Imports Manager/ Coordinator
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Job summary
Communicate and negotiate costs and prices with suppliers, freight forwarders, and customs agents to ensure that the company’s interests are met. Compare freight rates with different companies and choose the best.
Min Qualification:
Bachelors
Experience Level:
Mid level
Experience Length:
5 years
Language Requirement:
English
Work Type:
Full Time
Working Hours:
8 to 5
Applicant Location:
Uganda
Job descriptions & requirements
The following shall be your duties and responsibilities.
1. Coordinate and manage the efficient importation of company merchandise and construction materials in the country and ensure that the mentioned are appropriately warehoused.
2. Communicate and negotiate costs and prices with suppliers, freight forwarders, and customs agents to ensure that the company’s interests are met. Compare freight rates with different companies and choose the best.
3. Calculate taxes for ex-warehousing, correctly declare taxes all the while capturing entries.
4. Coordinate with the Accounts department to ensure proper costing is done after warehousing and ex-warehousing of goods.
5. Ensure compliance with all import regulations and requirements.
6. Maintain accurate records and documentation for all imported goods.
7. Monitor and track shipments to ensure timely delivery of the same.
8. Resolve any issues or delays with shipments
9. Collaborate with other departments to ensure smooth import operations
10. Stay up to date with changes in import laws and regulations
11. Provide excellent customer service to all parties involved in the import process
12. Process and monitor GTNs from the customs bonded warehouse to our internal stores
13. Ensure that Monthly bond stock quantities match with the URA system and stock record in your own system.
14. Get approval for freight rates for all goods to be imported by sea, air and land.
15. Prepare and calculate tax payments, tax cheques and get the necessary approvals from the Managing Director.
16. Ensure certificate of conformity for goods to be imported has been prepared.
17. Generate LPOs for local purchases and ensure that those parties are paid according to the stipulated terms.
18. Meet the MD on actions to take when goods are getting old and prepare for liquidation by coordinating with the relevant departments.
19. Carry out ex warehousing activities as follows:
a. Prepare requests for ex-warehousing and present it to the MD every Wednesday without fail.
b. Source documents of the containers where ex-ware housing is to be done from.
c. Prepare work sheets for the containers & items to be ex warehoused
d. Send work sheets to the local agent to share assessments or IM4S
e. Prepare 3 sets of printouts for assessments (imports file, UNBS & bank)
f. Generate a tax payment letter to the bank authorizing it to transfer a stated amount of money to URA from the company's bank account.
g. Engage finance to write a payment cheque for the taxes to be paid to URA.
h. Update the ex-ware housing tracker with the items to be ex warehoused.
i. Present the cheque & the letter to MD to sign them off.
j. Send the assessments to the bank for payments.
k. File all the signed & stumped assessments with receipts in the imports file.
l. Arrange the set for UNBS & scan it to the imports department of UNBS to work on exits
m. Follow up to ensure all the entries paid for are totally exited.
n. File back all source docs in the bonded goods file.
o. Follow up on VAT claims with the bond officer
*Please note that you may be called upon to perform such other related duties from time to time as may be deemed fit that are not necessarily
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