Job Summary: The Operations Officer will plan and oversee the Company’s Operations activities and campaigns. The Operations officer will offer technical oversight and coordination over the Operations Department to ensure a harmonious and successful execution and completion of jobs being cleared.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• • Supervise activities of Operations to ensure that they are hands-on in order to promote hard-work, which is needed for successful deliveries and completion of production tasks to meet clients’ demands and deadlines
  • Coordinate with transportation companies to create a good working relationship to be able to strike good negotiations for transportation of goods, and to prevent hiccups that may arise
  • Give vivid directions and guidelines to shipping agents about nature of goods and delivery locations, and maintain communication with them to ensure that goods are not damaged on transit

• Help in recruiting competent and hardworking workers to carryout daily operations at the organization and put them through in discharging their duties
• Assign different responsibilities to workers to fasten the job and promote specialization and accountability. This way, non-hardworking workers can easily be identified
• Evaluate transportation cost and other expenses and verify that they are not more than the amount charged to clients, to ensure that a positive account balance is left at the end of every transaction
• Inform top management of the general needs and requirements in Operations department well in advance.
• Represent the company in business for especially those related to Operations.
• Chair meetings of the Operations department whenever necessary.
• Make monthly or quarterly and annual reports of the department to top management.
• To help the Sales team to make competitive quotations that leads on jobs.
• Outsource efficient Clearing services from external entities depending on the job requirements and specifications.
• Recommend the insurance companies to be used for execution of Customs bonds for the Company.
• To be a signatory to some of the Operational contracts of the Company.
• Any other duties assigned by General Manager.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelors Degree in Procurement & Logistics Management or related field.
• At least  5 – 7 years working experience in a Managerial position of a large Organization
• Effective at Supply Chain Management
•  Familiar with various laws and regulations of Uganda Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Creativity and commercial awareness

All candidates should send their applications and updated CVs to the following email addresses;

hujingjing@cjsmartcargo.com

and annet.tuhaise@cjsmartcargo.com

NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.