Senior Flower Airport Officer

Job objective

• A Senior Flower Airport Officer plays a key role in overseeing the loading and offloading of company vehicles, delivery of goods to the various sheds and handling of flowers at the airport. They will ensure compliance with the set regulations and timely shipment of the flowers. They will also verify the documentation process, prepare reports and ensure that all legal and administrative paperwork is in order.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Ensuring trucks are updated on arrival and departure from the airport.
• Supervise offloading of trucks on arrival at various agents in the airport.
• Ensure that the actual box count received tally with the delivery notes and in case of discrepancies to immediately report to the Head of Department.
• Ensure temperature readings of the products are taken on arrival of the truck and shared for onward transmission.
• Ensure that boxes being offloaded are properly handled by handling agent’s in order to guarantee safety of the products.
• Ensuring that all cargo delivered is weighed and all weight dockets counter checked before forwarding to Head Office.
• Ensure all the shipments from the farm have the correct security declarations and delivery notes to the handling agents/sheds as required.

Your profile

• Diploma in Food Science and Technology, Horticulture or any Agricultural related field.
• Proven background experience in the field.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional time management and planning skills to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborative, team-oriented and able to work effectively with various diversities.
• Report writing skills