Senior Export Documentation Officer – Kerchanshe Trading Company
Accounting and Finance
Kerchanshe Trading Company
As the largest producer and exporter of coffee in Ethiopia, Kerchanshe Trading has a proud history of providing quality coffees to the local and international markets. Founded on the principles of bringing fairness and transparency to the coffee value chain while satisfying customer demand, Kerchanshe is also a company with heart and vision.
Kerchanshe specializes in coffees sourced from Yirgacheffe, Lekempti, Gimbi, Djimma, and Sidamo, names that epitomise fine Arabica coffee. Since its inception 15 years ago, Kerchanshe has established a track record of fair trading and excellent customer service, and now employs over 1,250 permanent staff and 10,000 seasonal staff. Directly and indirectly, it impacts the livelihoods of over 1 million coffee growers throughout the southern and south-western coffee-cultivating regions of Ethiopia.
The passion for fine coffee is coupled with consistent reinvestment not only in improved infrastructure, technology and processes, but Kerchanshe also invests 10% of its annual profits into social responsibility programs such as building schools and providing clean water to the communities it serves
OUR VISION
To be the leader in innovation and quality among coffee producers and exporters while caring for the environment.
OUR MISSION
We are committed to providing the finest high-quality coffee beans to our customers worldwide while forging mutually beneficial relationships with the community and the environment that we live in.
QUALITY POLICY
At Kerchanshe we are highly conscious of the fact that the quality of our beans is what sets us apart.
Background of the company
- Kerchanshe Group is the largest producer and exporter of coffee in Ethiopia, and engage in manufacturing, agro-processing and export business. It has a proud history of providing quality coffees to the local and international markets. Currently Kerchanshe Group needs a dedicated and motivated candidate.
General Job Description
- To maintain adherence to a company’s policy in enhancing client relations, export documentation officers maintain contact with customers to inform them on the status of their shipments. He/she will be responsibilities maintaining an open office communication line for answering clients’ questions and providing helpful information to other callers.
Main Responsibilities:
- Exchange bank details with client, receive shipping instruction and draft LC
- Forward specification to operations for coffee preparation
- Ensure coffee is already at warehouse
- Ensure client’s approval of coffee
- Process certificate (quality, phytosanitary, fumigation etc.)
- Receive permit and forward to transistor along with shipping instruction and Invoice
- Follow up, facilitate and secure certificate (quality, phytosanitary, fumigation etc.)
- Follow up and receive staffing report and request BOL
- Receive and confirm BOL with the shipping line.
- Follow up ICO, TC, GSP, Annexes etc.
- Verify and compile documents and forward to facilitator
- Submit documents to the bank
- Follow up and ensure the banks send documents to buyer’s bank
- File copies of all documents in customer file.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the General Manager or Division Head
Qualification
- BA degree in logistic supply chain management, Business Management, Accounting, Marketing or related field of study.
- Minimum 4 years’ of work experience out of which 2 years Senior documentation officer in Import and export preferable in FMG Company.
Required Skills
- Proven work experience as a Documentation Specialist or similar role
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Multitasking ability
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Relevant training and/or certifications as a Documentation Specialist
- Willing to work long hours when necessary
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