Import Specialist
Import Specialist
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Job Description
- Process and manage import and/or export shipments including air shipments when needed
- Prepare price quotes on international freight
- Prepare necessary documents for shipments
- Develop and maintain relationships with customers as well as vendors specifically steamship lines and customs
- Research and resolve operational problems
- Ensure customer needs are consistently met and assist to resolve inquiries
- Expedite clearance and delivery to exceed customer requirements
- Perform load audits and ensure all information is accurate
- Work well in a team environment and assist other peers when needed
- Bachelors degree in business logistics or related area preferred
- Minimum 23 years of experience specifically in the freight forwarding industry ocean import or export operations needed
- Experience with CargoWise needed
- Bilingual a plus
- Maintains an eye for detail and accuracy
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate multiple tasks and projects
- Ability to adapt quickly be flexible and manage change effectively
- Technologically savvy and able to learn new software programs quickly
- Knowledge of principle and methods for moving goods by air sea or road including the relative costs and benefits
- Knowledge of state federal and international applicable laws and regulations i.e. customs TSA security and all other import and export government agencies that regulate international trade desired
- Proven ability to contribute to a dynamic highenergy team with varying levels of experience
- Ability to work independently and remain ontask with minimal supervision
- Competitive salaries
- Nonexistent dress code (disclaimer: public nudity is highly discouraged and probably illegal)
- Strong fundamentals about who we are
- Robust benefit packages (including medical dental vision life disability 401k match PTO and paid holidays)
- Internal growth opportunities for high performers
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
