The purpose of the position is to have a person driving excellence in the trade execution and documentation team and being responsible for contract execution and documentation relating to export shipments of agricultural commodities, including management of exceptions, customer disputes and all other relevant aspects of physical delivery of the trade.
- Take a leading role in the trade execution of agricultural commodities including creation and handling of all export documentation according to contract and customer requirements.
- Handling and management of collections, letters of credit and other payment instruments.
- Overseeing core processes within the function, such as the timely issuance of contractual certificates, management of company accounts and registrations required for document issuance, handling of exceptions in the documentation process and tracking of relevant KPIs (document turnaround time, DSO).
- Ensuring excellent customer coordination and service in relation to planned and on-going shipments.
- Support training of new team members and offer continuous support and guidance to the rest of the team by sharing knowledge and giving advice.
- Plan for and proactively seek to structure and automate routine tasks and processes, to capture scale effects and minimize the risk of mistakes. This includes proactively guiding the development of systems to automate and digitize the procurement process.
- Proactively support the development of a global and scalable execution function across continents and time zones and contribute to intercompany communication strategies.
- Act as an active sparring partner to members of the logistics, finance and commercial team, give input and feedback on where to improve processes and contracts
- Make sure all financial transactions and payments are executed timely and according to contract and terms.
- Control and process invoices relating to shipments.
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