Siginon Group Corporate Office
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Email: corporate@siginon.com
Siginon Group
JKIA Freight Terminal
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Does getting an opportunity to thrive in a Great Workplace excite you? Do you believe in building your career in a collegial working environment, where you can deliver demanding business objectives while having fun? Can you excel in a culture defined as the SIGINON WAY, which is characterized by a focus on both people and performance? Do you put a premium on your own personal development, where you continuously receive coaching as well as all the support to execute fast?
Are you genuinely obsessed with the customer? Do you believe in digital transformation? Do you have what it takes to embrace our winning spirit and be part of this success story? At Siginon, we are Powering Trade every day and the People are our secret sauce. If this sounds interesting to you, please read on and consider the following opportunities:
WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Warehouse Operations Manager, the job holder will be responsible for planning, coordinating and general administration of the warehouses, including the day-to-day supervision of staff
Responsibilities:
- Maintaining general warehouse records through proper filing and capturing all details correctly on SAP system in real time.
- Achieve high levels of customer satisfaction through excellence in receiving, identifying, dispatching, and assuring quality of goods.
- Ensure all goods received at the warehouse are in good condition and delivered in the same state.
- Maintaining proper storage conditions of client’s inventory in the warehouses and stores physical arrangement to ensure that it is adequate to facilitate easy picking and stock taking.
- Maintaining and continuously improving standards of health and safety, hygiene and security in the work environment and ensuring compliance with all legal requirements from the government bodies.
- Steering the implementation and continual compliance to the ISO 22000 and GMP in all food handling areas and ISO 9001:2015 in all warehouse operation areas.
- Coordinate with finance and customer service on all payments prior to releasing goods from the warehouse.
- Preparation of weekly inventory for all goods received and dispatched from the warehouse.
- Maintain the facility in good order and condition in conjunction with procurement, Finance, QHSE and Security departments.
- Ensure all customers handled have valid signed quotes and supporting documents of the goods stored at the warehouse at all times.
- Responsible for overall administration activities in the warehouses and providing weekly status reports to the Warehouse Manager.
- Maintain good working relationships with clients at all times and government bodies.
- Ensure proper utilization of company equipment and drive associated costs to the lowest standards possible without compromising quality of standards.
Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in in Warehouse Management, Supply Chain or equivalent.
- Solid understanding of applicable Warehouse legislative requirements and documentation.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent Planning & Organizing/Work Management Skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent Teamwork/Collaboration ability.
- Proficiency in SAP System
- High level of integrity.
If you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role specifications described, send your application and detailed CV indicating your current and expected salary to grouphr@siginon.com. Due to the urgency of filling the positions, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CFS DOCUMENTATION SUPERVISOR
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Terminal Manager, the job holder will be responsible for Supervising and coordinating daily activities of the documentation staff within the department, ensuring accuracy of the information in accordance with established documentation procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise and coordinate daily activities of employees handling cargo documents and related reports.
- Analyze and review vessel schedules with a view to plan for work activities.
- Ensure that all work documents for specific vessels are ready on time so that there are no demurrages incurred as a result of late documentation.
- Ensure that the codes and tariffs used in the CFS systems are as per approved terms.
- Examines reports and documents for completeness and accuracy and gives instructions to staff regarding corrections. Ensure that reports are printed and filed for future reference.
- Correspond and where required have meetings with clients, shipping lines and all other stakeholders relating to documentation and reports and resolve any problems that may arise.
- Ensure good working practices and ethics at the documentation office.
- Prepare contingency plans to deal with any unexpected situation.
- Planning and supervision of all documentation activities.
- Ensure the Service Desk team work to SLA thresholds for incident(s), request(s) and problem(s), always maintaining the Service Level Indexes above the Service Level Objectives and reporting on the SLIs monthly.
Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business management.
- A Diploma in Clearing & forwarding is a must have.
- 3 years’ work experience in Logistics, warehousing and freight forwarding in a similar role.
- Expert knowledge of national and international import/export legislation.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent Planning & Organizing/Work Management Skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent Teamwork/Collaboration ability.
- Customer & Quality Focus
- High level of integrity.
