Export Controller

Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods. 

Kepak St. Merryn in Merthyr Tydfil has combined beef and lamb processing and packing facilities. We offer beef and lamb products ranging from retail ready cuts for butchers’ counters to branded packaged meat, all as part of our service; raised on open pastures, sourced from local farmers and hand-selected by our master butchers, we produce beef and lamb products with integrity and unmatched quality assurance. 

We are pleased to be recruiting for an Export Controller to work in our busy Logistics office in Kepak Merthyr Tydfil.

This is a full time, permanent position with a competitive salary, working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm - flexibility required and some evenings.

Role Purpose:

Manage the end-to-end supply chain process, coordinating exports to ensure timely deliveries. You will work closely with customers, freight forwarders, and internal teams to ensure efficient and smooth operations. Ensure all company’s export control policy processes are adhere to. Provide advice on Export Control, collaborating with both internal teams and external agencies to maintain compliance. Being the official point of contact with export control regulatory agencies. Continuous monitoring and improvement of processes and internal work instructions to ensure compliance. Undertaking continuous internal compliance checks to ensure all  activity falls within the scope of the applicable legislation. Supporting compliance visits as well as both internal and external audits

The role requires you to take responsibility for your work, ensuring accuracy of recording and sharing information. Collation and control of all Export documentation required. Liaising with relevant internal customers that affect Export. Liaising with 3rd Party Transportation for Global and European Export Order Creation.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Completing export paperwork

• Export Document control.

• Liaising with  external cold stores to complete export to Europe and rest of the world

• Liaising with external Vets companies ensuring vets are in place for all exports

• Dehairing Crates

• Recording all outgoing despatches

• Recording frozen team control document

• Inputting and sharing KPI’s

• Setting up orders to customers on internal system

• Sharing reports returns reports

• Sharing daily reports with Intakes team

• Monitoring all customer returns liaising with finance, transport, and Intakes team

• Setting up daily transfers to external cold store

• Liaise with Frozen team to capture weekly Coldstore transport requirement.

• Carrying out customer ordering when required

Skills / Experience:

• Good organisational and time-management skills

• Great interpersonal and communication skills

• Attention to detail

• Flexible, able to think on feet

• Positive and Proactive approach to tasks

• Problem solver

• Working unsupervised

• Working knowledge of the system is desirable

• Export experience desired but not necessity

Benefits

• Company Pension
• Training and Development
• Employee Discount Platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands.
• Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group.
• Bike to Work Scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income – meaning you pay less tax!
• Subsidised Canteen - Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day
• Free Car Parking - Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues.
• Long Service Awards - We recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
• GroceryAid Employee Assistance Program - Providing emotional, practical and financial support for all Kepak colleagues.