# Senior Import Controller

SUMMARY: A leading freight and logistics company in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Senior Import Controller – Seafreight to join their team. POSITION INFO: Key Responsibilities Coordinate and manage the forwarding of import shipments. Manage the clearing of shipments. Coordinate transport arrangements for import cargo. Handle invoicing and the administration of shipment files. Arrange insurance cover and process claims. Provide guidance and support to Import Controllers and Learners. Ensure compliance with the requirements of the company''s quality management system. Perform ad hoc duties as required. Experience and Knowledge Matric certificate. A two-year freight forwarding-related qualification at NQF Level 4 or NQF Level 5, or an equivalent qualification 5-7 years of recent import controlling experience within the clearing and forwarding industry. Proven track record of end-to-end import process execution. Ability to coordinate the movement of import cargo throughout the international transport chain in line with client import requirements. Knowledge of Incoterms. Knowledge of commercial, transport, carrier, depot, and statutory body documentation and stamps. Sound k

- **Id**: 3759904
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/future-careers-senior-import-controller>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 15
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1591
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 4505361
- **Name**: Future Careers
- **Domain**: myfuturecareer.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/future-careers>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Outlook** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 15

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T18:03:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.813
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 15
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:15, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

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