Airflo is a leading logistics company in perishables that specializes in providing world-class fresh logistics solutions for fresh cut flowers, herbs, cuttings, produce and fruits moving through key international trade lanes. Airflo is a subsidiary of Airfreight Group(AFG) BV with presence in Netherlands, UAE, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
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Airfreight Executive-Booking and Planning, and OKAM
OKAM
- Verifying the forecast of volumes and routings from the shipper.
- Ensuring communication between the OKAM team and the team responsible for flight capacity and advocating the best possible for the preferred customer routings.
- Receiving bookings electronically or by phone, registering these bookings accurately into the computer system, and providing feedback for each booking.
- Providing feedback for each booking with the booking reference number and planned flight details.
- Preparing a shipment record in the computer system when shipment is delivered without a booking.
- Ensuring all shipment details are communicated to CNR and FWD entities.
- Receiving the status of flights/shipments from operations and documentation departments and communicating any irregularity right away to the shipper and consignee.
- Checking flights’ status and ensuring all changes and deviations are communicated in a timely manner to shippers, consignees, and clearing agents.
- Ensuring discussions are held with customers regarding charging the correct actual and chargeable weight, including the box size verifications.
- Responsible for the communication of discrepancies at the time of receipt.
- Visiting customers to discuss their business, specific issues, service, and/or new developments.
Booking & Planning
- Receiving bookings electronically or by phone and registering these bookings accurately into the computer system.
- Communicating with the airline on required allocation and shipment changes.
- Communicating any flight changes to OKAM/Operations/Airflo BV.
- Preparing a shipment record in the computer system when shipment is delivered without a booking.
- Ensuring all shipment details are communicated to FWD entities.
- Daily check to ensure shipment and flight details are up-to-date in the C1 and reporting daily KPIs.
- Checking flights’ status and ensuring all changes and deviations are communicated in a timely manner to OKAM, Operations, Airflo BV, and other clearing agents.
Requirements
- “O” Level (KCSE C+).
- Diploma in any relevant commercial course/aviation course (preferably IATA Forwarding).
- Hands-on experience of at least 2 (two) years and above.
Airfreight Executive-Line Flights (Nairobi)
Description
- Contacting line flight carriers for rates, schedules, capacity, and equipment.
- Communicating with shippers and consignees about the airline rates, capacity, equipment, and handling charges.
- Checking with operations the shipment delivery status, plant health inspection, and QC status.
- Ensuring all shipments fly as initially booked by the customer. I.e., ULD utilization, etc.
- Taking all necessary steps to ensure a smooth cargo operation and keeping up-to-date with new developments.
- Updates the ETA/ETD in the systems and communicates this to the customer.
Requirements
- “O” Level (KCSE C+).
- Diploma in any relevant commercial course/aviation course (preferably IATA Forwarding).
- Hands-on experience of at least 2 (two) years and above.
Airfreight Intern (Nairobi)
Description
- Spot Booking.
- Generating and managing S-Numbers.
- Attach and detach S-Numbers.
- Customer portfolio, consignee, and specific requirements.
- Planning (split direct and indirect).
- Registering new customers.
- Shipping documentation with shipment destinations and requirements.
- Airline knowledge (destinations, schedule, pivot weights, ULD types) Interpreting the booking plan and forecasting.
- Communication to client on delays, cancellations, etc.
- Using booking and forecast tools.
- Learn industry abbreviations (booking & airline lingual).
- How to read and understand/interpret the booking sheet.
- Understand ULD types and pivot weights & allocations.
- Understand the flight schedules & destinations.
- Preparation of tentative booking.
- Creating consoles.
- ETDs and ATDs in CargoWise.
- Attach and detach S numbers.
- Loading variables (mixing customers).
- Communicate flight delays and cancellations.
- Update performance analysis and run and request HAWB stock.
Requirements
- Degree in a relevant business field.
- Diploma in any relevant commercial course/aviation course (preferably IATA Forwarding).
- Good knowledge of Microsoft® Office software (Excel®, Word, PowerPoint®, and others)
Documentation Intern
Description
- Assist in the management of flight documentation.
- Assist in sending shipment documents to the clients and market.
- Generation of MAWB.
- Learn and assist in ECS production.
- Assist in verifying shipment numbers.
- Understand HCDA and HAWB production.
- Communication on documentation confirmation to clients.
- Understand the process of C17 production.
- Assist in prior release and shipment verification
Requirements
- Degree in a relevant business field.
- Diploma in any relevant Customs Administration Course.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft® Office Software (Excel®, Word®, PowerPoint®, and others).
Operations Intern
Description
- Export shipment acceptance box counts, weight measures, and arrival temperature recording.
- Intake reports generation and communication to clients.
- Reports any irregularity with shipments on arrival to the supervisor.
- Check on airline equipment’s inventory and report on the non-supplies and irregularities.
- Follows instructions on pelletizing shipments per booked flights.
- Labeling of boxes before palletization as per instructions given.
- Accurate pallet-card reports generation as per shipment build-ups.
- Generate correct daily warehouse inventory reports.
- Pallets label application.
- Attending to any other task in the operations department as allocated.
Requirements
- Degree or higher diploma in operations management/commercial courses and aviation courses.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft® Office Software (Excel®, Word®, PowerPoint®, and others).
- Ability to diagnose and solve problems.
- A team player with the ability to work well in a small, dynamic maintenance team.
- Self-motivated, confident, creative, disciplined with attention to detail.
- Ability to cope with stressful situations.
- Solid reporting and communication skills.
IT Intern (Nairobi)
Description
- Troubleshoot desktops, laptops, printers, mobile devices, and other IT equipment.
- Assist in performing hardware and software installation procedures.
- Analyzing the business processes and workflows to identify areas for improvement.
- Production of standard regular reports as required by the customers.
- Maintenance of data quality standards.
- Assist in hardware inventory management.
- Handle periodic preventive maintenance for IT hardware.
Requirements
- Diploma/university degree in IT, BBIT, or any other related courses.
- High integrity and business ethics standards.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft® Office software (Excel®, Word, PowerPoint®, and others).
