Import Assistant / Vacation Coverage

Description

Job Summary: A multinational company is seeking an Import Assistant to comprehensively manage and track import and export operations, ensuring compliance with logistical processes. Key Highlights: 1. Manage local and international procurement and supply chain. 2. Coordinate transportation and customs clearance processes, with shipment tracking. 3. Dynamic, organized, and results-oriented work in international trade. **Import Assistant – Vacation Coverage (15 days)** A multinational company seeks to hire an **Import Assistant** for a 15-day vacation coverage period, responsible for comprehensively managing and tracking import and export operations, ensuring proper control, traceability, and compliance with logistical and international trade processes. The primary objective of this position is to ensure operational continuity and timely supply of parts, spare parts, and equipment by efficiently coordinating domestic and international shipments, suppliers, logistics agents, and internal departments. **Key Responsibilities** ------------------------- * Manage local and international procurement, ensuring compliance with commercial and contractual terms. * Request, analyze, and compare quotations from domestic and international suppliers. * Negotiate pricing, payment terms, Incoterms, and supply conditions. * Coordinate procurement requirements with internal departments. * Supervise the supply chain to ensure timely deliveries. * Coordinate domestic and international transportation for imports and exports. * Manage customs compliance procedures and coordinate with customs agents. * Track shipments through to final delivery to the customer. * Control storage and traceability of goods. * Prepare operational reports and cost analyses to support decision-making. * Identify opportunities for improvement in logistical and international trade processes. * Negotiate rates with suppliers and logistics operators. * Support logistics supplier tendering processes. * Maintain consistent communication with internal customers, suppliers, and strategic partners. **Requirements** -------------- ### **Education** * Technical or Engineering degree in International Trade, International Business, or related field. ### **Experience** * Minimum 4 years of experience in national and international logistics and international trade. ### **Technical Knowledge** * Advanced Office suite proficiency. * Intermediate\-Advanced Excel. * Experience with JDE system. * Knowledge of: * Incoterms. * Customs regulations. * Supply chain. * Coordination of domestic and international transportation. * Warehouse management. ### **Languages** * Intermediate\-Advanced English. **Competencies and Skills** ------------------------------ * Teamwork. * Effective communication. * Customer orientation. * Autonomy. * Proactivity. * Adaptability. * Stress tolerance. * Conflict resolution. **Position Conditions** ------------------------- * Contract type: Vacation coverage (15 days). * Work modality: On-site. * Location: Pérez Valenzuela, Providencia. ### **Working Hours** * Monday and Tuesday: 08:00–17:30. * Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: 08:00–16:30. * 30-minute lunch break. We seek a dynamic, organized, and results-oriented individual capable of operating effectively in highly coordinated logistics and international trade environments. If you have experience in imports, supplier management, and shipment tracking, and wish to join a multinational company with high operational standards, we invite you to apply.