Job Description

Join a well-established manufacturing company located in North Johannesburg as a Clearing and Customs Administrator. Work closely with the Group Finance Executive, contributing to financial duties. Minimum 5 years in Procurement and Customs clearing experience required.Requirements:

• Matric
• Tertiary or equivalent qualification advantageous
• Intermediate Excel must
• Pastel SAGE Evolution experience preferred
• Good knowledge of Foreign Exchange
• Good verbal skills
• A team player and able to work independently
• Should have knowledge of ethical accounting practices and ensure they are adhered to
• Should have good oral and written communication skills
• Should have attention to detail and ability to work fast and accurate under pressure
• Should have ability to understand the whole process from suppliers to customers
• Ability to assist in resolving daily operational issues and reporting back to manager
• Willingness to work extra hours when required
• Strong finance and procurement background

Basic duties include, but are not limited to:

• Create and send out all accurate purchase orders
• Processing of GRVs once stock are received
• Ensure goods received are checked and loaded timeously on the system
• Calculation of landed cost on imports and accurate processing in Pastel
• Resolving any differences between our external warehouse and Pastel daily
• Work closely with clearing and forwarding agents for timeous deliveries of imports and exports
• Notifying suppliers of short deliveries and / or faulty stock and arranging credits
• Calculate Recommended Retail Price in line with required GPs
• Track due dates VS suppliers (Follow up with suppliers on ETAs on all open POs)
• Completing import documents, including customs inspections when needed
• Ensure new product codes are created and maintained on the system and that pricing is always accurate and
• approved by finance
• Oversee all custom and duties clearing and ensure the best possible way is processed
• Streamline the business supplier ordering to be as efficient and cost effective as possible
• Handle supplier returns and supplier warranties
• Handle all supplier relationships and ensure they stick to the commercial arrangements
• Create and build new suppliers relationships
• Oversee the buying and sales statics within the company to ensure a good sell through rate
• Reporting on sales Data vs supply data
• Preparing of yearly / bi-yearly bulk orders and presentation to management
• Ensuring accuracy of SKU data in Pastel (Product descriptions, groups, categories, etc.)
• Manage all recommended selling prices vs competitors
• Handle all clearance aged items to put on promotion to clear
• Handle all bulk clearances of all stock when requested to clear stock
• Report on forecasted orders and cash flow requirement and track stock on hand to meet cash flow on due dates on Purchase orders

Smith Garb