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Air Export Agent

Expeditors

Air Export Agent

Hazelwood, MO +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Scope of Position:

    Assist Manager and Supervisor with all aspects of the Air 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 Stat 1 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:

    • Proactively work to maintain and monitor accounts payment within 30 days.
    • Ensure company credit procedures are followed and utilized effectively.
    • Accurate and timely billing of vendors and resolve accounting issues.
    • Monitor accounts payable to vendors (airlines, truckers etc.) utilizing BNP report.
    • Monitor intercompany accounting discrepancies via AJAX report.

    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.
    • Assist in retention calls and complete customer reviews with your regular customers to document in the CRS.

    People:

    • Identify with manager / supervisor, develop, and mentor your No. 2.
    • Support the supervisor where needed:
    • Allocate workloads within team to ensure smooth operations during peak activity or staff absence.
    • Be a guide for the team - mentor agents
    • Ensure team meets company standards of 52 hours training per year per employee.
    • Follow-up new hires training as per the company requirement standards.
    • Periodically communicate department goals and expectations with team to ensure buy-in and accountability.

    Systems:

    • Promote productivity tools (e.g. using edoc and edoc treeview, export database, process management)
    • 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 promote the company’s 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary.
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    • 2 years of industry specific qualification (country specific).
    • 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).
    • Fluent in English.

    Reporting Structure: Air Export Supervisor

    Additional Information

    Expeditors offers excellent benefits

    • Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
    • Health Plan: Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental and Vision
    • Life and Long Term Disability Insurance
    • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (US only)
    • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
    • Training and Personnel Development Program

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

  • Industry
    Transportation / Trucking / Railroad
  • Locations
    Hazelwood, MO • Salt Lake City, UT