Akshaya Vasanthakumar

Accomplished overall 5+ years of experience in the service sector with international companies, worked with leading wastewater treatment Company in Qatar as Shipping coordinator at Metito Overseas Qatar WLL. Proven excellent track record in coordinating freight forwarding and clearance with an ability to relate with people at all levels. Looking forward to sharing my skills & knowledge to achieve corporate goals in a challenging environment.

Shipping Coordinator - Metito Overseas (Qatar) WLL - Qatar

(2019-03 - 2023-12)

• Coordinating with freight forwarder and suppliers for the shipping activities as per project requirements.
• Examine the products, estimate the weights, rate negotiation, and confirm forwarder with cheapest rate.
• Coordinating with clearance team for the custom clearance activities.
• Coordinating with site and warehouse team for delivery related activities.
• Coordinating with client and meeting targets as per their requirements.
• Ensure all the deliveries are on time and to the correct location.
• Tracking goods en route to their destination and ensuring any complications that may arise are resolved to avoid delays.
• Applying EPC, Pharmacy, civil defense approvals for importing or exporting chemicals and other materials under company.
• Maintaining and recording of all shipping updates through system.
• Provide status updates and tracking information with departments.
• Preparing reports, follow up orders and updating with concerned project team.
• Handling of DG, Non-DG, Hazardous shipments and normal shipments by Air, sea, Road, and courier.
• Reviewing and approval of shipping documents by checking HS codes and other details as per Qatar custom requirements.
• Booking DHL Airway bill for courier shipments.
• Receiving shipping invoices and following up payments with accounts.
• Analyze carrier billing and charges, make recommendations on areas to reduce cost.
• Scheduling loads and processing shipping paperwork.

Estimation Engineer - Al Baker Networks & Engineering, Qatar - Qatar

(2019-01 - 2019-03)

• Evaluated changes and reviewed estimations to ensure accurate project development.
• Tracked and maintained all estimations for further analysis.
• Gathering quotes from sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Compute costs by analyzing labor, material, and time requirements.
• Preparation of materials submittals.

Logistics Executive - Meethale Logistics - Kerala – India

(2018-06 - 2018-12)

• Processing commercial invoices, Bill of Lading and other relevant documents.
• Interacting with clients and answering customer queries.
• Confirm accurate pricing on documents and maintain a precise record of the company's Exports.
• Worked with internal and external teams to ensure accurate shipping and delivery schedule for new and existing products.
• Establishing connections between clients and company authorities.
• Maintains customer records by updating account information.
• Checking for accuracy, editing files, reviewing, and updating technical documents.
• Storing data and recording for document retrieval and achieves.

Office Administrator - SAPSCO - Qatar

(2016-04 - 2016-11)

• Schedule and assist project management in administrative duties and Processes.
• Schedule Meeting and keep minutes.
• Coordinating office activities and operations.
• Answering queries via emails/phone calls to clients and customers.
• Drafting documents according to the needs.

International Diploma - Shipping and Logistics - Open University of Malaysia (2017 - 2018)

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Computer Science & Engineering - Calicut University (2011 - 2015)