If you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role specifications described, send your application and detailed CV indicating your current and expected salary to grouphr@siginon.com. Due to the urgency of filling the positions, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
STRATEGY & INNOVATION ANALYST
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Group Strategy & Innovation Manager, the job holder will be responsible for analyzing business data, conducting market research, and collaborating with teams to drive the achievement of strategic actions and innovations. He/She will also be responsible for supporting the Group with business development activities.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth market research and collect competitive intelligence to uncover emerging trends, customer needs, and opportunities in the industry.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies in the Group in collaboration with the Group Strategy & Innovation Manager.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, to ensure alignment and effective execution of strategic initiatives.
- Support the Group Strategy & Innovation Manager in the management and execution of the innovation framework and plan.
- Assess innovation ideas to determine their feasibility, potential business benefits and alignment with the overall strategic innovation plan.
- Monitor the progress of major initiatives toward meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, analyzing data, ensuring follow-through on the part of key people, and sustaining momentum needed to drive initiatives through to completion and embedded practice.
- Conduct sector and market reviews, locally and globally, to enable benchmarking, readiness for new business and build robust financial models and business cases to evaluate the potential return on investment (ROI) for new ventures and strategic initiatives.
- Responsible for identifying the needs of business and determining the direction it needs to go in order to excel and succeed through analyzing, gathering and reviewing data and then creating relevant solutions to the company’s problems.
- Prepare regular reports and presentations on market trends, competitive landscape, and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with external partners, key leaders & team members, subject matter experts, marketing, legal and any other functional teams as necessary, to accomplish goals.
- Update the HOD on a regular basis; on execution and progress on assigned tasks and any arising significant strategy and innovations.
Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience
- Bachelor’ Degree in Economics, Business, Finance, Math or equivalent from a recognized Institution
- Professional Certifications such as CPA, ACCA, ACA, CFA or CIFA is highly desired.
- Minimum of three years of experience in strategy and innovation roles or equivalent position.
Skills & Competencies
- Superior written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including proficiency in report presentation and business case preparation.
- Skills in quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis, including summarizing data simply to provide readily actionable insights.
- Excellent ability to assemble and influence cross-functional teams to include input and buy-in from all stakeholders.
- Computer literacy, including advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
- Excellent Planning & Organizing/Work Management Skills
- Personal integrity with good work ethics.
If you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role specifications described, send your application and detailed CV indicating your current and expected salary to grouphr@siginon.com. Due to the urgency of filling the positions, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVES
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Commercial Manager the job holder will be responsible for continuous attainment of the company revenue targets by securing new customers, maintaining, and developing existing accounts. Products include Customs Clearance, Warehousing, Transport, Distribution, Container Handling and Freight (Rail/Road/Sea/Air).
Responsibilities:
- Deliver agreed revenue and objectives on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, and achieve KPIs as per set targets.
- Identify potential customers and relentlessly pursue realization of such opportunities leading to revenue for the company.
- Negotiate with customers as per price guidelines applicable to the business units.
- Maintain records of customer details / sales visits and keep management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and annual territory analysis.
- Build and maintain relationships with customers through regular contacts and visits by adhering to the call program on all assigned and prospect customers.
- Conduct business reviews to ensure customers are satisfied with Siginon products and services.
- Support Customer Service and work closely with Operations and Documentation on the execution of customer service contracts.
- Promote the services and products of all entities, and coordinate sales efforts with other department sales.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports, data, research and market intelligence to the Commercial Manager, highlighting business performance, competitive landscape and recommendations
- Track progress against revenue targets and provide weekly and monthly progress reports.
Education, Professional Qualifications & Work experience
- Degree in Sales/Marketing or equivalent.
- Diploma in Sales and Marketing.
- Minimum of 3 years’ sales experience selling Logistics Products such as Customs Clearance, Warehousing, Transport, Distribution, Container Handling and Freight (Rail/Road/Sea/Air) is a must.
- Proven track record of good performance in Sales.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent planning and work management skills.
- Good Market and industry understanding.
- Strong client management skills.
- Proactive and result oriented.
If you believe your experience, competencies and qualifications match the job and role specifications described, send your application and detailed CV indicating your current and expected salary to grouphr@siginon.com. Due to the urgency of filling the positions, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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