Import Engineer

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking an Import Engineer to control, manage, and optimize import operations, ensuring product availability and timely visibility. Key Highlights: 1. Pleasant work environment and continuous professional development 2. A space of closeness and collaboration 3. Opportunities to improve import processes **Do you want to join Chile's largest supermarket network?** At SMU, we invite you to become part of our team. We encourage you to get to know us and join us. We offer a pleasant work environment where you can continuously develop and grow, as well as a space of closeness and collaboration that distinguishes our Company. In this opportunity, we are looking for an **Import Engineer** for our company. **What are the responsibilities of this position?** To control, manage, and optimize SMU’s import operations, coordinating the planning of merchandise intake into the Distribution Center and monitoring the supply flow, in order to ensure product availability, optimize logistical capacity, and provide timely visibility for decision-making through the development of reports and KPIs. **What will be your responsibilities?** * Consolidate and maintain visibility of the status of imports, tracking shipments, arrivals, and logistics chain contingencies. * Control the import budget, reception forecasts, and Distribution Center capacity. * Plan and coordinate the intake and dispatch of merchandise from the Distribution Center, defining reception priorities and sharing the plan with relevant departments. * Manage cargo prioritization, shipment expediting, and commercial campaigns, monitoring stock levels and remaining quantities. * Monitor and track Non-Food category purchases, overseeing progress from origin to receipt. * Develop and analyze management indicators and identify opportunities to improve import and logistics planning processes. **Requirements:** * Degree in Industrial Civil Engineering, International Trade Engineering, or related field. * Minimum of 3 years of professional experience. * Advanced-level Excel proficiency **(mandatory).** * Power BI, SAP, or automation knowledge is a plus. *At SMU S.A., we support and promote Law No. 21.015 on Labor Inclusion. Additionally, we are certified under the Chilean Standard NCh 3262, which addresses Gender Equality Management and Work-Life-Family-Personal Life Balance. For this reason, all our job opportunities are open to persons with disabilities and without any gender-based distinction or discrimination. At SMU, we strive to foster an inclusive and equitable environment for everyone.*