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Declaration Executive Job – Fracht Uganda

Job Title:   Declaration Executive – Airfreigh

Organisation: Fracht Uganda

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

Miiro Allan

I am a team player who is committed to learning, excellence, ethics and people, also an excellent communicator with great interest in technology innovations, branding and communications for Business and passion for community service and positive change.

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