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Job Title
Internal Marketing Assistant
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience
5 to 9 years
Salary
Negotiable
Job Published
02 December 2024
Job Reference No.
480967610

Job Description

Core Knowledge & Skills:

 

  • MATRIC + 5 YEARS SHIPPING EXPERIENCE
  • RELEVANT SHIPPING COURSES
  • HIGH LEVEL WORK ACCURACY
  • FULLY COMPUTER LITERATE – MS OFFICE, EXCEL, WORD, OUTLOOK AND POWERPOINT
  • EXCELLENT INTERPERSONAL SKILLS (WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS)
  • EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
  • KNOWLEDGE OF CLIENTS AND MARKETS
  • KNOWLEDGE OF RESTIRCTIONS ATG VARIOUS PORTS AND COMMODITIES

 

 

DUTIES:

 

  1. Bookings for all trades – Dry and Reefer
  2. Firming up of bookings prior to firm stacks
  3. Rechecking rates on bookings prior to stacks firming
  4. Verifying of DG and non DG lists
  5. Application for acceptance of hazardous cargo/special equipment and stowage requests. Update LMS addon to obtain DG certificates.
  6. Amending routing or connecting vessels as per Trade instruction
  7. Send email to respective POD for all freight collect shipments
  8. Daily updating of EDI, which is downloaded into Dinamix – importing of vessel files 3 times a day
  9. Clearing of errors on Dinamix after EDI processed
  10. Requesting for space from Branches when allocation has been reached.
  11. Assisting customers with e-Commerce support ie. Customer creation/ Registration and log in/booking capture
  12. Approving e-Commerce Customers
  13. Customer Code creation on LMS and Dinamix
  14. Requesting KYC documentation from clients and Customer integration updates in LMS
  15. Daily telesales – minimum of 10 calls per day and reported daily. Canvassing for both import/export bound cargoes
  16. Updating of export client stats for all trades
  17. Customer record update (All trades).
  18. Monthly allocation report for all trades
  19. Compile weekly sales meeting minutes.
  20. Prepare e-commerce report and submit to WARO every Friday.
  21. Capture stats in Dinamix for both imports and exports. Follow ups with Branches to ensure import and export manifests are completed for month end reporting
  22. Submitting surveys for new trades
  23. Negotiate and quote freight rates upon approval and send to clients
  24. Requesting rates and free time from MD
  25. Application for detention and demurrage requests
  26. Assisting internal and external customers with queries. Assist both import and export clients with queries and transshipment details on both import/export legs
  27. Export RFA’s and Free time for all shipments to be done and approved prior vessel ETD
  28. Advise clients of all new increases of rates/BAF/surcharges, etc.
  29. Managing mail queue. General typing and filing
  30. Attend annual Marketing Conference
  31. Assist with cocktail function if in Durban
  32. Give clear handover info to Customer Service / customer profile update
  33. Supports the Sales Executives he/she is working with and handles incl. commercial follow up activities such as customer request and issue handling.
  34. Production of Sales materials to be used by Sales Executives
  35. Compiles local tenders (Requesting of freight rates from Trade management to arrange and provide bidding confirmation to customers)
  36. Follow-up with key customers on performance rates quarterly and monthly spot rates / monitor rates about to expire and lead the renewal process
  37. Perform market identification and feed Sales Exec and Inside Sales with new prospects
  38. Provide up-to-date market situation & weekly summary report of each trades to PIL management
  39. Track the VAS performance and push for more
  40. Following payment settlement from customer

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