Air Export Lead Agent

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 exceptional customer service.
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Major Duties and Responsibilities

Operations

 

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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 and Manager

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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
• Employee Referral Program Bonus