Air / Ocean Export Agent

Expeditors

Air / Ocean Export Agent

Doral, FL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Scope of Position:

    Assist Manager and Supervisor with all aspects of the Air or Ocean Export Department, while ensuring the proper and timely movement of freight, while providing an exceptional customer service.

    • Ensure smooth and timely freight process flow.
    • Prepare various documents for international transportation.
    • Coordinate and negotiate rates with our contracted vendors in procuring space and services.
    • Ensure accurate and timely client and vendors billing.
    • Ensure accurate and timely data entry into our operating system.
    • Interact with our customers in arranging their international export shipments, meeting customer service standards.
    • Meet compliance at all times to regulations. This includes internal policies and procedures such as Operational Process Standards (OPS) and external government regulations or customer policies / requirements.
    • Understand department process flow, constantly looking for areas of improved efficiency.
    • Ensure all customers standard operating procedures are followed as per the DLSOP.
    • Work with the team on meeting KPI standards, as per the company's procedures.
    • Monitor shipment reports to ensure total customer satisfaction
    • Overseas communications

    Support the supervisor in the following areas:

    • Daily review of workflow and operational reports and work with team on updating event codes
    • Audit files and work with the team on meeting operating process standards
    • Build and maintaining strong relationships with vendors (airlines, trucking companies, and others) and customers.
    • Evaluate vendors at defined intervals per company policy, focusing on areas of possible improvements with corrective action plans where needed.

    Finances:

    • Ensure company credit procedures are followed and utilized effectively.
    • Ensure accurate billing to clients for services performed.
    • Accurate and timely billing of vendors and resolve accounting issues.

    Sales / Retention:

    • Assist the manager and supervisor in timely responding to requests for information and with market competitive pricing matching the scope of service required by the customer.
    • Participate to the transition of new business/ updates to existing business as needed.
    • Assist in retention calls and complete customer reviews with your regular customers to document in the CRS.

    People:

    • Support the supervisor where needed:
    • Be team player and support colleagues and internal clients with timely information and assistance as needed.

    Systems:

    • Promote productivity tools.
    • Be open to implementing new system changes and enhancements with your team.
    • Be involved and suggest system/process improvements.
    • Set the tone of this environment within your team.

    Culture:

    • Proactively demostrate and promore the company's 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    • 1 year + of industry specific experience and/or qualifications.
    • Good market and product knowledge.
    • Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results.
    • Pro-active, strong organizational skills.
    • Good computer skills (Excel, Word).
    • Hazardous Materials certification (preferred).
    • Professional proficiency in English, knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and other lanaguages a plus.

    Reporting Structure: Air Export Supervisor

    Additional Information

    Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

    • Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
    • Health Plan: Medical
    • Life Insurance
    • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    • Training and Personnel Development Program
    • Growth opportunities within the company
  • Industry
    Transportation / Trucking / Railroad