Shipment & inventory control

• Monitor and communicate stock levels (in-transit and at warehouses) within dedicated corridors to Sales team and plan releases
• Instruct warehouses of material releases and loading onto vessels, monitoring vessel sailing dates and informing customers on arrival schedule
• Provide Sales team with timely analytical support on spot quotes & rates from logistics companies for sales negotiations (costs, timing, etc. for key routes that goes into differential)

Export/import compliance & documentation

• Manage all export/import compliance & documentation requirements: commercial invoice, packing list, BL, COO, other certificates/permits and dangerous goods documentation when applicable
• Customs and regulatory coordination with brokers/authorities in origin countries, monitor evolving export restrictions and exemptions impacting cobalt intermediates

Other

• Make records in SAP, including purchases, stock movement into different warehouses (IB/OB), capturing shipping cost & sea/road freight, stock picking & releasing Outbound deliveries, stock reconciliation & reporting
• Manage and track timely payments to vendors with coordination of Finance team
• Maintain traceability and due-diligence records, actioning and managing claims
• Assess corridor and port risks (security, congestion, weather, industrial action), maintain contingency routing (e.g., east- vs west-bound) and drive incident response