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Operations Officer
Fort Knox Group
Lagos, Nigeria
Permanent
Published 2 months ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
An established company is recruiting for the following position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Receive customer shipments at the partner hub and confirm drop-offs accurately.
- Carry out physical checks on packages, including: Packaging quality and completeness, Weight and content verification, Compliance with shipping and courier requirements
- Properly label, sort, and prepare shipments for onward delivery.
- Process shipments end-to-end on the company’s platform, ensuring all required data is correctly captured.
- Coordinate daily shipment handovers to assigned logistics partners or couriers.
- Identify and flag shipment exceptions such as damaged items, incorrect packaging, missing information, or prohibited contents.
- Escalate issues promptly to the appropriate internal teams (Operations, Customer Success, Partner Ops).
- Follow up on escalated issues until resolution, ensuring minimal impact on delivery timelines.
- Communicate delays, issues, or changes clearly to customers and relevant stakeholders.
- Provide clear guidance to customers on shipment requirements, packaging standards, and next steps.
- Maintain strong working relationships with partner hub staff and courier partners to ensure smooth daily operations.
- Represent the company professionally at all times.
- Ensure all shipment records, weights, statuses, and notes are accurately updated on the system.
- Maintain basic operational records and logs as required.
- Support periodic stock counts, reconciliation, and audits where applicable.
- Flag recurring operational issues and suggest process improvements.
- Adhere strictly to company SOPs, courier guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure the hub environment is kept orderly, safe, and operationally efficient.
- Support the implementation of new processes, tools, or operational changes as introduced.
- Minimum of HND in any relevant field.
- At least 2 years of experience in logistics, warehousing, hub operations, or a similar operational role.
- Strong understanding of logistics and shipment handling processes.
- Tech-savvy and comfortable working with web-based platforms, dashboards, and digital tools.
- High attention to detail and strong data accuracy skills.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to interact professionally with customers, partners, and internal teams.
- Strong problem-solvi...