About the role

 

The traffic coordinator directs all activities related to cocoa bean shipments from loading ports worldwide to destination ports. Where applicable, the traffic coordinator receives and stores cocoa beans in destination port warehouses for later delivery to BC Plants or TP Customers, facilitates a cost-effective flow of cargo, and supports the team lead to achieve cost-optimization or cost-avoidance along the logistic chain from the loading in origin to the delivery to customers.

 

Key Responsibilities include

 

Registration and control of purchase and sales contracts

Organization of the internal and external document flow for physical purchases and sales of cocoa beans

Monitoring and coordination of deliveries by sea and ex warehouse in cooperation with suppliers, forwarding agents and shipping companies

Monitoring of delivery times

Review, approval, booking and issuing of all invoices that are related to the buying and selling transactions and that comply with the company's internal guidelines

Ensuring insurance coverage

Storage of cocoa beans, monitoring of storage lots, handling of special cases, maintenance of data, control and booking of all warehouse bills

Creation and processing of insurance dossiers on arrival of damaged goods, assertion of contractual claims against sellers or the insurance company for goods that are not in conformity with the contract

Support of Cocoa Bean Traders by coordinating physical purchases and sales

Support ad-hoc queries and projects within Supply Chain & Logistics

 

About you

 

3 years’ work experience in International Trading Company or Forwarding/Logistics Company
or in Supply Chain or in Order Processing

Experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Inco Terms 2020, VAT and knowledge of shipping and export documents

Excellent knowledge of MS office and web-based systems

Highly organized, proactive and prioritizes issues

Dedicated to efficiency and accuracy

Collaborative team player in a lively environment (open-space office)

Open minded, likes the daily contact with internal and external business partners

Hands on mentality, can-do attitude

Likes the challenge and the unexpected on the daily job, flexible, proactive, customer oriented