The import/export manager or administrator job is potentially a vast one covering a wide range of responsibilities, including sales, purchasing, finance, legal, and administration. The role involves managing the movement of products/equipment/materials in and/or out of the country, maintaining relevant documentation, and communicating with export and import authorities and customers.
Requirements
- Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality and business profit
- Able to communicate and motivate via written media
- Understands the principles of marketing and advertising cost-effectiveness
- Adept in use of MS Office 2000 or later, particularly Excel and Word, and ideally Access or similar database to basic level
- Able to understand profit and loss calculations and basic business finance
- Excellent face-to-face and telephone communicator
- Able to demonstrate success and experience managing major accounts customers and large contracts or even a business