Export & Compliance Logistics Manager

Overview of the Role

REEF Group is seeking an experienced Export & Compliance Logistics Manager to oversee export logistics operations. This full-time position, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involves ensuring that all export shipments comply with commercial, customs, regulatory, and international trade requirements.

Role Purpose and Scope

The Export & Compliance Logistics Manager will be responsible for managing export shipments, reviewing documentation, and monitoring trade and customs compliance. The role requires coordination with International Sales, warehouses, freight forwarders, customs clearance agents, regulatory authorities, and external partners to ensure efficient product delivery to target markets and full compliance across REEF Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage product export and international shipping operations in line with approved plans and customer orders.
• Coordinate with International Sales and International Operations teams to define shipping and delivery requirements for each target market.
• Prepare and review export documentation, ensuring completeness and accuracy before shipment execution.
• Monitor export compliance requirements, customs regulations, and regulatory requirements applicable to target markets.
• Coordinate with freight forwarders, customs clearance agents, and relevant parties to ensure efficient export operations.
• Coordinate with warehouses to ensure shipment readiness, including quantities, packaging, labeling, and delivery schedules.
• Ensure shipments comply with customer, partner, and distributor requirements in target countries.
• Monitor export customs clearance and documentation processes, resolving any regulatory issues or operational obstacles.
• Manage export risks, including missing documentation, delays, shipment rejections, varying market requirements, and compliance issues.
• Coordinate with Legal and Finance teams as required to review export terms, contracts, or commercial documentation.
• Monitor international shipping and export costs, analyze cost drivers, and provide recommendations for efficiency improvements and cost reduction.
• Develop and improve export logistics and compliance procedures and policies to standardize operations and reduce errors.
• Monitor the performance of freight forwarders, customs clearance agents, and logistics partners supporting export operations.
• Maintain and update the database of export requirements, market requirements, and required documentation for each country or partner.
• Prepare periodic reports covering export shipments, completion rates, delays, costs, and compliance risks.
• Support international expansion plans by providing required export logistics and regulatory information.
• Ensure export and compliance documentation is properly maintained and easily accessible.
• Supervise the export logistics team, assign responsibilities, review deliverables, and support performance development.

Work Environment

This role operates within a dynamic and growing organization, focusing on international export operations and compliance across REEF Group.

Career Opportunity

This position offers an opportunity to play a key role in managing international export operations and ensuring compliance within a fast-growing organization.