Oswal Minerals - Manager - Freight & Price

- Negotiate pricing and freight forwarding, Interacting with liners

- Manage, allocate and direct the team to handle all shipments

- Manage the company's entire logistics operations through land, sea and air freight-includes organizing quotations, comparing quotations, contract management and monitoring operations. Checking and approving payments related to logistics activities

- Organize global warehousing and storage facilities as per company requirement. Manage inventory, approvals related to cargo releases, payments and invoicing related to warehousing, storage and cargo

- Check, monitor and approve purchase and sales invoices in the accounting system

- Manage and approve daily expenses for office operations

- Check and authorize bank documents submitted under LC/ CAD.

- Organize due diligence, approve and maintain contracts for both buying and selling

- Maintain records of purchase, sales and logistical transactions

- Follow-up with vendors relating to all matters concerning shipments

- Authorizing documents for customs and tax approval

- Negotiating waivers and claims with shipping and logistics providers for all related activities and movements. For example: detention, demurrage, etc.

- Managing claims relating to cargo. For example: shortages of cargo, damages, quality claims, etc. with both buyers and suppliers

- Primary liaison between buyers and suppliers

- Responsible for setting up policies and protocols for the employees to follow

- Organize approvals and permits from relevant authorities for imports and exports like local municipalities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, etc.

- Manage and assist on insurance claims

- Generates third party quotes and organize inspections

- Check and approve documents for Chamber of Commerce which includes attestations and legalizations from various embassies

- Negotiation of freight rates with shipping lines, airlines, overseas agents, transportation and forwarding companies for all imports, exports and cross trade shipments executed by land, sea and air.