Expediting Officer

Location:  Zambia
Contract Type:  Permanent contract
About BIA

BIA Group is active in the sales, rentals and after-sales services of equipment intended for public works, mines, quarries and transport. The Group operates in Europe, Africa and Asia and has more than 1200 enthusiastic employees.

Summary

The Expediting Officer ensures the End-to-End management of an order, from the moment of its creation to the moment of its receipt in the local stock, including customs clearance. It is the Expediting Officer’s responsibility to know and understand the Customers’ priorities and his attention and efforts will be focused in order of priority. Liaises with local Sales, PSSO, PSSR, PM and ESB PSCO.

What will be your responsibilities?
Handle BIA’s relationship with its suppliers (ESB & local suppliers) on an operational level
Day to day operational follow-up of OEM orders & liaison with ESB Operations
On-time delivery of Parts, Components & Equipments to internal and external customers
Ensure the timely delivery of all Purchase Orders, in accordance with a Sales agreed priority list
Order Follow-up and ERP update of incoming deliveries
Continuous update of ETA info & systems
Import cost tracking data entry
Ensure fully complete archiving (in both paper and electronic version)
Manage purchasing aspects, control and monitor price/quantities
Select and evaluate local suppliers (NON-OEM local purchasing)
Perform day-to-day customs activities (sommiers, bounded warehouse movements follow up, customs clearance, import export)
Carry out parts and equipments shipments to & from mining sites or other customer operations
Contribute to SC continuous improvement
Who are we looking for?
What’s in it for you?
A permanent contract
A competitive salary and an interesting package of extra-legal benefits
A human sized company with international dimension, encouraging autonomy and team spirit
Cooperate in a team with experienced and passionate colleagues within a successfully growing family-owned company
Benefit from a challenging career opportunity with an extensive training program
In this challenging job you get the possibility to take initiative and further develop the function