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Uday Philip

Auckland

Summary

Organized, detail-oriented professional with strong work ethics and dedication to achieving goals. Skilled at developing and maintaining documentation systems. Knowledgeable in International Trade best practices, associated risks and compliance procedures.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Export Documentation Co-ordinator

Fonterra Ltd
11.2017 - Current
  • Preparing & checking of all Commercial Export Documentation relating to Dairy products via Air & Sea to overseas customers ex New Zealand
  • Electronic trade data / documents conforming to international best practices
  • Organising the documents for movement of product ex Australia and Europe world wide
  • Checking Letters of credit, liaising with banks and customers on compliance, preparing all relevant documentation
  • Checking of data received in the system prior to submitting customs export entry, Shipping co’s, Chamber of Commerce, MPI etc
  • Liaising with Customs, Carriers and Ports to ensure containers are loaded / despatched within KPI’s
  • Preparing and checking of documents for shipments ex Australia & Europe

Samples Documentation Officer

Fonterra Co-op Ltd.
10.2002 - 11.2007
  • Raising Sales orders in SAP, creating manual shipments and LF’s to the completion of the order
  • Physical checking of product, packing conditions, prior to despatch
  • Organising Export Documentation and despatch of Dairy Perishables and Produce., by Air, and Sea
  • Liasing with forwarders and consignees
  • Comunicating with Factories, stores, graders and carriers to book freight & attain optimum delivery schedules
  • Transferring data into SAP shipments,preparing relevant export documentation, liaising with MPI, Chamber of Commerce
  • Organising despatch of Non-Dairy shipments by sea, liaising with freight forwarders, issuing documents based on consignee requirements
  • Working knowledge of companys’ Inventory system AIMS for stocktake, storage and product movement between factories, store and airport
  • Systems used SAP, AIMMS, Global Passport, CRM
  • Key Contributions: Assisted overseas regional offices in winning key contracts with despatch of trial products despite demanding timeframes and situational constraints for documents.

Manager Business Development and Customer Service

Oriental clearing Agencies
07.1998 - 02.2002
  • The organization covered all aspects of segregation, customer order administration, warehousing, pick and pack, distribution and reverse logistics under the manufacturers’ warranty programmes, handling purchase orders and stock keeping follow up for overseas customer and goods imported
  • Service Customer enquiries both local and overseas and to develop and expand the company’s existing clientele
  • Analysing and recommending to the management, business prospects on various countries based on volume of traffic, nature of commodities and expected competition
  • Periodically reviewing costs of sales, and formulate pricing policy
  • Knowledge of International trade, Commodity movements, Import / Export documentation, Hazardous Goods etc
  • Evaluating and reviewing pricing policies bearing direct effect on sales and business prospects such as credit policies, corrective measures on defaulting customers
  • Oversee the customer service team and business development opportunities, new markets etc
  • Evaluating feedback from customers and incorporate necessary changes
  • Included sales visits to exporters, importers, buying houses, indenting agents and trading corporate
  • Attending phone calls / queries from local and overseas customers and co-ordinate with operations staff
  • Key Contribution: Increased company revenue by cost cutting and controlling the existing expense out lay on freight
  • Used existing resources to access Global contracts to increase revenues under US MC rates
  • Also extended the company’s distribution network where the company did not have a branch office
  • Represented the company at a Vendor Workshop Meet in Singapore covering all aspects of supply chain management
  • Had the opportunity to suggest changes in the vendor performance reports which helped the BPM team increase value addition to the product.

Marketing Executive

M/s Samrat Shipping & Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd
07.1994 - 06.1998
  • Preparing reports in competition statistics and submitting the same to management for review
  • Analysing various trade lanes, commodity movement, pricing structure
  • Incorporating the data in pricing policy
  • Evaluating feedback from customers and advising overseas principals on prevailing market conditions
  • Recommend pricing policy to Principals based on volumes, slot cost management and detention and allocation of space to NVOCC’s, brokers and shippers
  • Meeting exporters and importers for General and Hazardous Cargo to the Far & South East Asia, Middle East, Gulf, Russia & CIS, UK and North Continent European destinations
  • Liaising with shippers / forwarders / overseas Principals
  • Key Contribution: Added new clients to the existing base of the company
  • Independently handled the custom clearance division of the company.

Senior Sales Executive

M/s. Willfield International Freight Services
05.1992 - 07.1994
  • Import / Consignee sales, prepare market report and segregate clientele importance
  • Attend to customer enquiries and visit them if required
  • Liaising with overseas agents on status of shipments and quoting rates
  • Projects and capital goods imports by ocean and air exports marketing.

Trainee Marine Engineer Electrical

Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd
01.1991 - 04.1992

Was employed as a Trainee Engineer, involved in maintenance of electrical cable, motors, lighting systems of bulk carriers.

Supervisor

M/s. J.E. Dastur & Co.
09.1990 - 02.1991
  • The company undertakes Electrical contracts and are consultants to various corporate house such as Bombay Dyeing, Hindustan Mills, Crown Mills, Tata Oil Mills, B.A,R.C Etc.

Company Trainee in Electrical Maintenance

M/s. Guest Keen Williams Ltd.
09.1989 - 09.1990
  • Employed as a Trainee Electrical Engineer.

Main responsibilities were maintenance and running of company's production lines.

The company’s product line comprised of Stator and Rotor Stampings, Toroidal Cores, Diecast Rotors, Transformer Strips, Press Components of automobiles electrical devices including Precision Tooling.

Education

Skills

Good communication skills, team player, analytical and

Foresighted

Accomplishments

- Removed the requirement of legalisation of documents on shipments resulting in significant cost savings.


- Designed the Letter of credit template for easy processing by ML for high risk and complex markets reducing processing times.


- Handled Charter vessel documentation for bulk shipments


- Convinced customers to accept e-docs instead of paper documents reducing courier costs with instant delivery.

References

Provided on request

Timeline

Export Documentation Co-ordinator

Fonterra Ltd
11.2017 - Current

Samples Documentation Officer

Fonterra Co-op Ltd.
10.2002 - 11.2007

Manager Business Development and Customer Service

Oriental clearing Agencies
07.1998 - 02.2002

Marketing Executive

M/s Samrat Shipping & Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd
07.1994 - 06.1998

Senior Sales Executive

M/s. Willfield International Freight Services
05.1992 - 07.1994

Trainee Marine Engineer Electrical

Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd
01.1991 - 04.1992

Supervisor

M/s. J.E. Dastur & Co.
09.1990 - 02.1991

Company Trainee in Electrical Maintenance

M/s. Guest Keen Williams Ltd.
09.1989 - 09.1990

Uday Philip