About the role befach.com helps Indian businesses import factory-direct from China: sourcing, QC, customs and delivery. You'll own what happens between the port and the client's door: customs clearance, documentation, freight and transport vendors, and the costs behind them. You'll clear sea and air shipments at ports and airports across India, working from our Hyderabad office, and report to Rajesh Saraf, Co-founder.
Responsibilities
- Clear import shipments across India: sea (JNPT/Nhava Sheva, Chennai, Mundra, Kolkata, Vizag, ICD Sanathnagar) and air (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad)
- - Prepare and check Bills of Entry on ICEGATE with our CHA partners; HS classification; handle assessment queries, examination, duty payment, DO and out-of-charge
- - Calculate duty (BCD, SWS, IGST) and landed cost before shipment so client quotes are accurate
- - Build and negotiate a pan-India panel of freight forwarders, CHAs, CFS and transporters; keep cutting cost per shipment
- - Support purchase: supplier follow-ups, POs, shipping documents from China
- - Run a daily shipment tracker and report to the Co-founder
- - Use Excel and AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to work faster
Must-haves
- 2-4 years hands-on import customs clearance (sea + air) at multiple Indian ports/airports
- - Strong vendor and rate negotiation, with real examples
- - Street smart and a robust communicator (English + Hindi) with customs, shipping lines, CHAs and clients
- - Good with numbers and Excel; uses AI tools
- - Based in Hyderabad (on-site, Banjara Hills)
Good to have: MBA (Ops/SCM/IB), strong academics, China imports experience, customs G-card, Telugu. Not needed: your own CHA licence.
Success in 90 days
- 30 days: every live shipment tracked daily; vendor rates mapped; first shipments cleared with zero document errors
- - 60 days: own clearance end to end; at least one vendor rate renegotiated down
- - 90 days: vendor panel in place (2+ options per lane); measurable cost saving; clearance time tracked and improving
CTC: Rs 3.5-4.5 LPA fixed | Full-time | On-site, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
How to apply
Email
[email protected] with subject "CHA & Logistics Executive - [Your Name]" and include: (1) resume, (2) current CTC, expected CTC, notice period, (3) a 2-3 line answer: your Bill of Entry for a China-origin shipment gets a query saying the declared value looks too low. What do you do first, and what documents do you prepare?
📌 CHA & Logistics Executive (Pune)
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