Purchasing - Custom Clearance Officer

AccorHotels

Doha, Qatar

Ref: RP714-5298

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Purchasing - Custom Clearance Officer (Global Sports Event Qatar 2022 - Accommodation Services)

Purchasing Custom Clearance (fixed term contract until December 2022)

What's in it for you?

Take the fantastic opportunity to broaden your horizon outside the common hotel business and play your role in delivering high quality hospitality services embedded in one of the world's most popular sports events. Benefit from this exceptional experience by advancing your skills, know-how and future career.

What you will be doing:

- Ensure adherence to all international export laws and regulations as it relates to the importation and exportation of goods and technology.
- Resolve transactional issues relating to the clearance of shipped goods by working daily with brokers and other related logistics providers.
- Resolve daily inquiries regarding export shipments and inbound import "green-light" approval and prepare export & import documentation when necessary.
- Ensure adequate document retention within the region to support compliance with government agencies and international trade regulations. When necessary, assist legal counsel, logistics and sales.
- Monitor and track critical shipments and resolve problems when necessary and Provides timely updates to customers/customer services on estimate arrival and dispatch timings updating as and when required.
- Liaise with sales team and customers/customer service on a daily basis.
- Coordinate with Overseas Agents on routing orders and communicate shipment particular and service levels. , Shipping Lines/Agents, Government Entities and Customs in the execution of the Division's Business Development.

Requirements

Your experience and skills include:

- 2 years or more of work experience in the Freight Operations or Logistics industry (preferably within the Middle East region)
- Strong IT skills, including being apt with Logistics software
- Fluent in English (spoken and written), any additional language is a plus
- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Good data management skills
- Confident with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor's limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor.

Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS

About the Company

A caring employer providing respect, training and career development for our employees. An attractive employer offering more than 100 professions across the 5 continents.

We are much more than a world leader. We are 250,000 hoteliers with the same shared passion for welcoming. We take care of millions of guests in our 4,300 addresses and on our digital platforms. As an operator and franchisor (HotelServices), owner and investor (HotelInvest), we invest all our energy into making "Feel Welcome" resonate as the finest hotel promise.

From luxury to economy and in every corner of the globe, AccorHotels'​ more than 20 brands meet all the needs of business and leisure travelers seeking comfort, attention and high-quality services.

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