Job Title: Trade Operations Specialist We are seeking a highly skilled and organized individual to manage trade operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance across various processes. - Purchase Order Management: The ideal candidate will generate and issue purchase orders in alignment with commercial terms negotiated, ensuring accuracy and compliance. - Position Matching: Align purchases with corresponding sales, verifying that all contractual terms and conditions are accurately mirrored. - Physical Position Management and Reporting: Track and report on the business's physical position, ensuring accurate visibility of long and short cargoes on land and in transit. - Contract Generation: Create and issue purchase and sales contracts within the ERP system, ensuring all terms reflect the agreed-upon trade details. - Contract Execution & Lifecycle Management: Oversee the full lifecycle of purchase and sales contracts, ensuring timely shipments, proper documentation, and accurate pricing updates within the system. - Booking Management: Work with shipping lines, freight forwarders, and customers to secure container bookings and manage vessel schedules, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. - Documentation: Receive, process, prepare and ensure timely submission and modification of all required shipping documents, such as bills of lading, certificates of origin, weight tickets, commercial invoices and other paperwork. - Monitor Loading and Unloading: Coordinate with suppliers and carriers to oversee the accurate loading and unloading of containers, ensuring proper weight and volume compliance. - Internal Billing Process: Collaborate with the finance and accounting teams to ensure accurate and timely payments to commercial and logistical counterparts. Verify freight rates, demurrage charges, and other logistics-related expenses for correct billing. - Track and Trace: Maintain real-time tracking of containers throughout their journey, providing updates to internal and external stakeholders, as necessary. Required Skills and Qualifications: - Minimum 3 years of experience in logistics or operations in a trading or shipping company. - Containerized logistics and handling experience. - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle unexpected changes, and make decisions under pressure. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Excellent computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Word. - Meticulous, detail-oriented with exceptional organization skills. - Ability to complete tasks independently while collaborating with a team. Benefits: We offer a dynamic and challenging work environment, opportunities for growth and development, and a competitive compensation package. Others: If you are a motivated and organized individual who is passionate about logistics and operations, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.