Executive - Logistics

Job description / Role

Position objective

The position is responsible to provide support to the internal brand team for all their inbound and outbound shipments and also to ensure that the shipments are customs cleared and delivered on time to the warehouse and the stores using the most cost-effective means.

Key responsibilities

• Establishing contact with the supplier/agent for cargo pick up post aligning with the brand team.
• Coordinate with freight forwarder to arrange collection for import and re-export and follow up till goods delivery at the warehouse/stores.
• Invite freight quotes from various service providers and prepare comparisons for adhoc shipments.
• Facilitate the movement of stocks (inbound and outbound) using the most cost-efficient means of transport, at the earliest possible lead time.
• Generate shipping documents for outbound shipments to GCC and local exports to UAE.
• Validate all customs BOE and freight invoices and handover to finance for payment process in a timely manner so that shipments are not impacted.
• Process BOE and making customs duty payments for all inbound and outbound shipments.

About the Company

The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.

Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.

Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.