Intern International Transportation & Distribution

Work Alongside
Shipping Department, Op’s Manager, Merchandise Manager, Design Team, QC Manager & Sales Executives.

Hours
Your working hours will be Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 8am to 3pm, 3/4 hour for lunch.

Project Brief
Eternity Clothing is looking at new ways to constantly improve their business with freight companies. This internship will deal with all steps in the shipment process on a national and international level which puts you in the unique position to get involved in every step of this process. You will look for ways to generate an effective ongoing communication / negotiation / control strategy and look for new ways to find companies who can deliver quicker and at lower costs.

You will have your own goals and tasks set out with your mentor. These are examples of tasks you might do in this internship:

1. Look for strategy to let the shipment process go as smoothly as possible. It is of vital importance the shipments go as smooth as possible due to the fact that we have committed delivery times with our customers.
2. You will send out emails, make telephone calls to chase the goods and make sure everything is going according to schedule.
3. Get familiar and work with the Letter of Credit (LC). You will negotiate about LC terms, finalize these terms on the LC (e.g. If there is a delay we have a right to demand a certain amount of money every day (like a fine) to compromise for the delay, so you will negotiate what amount we can agree on).
4. Look for ways to get around late shipments.
5. Negotiate and agree on international rates, what are the benefits for us?
6. You will deal with national and international payments.
7. Other tasks related to your projects.
8. Other tasks related to Eternity Clothing.

We are not expecting you to be able to carry out all the duties but will move candidates towards their natural ability but at the same time we are looking for candidates who have a self development orientation, who have the ability to continuously improve and learn new skills, and increase their personal capability. With management teaching, instruction, ongoing training and mentoring from the company we will maximize your experience with the company

Person Specification, Required Skills & Experience
• Excellent organization skills are essential
• Negotiation skills
• Currently educated / graduate / have a degree in an adequate area.
• Have a general understanding of international distribution / transportation / shipping.
• Ability to categorize and record valuable information
• Good knowledge of, Microsoft outlook - email, Office Word 2003 and Office Excel.
• A self motivated hand on proactive approach when dealing with clients; have persistence
• Ability to prioritize your workload, and following the company culture of going beyond what’s expected/the brief.
• Ability to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines
• Capable of working individually and as part of a team
• Capable of multi-tasking and dealing with more than one role at a time for example; Dealing with numerous clients in different countries.