16 Oct
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Independent Recruitment Consultant (freelancer)
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Pune
16 Oct
Independent Recruitment Consultant (freelancer)
Pune
We are looking for a sharp, reliable and street-smart professional to handle export sales coordination and back-office operations end to end from buyer enquiry and costing, to raw material and trading orders, factory follow-up, dispatch and export documentation.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Buyer Coordination
- Handle buyer enquiries, prepare quotations and price lists, and follow up for order confirmation.
- Calculate product costing, FOB/CIF pricing and margins accurately in Excel.
- Maintain regular, professional email communication with overseas buyers (mainly USA).
- Track buyer requirements: specifications, samples, packing, labelling and delivery timelines.
Procurement & Factory Follow-up
- Place purchase orders for raw materials (polymer, graphite, paper, packaging, etc.) and for traded
products with suppliers.
- Negotiate rates, compare quotes and ensure the best price, quality and delivery terms.
- Follow up daily with our factory and partner factories on production status, quality and dispatch
dates.
- Keep a live order tracker so management knows the status of every order at any time.
Dispatch, Logistics & Export Documentation
- Coordinate with freight forwarders, CHA a
- nd transporters for pickup, container booking and
shipment.
- Prepare and verify export documents: commercial invoice, packing list, shipping bill, bill of
lading/airway bill, certificate of origin, etc.
- Handle GST, LUT, drawback/RoDTEP and payment realisation follow-up (FIRC/BRC) with
accounts/CA.
- Calculate CBM, container loading, carton quantities and weights correctly for every shipment.
Back Office & Reporting
- Maintain orders, stock,
dispatch and payment records in Excel.
- Prepare weekly reports on orders, pending dispatches, payments and supplier performance.
- Flag delays, quality issues or cost changes to management immediately, with a proposed solution.
Required Skills & Knowledge
- Fair working knowledge of export processes: Incoterms (FOB, CIF, EXW), IEC, LUT, shipping
documents, freight forwarding and payment terms (advance, LC, TT).
- Solid basic mathematics and unit conversions – cm mm inch, kg tons, CBM,
percentages, margins, currency conversion – done quickly and without errors.
- Good Excel skills: formulas (SUM, IF, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIF), pivot tables, costing sheets and
trackers.
- Experience in raw material / trading order placement and supplier follow-up.
- Good written and spoken English; professional email etiquette.
- Working knowledge of GST on exports and basic accounting terms.
Personal Attributes
- Street-smart: knows how to negotiate, read people, spot errors and get things done with suppliers
and transporters.
- Highly follow-up oriented – does not wait to be chased; closes every loop.
- Detail-oriented with numbers, quantities and documents; double-checks before sending.
- Takes ownership, solves problems independently and escalates early when needed.
- Honest, dependable and discreet with pricing, supplier and buyer information.
Good to Have
- Prior experience in stationery, paper, printing or other manufacturing/export industry.
- Knowledge of US buyer requirements (labelling, packaging, compliance) and SMETA/social
compliance basics.
- Familiarity with Tally or any ERP; experience with Amazon/online marketplace exports.
📌 Sales Executive Import export - Merchandise (Pune)
🏢 Independent Recruitment Consultant (freelancer)
📍 Pune