The Role
Coordinate end-to-end export logistics for fresh produce from Moroccan growers to Europe/UK, ensuring packing compliance, shipment planning, truck tracking, and accurate documentation. Serve as liaison between growers, packhouses, transport providers, destination agents, and internal teams, support quality monitoring during import season, and participate in travel and continuous improvement initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Logistics Coordinator to support the seamless movement of fresh produce from Moroccan growers to European and UK markets. This is a critical operational role that bridges origin activities with destination requirements, ensuring shipments are executed efficiently, documentation is accurate, and communication flows effectively across the supply chain.
The successful candidate will work closely with growers, packhouses, hauliers, logistics teams, commercial stakeholders, and destination agents to deliver outstanding service levels while maintaining strict compliance with export requirements.
Key Performance Outputs
Grower Coordination & Packing Compliance
- Monitor and verify that growers pack fruit according to agreed customer specifications and packing instructions.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies proactively to relevant internal stakeholders.
- Maintain regular communication with growers to ensure adherence to quality standards, time lines, and packing requirements.
Shipment Planning & Status Tracking
Coordinate with growers to confirm:
- Expected packing dates
- Actual packing completion dates
- Departure times from packhouses
- Provide accurate and timely shipment status updates to the logistics team.
- Ensure all parties remain informed of shipment progress and operational milestones.
Transport & Truck Tracking
- Monitor truck movements and transport activities in collaboration with growers and transport providers.
- Track departures, transit progress, delays, deviations, and estimated arrival times.
- Communicate updates promptly to support proactive engagement with customers, destination agents, and border authorities.
Documentation & Operational Accuracy
- Assist with resolving packing list discrepancies and shipment intake issues.
- Support growers in correcting export and import documentation where required.
- Facilitate efficient document flow between growers and internal teams to minimize delays and operational risks.
- Contribute to maintaining high levels of documentation accuracy and compliance.
Operational Support & Continuous Improvement
- Act as a key link between Moroccan origin operations and the EU logistics team.
- Support service excellence through proactive issue identification and resolution.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on logistics processes, communication, and documentation accuracy.
Quality Monitoring Support
- During the Southern Hemisphere import season (approximately October to January), assist in monitoring the quality of imported fruit, primarily from South Africa and Peru.
- Participate in planned travel assignments to Europe and/or the UK to conduct quality inspections, verify handling practices, and support alignment between source and destination quality assessments.
- Provide detailed market feedback to support commercial, operational, and technical decision-making.
Requirements
Experience & Knowledge
- Proven experience in logistics, supply chain, fresh produce exports, or a related operational environment.
- Experience working with growers, packhouses, transport providers, or logistics partners.
- Strong understanding of export logistics, road transport operations, customs processes, and EU/UK border requirements.
- Experience managing packing lists, export documentation, and shipment coordination activities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage effectively with growers, transport providers, and internal teams.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset and the ability to identify and resolve issues before they impact operations.
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage multiple priorities during peak trading periods.
- Strong coordination, planning, and follow-up capabilities to ensure smooth execution across the supply chain.
- A commitment to delivering excellent service and driving continuous improvement.
Languages & Location
- Fluency in Arabic and Darija is essential.
- Strong English communication skills are required.
- French and/or Spanish would be advantageous.
- Based in Morocco or willing to relocate.
Why Join Us?
- This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in an international fresh produce supply chain, working closely with growers and logistics partners across Morocco, Europe, and the UK. The role offers exposure to international trade, quality assurance, and supply chain operations, with opportunities to travel and contribute directly to service excellence and continuous improvement.
- If you are passionate about logistics, thrive in a dynamic environment, and enjoy working with diverse stakeholders, we would love to hear from you.
- Apply now and become part of a team dedicated to delivering fresh produce efficiently, accurately, and sustainably from source to market.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in logistics, supply chain, fresh produce exports, or related operational environment
- Experience working with growers, packhouses, transport providers, or logistics partners
- Strong understanding of export logistics, road transport operations, customs processes, and EU/UK border requirements
- Experience managing packing lists, export documentation, and shipment coordination activities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Teams
- Exceptional organizational skills with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with ability to identify and resolve operational issues
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage multiple priorities during peak trading periods
- Strong coordination, planning, and follow-up capabilities
- Fluency in Arabic and Darija
- Strong English communication skills
- French and/or Spanish
- Based in Morocco or willing to relocate and able to travel seasonally to Europe/UK
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The Company
What We Do
United Exports is a global leader and vertically integrated company in the agricultural supply chain, specializing in fruit production and export, from breeding to distribution.
