# C&F Manager Job AGL Nairobi, Kenya

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Company: AGL Nairobi, Kenya

Category: Accounting

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-19

Expires: 2026-10-03

## Job Description

The C&F Manager provides strategic and operational leadership over the company’s sea import, export, and transport functions. The role ensures that all processes — from documentation and customs clearance to cargo delivery — are executed efficiently, profitably, and in full compliance with statutory and client requirements.

### Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

- Provide overall leadership to the Sea Imports, Exports, and Transport functions, ensuring coordinated, compliant, and cost-effective operations.

- Translate company strategy into measurable operational objectives for each department, ensuring alignment and synergy across functions.

- Lead monthly operational reviews with department heads to assess performance, highlight bottlenecks, and implement improvement actions. Sea Imports Oversight

- Supervise the Sea Imports Manager to ensure that all import activities — from pre-alert to final delivery — are executed accurately and within timelines.

- Approve or review major import files, especially those involving high-value cargo, client escalations, or potential financial exposure.

- Validate that customs documentation, valuation, and tariff classification comply with KRA and port regulations.

Sea Exports Management

- Oversee export operations to ensure accurate and timely documentation, customs clearance, and vessel loading.

- Supervise the Exports Supervisor in planning and coordinating export bookings, container allocations, and shipping instructions.

- Review export performance indicators (volume, accuracy, cost, turnaround time) and drive corrective actions for improvement. Transport Supervision

- Provide oversight to the Transport Supervisor, ensuring efficient dispatch, routing, and coordination of transport activities.

- Review transport utilization, turnaround times, and cost efficiency across the delivery network. Performance & Financial Management

- Prepare annual departmental budgets and monitor expenditure, ensuring alignment with company profitability targets.

- Review revenue reports, validate billing accuracy, and control disbursement exposure on all job files.

Compliance, Risk & Quality Control

- Ensure compliance with customs, port, and transport regulations, and maintain zero non-conformity in audits.

- Monitor and improve key performance indicators such as cost per shipment, operational gross margin, and customer satisfaction.

Client & Stakeholder Management

- Serve as the senior escalation point for client issues within imports, exports, or transport operations.

- Maintain strategic relationships with key clients, shipping lines, transporters, and regulatory bodies.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, International Trade, or Business Administration.

- Diploma in Clearing & Freight Forwarding (KIFWA or equivalent).

- FIATA, CIPS, or equivalent logistics certification is an advantage.

- Minimum 8–10 years’ experience in C&F operations, including sea freight and transport.

- At least 5 years in a senior supervisory or managerial role overseeing multiple logistics functions.

- Demonstrated experience in customs clearance processes, shipping line coordination, and multimodal logistics.

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