries)

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  Blue Strata Trading

  • Sandton

  • Senior Import Logistics Controller

    • Apr 2010 - Oct 2014
    • Sandton

    • Facilitating the Import transaction from order placement with supplier to delivery at our customers warehouse• Orders are captured by our order registry department where they then assessed by our risk department and once approved are “placed” within our system where I then take over and contact the supplier to ensure that cargo is moved as per customers required shipment dates. • Notifying forwarding agents a week prior to cargo readiness in order to obtain the best possible sailings/bookings at the best possible negotiated rates while ensuring customers service and delivery requirements are met.• Following up to ensure that cargo is handed over at Origin as agreed and that vessels meet sailings as per approved bookings, should there be any delays, the customer is notified immediately and the next immediate sailing is then booked.• Obtaining commercial invoices, packing lists, COO (if required) from suppliers prior to shipping. Checking that unit prices, product codes and quantities are in line with customers original order placed. Any variances are conveyed to the customer immediately for approval before payment to supplier is arranged• Obtaining bills of lading from forwarding agents and tracking with shipping lines to ensure container details are correct and confirm vessel details.• Creating or Registering shipment details • Checking that weights and measurements tie up to bills of lading, ensuring that if there is no Certificate of Origin, that the commercial invoice is endorsed. • Daily follow up on vessel arrivals with portnet• Surrendering of original bills if required prior to vessel arrival• Obtaining and checking rates on all costings received from forwarding agents, clearing agents, transporters etc• Processing excel cost sheet and finalizing file for handover to invoicing department 24 hours prior to delivery• Following up and confirming deliveries to customers prior to delivery • Resolving of customer queries timeously.

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  Kuehne + Nagel

  • Edenvale

  • Team Leader - Sea Freight Imports

    • Jun 2009 - Apr 2010
    • Edenvale

    Team Leader - Sea freight Imports (overseeing a team of 4 controllers)• Monitoring of allocated Key accounts• Checking and keeping track of customers import shipments daily• Ensuring that clearances are done by ZZ clearing controllers timeously• Ensuring customer status reports are accurate and sent out daily• Checking rates and processing of month end invoicing• Handling of customer queries timeously• Visiting customers to ensure that service deliverables are met as per SOP.

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  Heneways Freight Services

  • Senior Groupage controller

    • Jun 1999 - Aug 2008

    • Junior Forwarding Controller - Imports September 1999 – January 2001• Junior Clearing Controller Assistant - Imports February 2001 – January 2003• Senior Groupage Controller – Imports February 2003 – May 2008• Learning Incoterms and basic sea freight terminology• Consolidating and arranging own FCL groupage containers• Once documents are received from our indent dept, Files are opened, registered and put in order of priority e.g. FCL’s requiring MRH etc. • Shipped on board details and special instructions are requested from shipping lines / co-loaders, in the event of a groupage container whereby we controlled the box, amendment of status is requested, cargo dues submitted to customs and manifests sent to nominated unpack depots etc.• Once SOB details are received. ANF’s are completed and sent on with copy documents to relevant controller / clearing agent. • Charges are requested and files are invoiced and are kept pending until released and finalized.• Handling and processing of manifest aquittals• • Routes handled :- USA / GERMANY / ITALY / FRANCE / UK as our biggest clients imported from these countries.• Assisting clearing controllers with processing of clearing instructions and submission of files to entries• Applying for release from forwarding department or shipping lines• Arranging payments to shipping lines or co loaders