Declaration Executive Job

Job Title: Declaration Executive – Airfreight

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

About US:

Fracht Uganda is a Swiss International Freight Forwarder that has been in existence since 1955; with its headquarters located in Basel, Switzerland. As a reputable Freight Forwarder, FRACHT has a worldwide network that stretches across all continents. We are in 115 countries worldwide; of which 16 of these are in Africa.

Job Summary: The Declaration Executive- Airfreight will oversee, analyze and perform all customs declaration duties at the branch office

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Planning and Setting Strategies

Oversees, plans, manages, and moderates all custom brokerage activities of Fracht Entebbe office.
Provide professional and technical advice/ guidance to other staff and management on issues pertaining to local customs brokerage to avoid mismanagement and flaws which could hinder company operations
Periodically review all processes/procedures, identifies areas of improvement and develop ways of improving the services rendered by the branch.
Analyses and interprets custom publication, regulations, procedures and recommends action to be taken and ensures proper implementation and execution.

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Supervising declaration processes

Supervise other staff who enter information from the declaration forms into the computer
Ensure that the other staff attach all the necessary documents to declaration forms and send them to customs for processing/ verification.
Ensures that copies of queries of the declarations from customs for corrections are received and appropriately attended to.
Liaises and co-ordinates with the customs department regularly to keep abreast with any developments that may impact Fracht operations.
Ensures that custom entries are prepared and processes on a timely basis

IT System Update

Daily update of the declaration details in the IT system

Budgeting and budget control

Participates in development of branch budgets, oversees their implementation and also ensures that the branch adheres to budgetary limits.

Reporting

Prepares reports concerning;
Performance and growth at the branch
Operations requirement at the branch
Budgetary needs and performance
Staff requirements

Responsibility for assigned adhoc duties

Performs any other duties that may from time to time be assigned by the supervisor and management

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant must hold a diploma or bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Post graduate Diploma in Customs Clearing and Forwarding
An East Africa Customs and Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate
At least four years of experience in a customs clearing and forwarding firm
The applicant must be a professional Airfreight operator with declaration skills
Genuine IATA diploma including dangerous goods cargo
Able to run an air freight operation for an international Freight forwarder.
High level of interpersonal skills
High level of experience in dealing with people
Must have effective communication skills both written and oral
Able to work long and irregular hours
Ability to keep deadlines is a must requirement
Must be able to handle multiple tasks at any time on a continuous basis
Demonstrate aptitude for teamwork

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit their application letter, CV’S and copies of academic documents merged in one PDF document to recruitment@ug.fracht.com

Applications will be received on a rolling basis

Deadline: 14th December 2022 by 5:00pm

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