IMPORT OPERATIONS
LOCATION: ATLANTA, GA
Responsibilities
Increasing Branch Profits
- • Utilize discretion and independent judgment to engage vendors to increase margin on each shipment
- • Utilize discretion and independent judgment to ship goods using the most efficient, cost effective route to increase margin on each shipment
- • Discretion to engage vendors
- • Management of vendors
- • Negotiate rates with shipping vendors
- • Employee profit and loss on each shipment will be analyzed
- • Overall management of desk to maximize profit
Coordination Operations of Imports, Air and Sea Departments
- • Monitor work flows and management of resources to ensure and verify timely and accurate accomplishment of operational processes
- • Ensure speedy delivery of cargo
- • Ensure compliance with all USA Customs and other governing bodies
- • Ensure support documentation is available and correct
- • Oversee pick up on behalf of the client/agent as required
- • Ensure registration of shipments
- • Ensure accurate completion of airway bills/bills of lading
- • Report to customs when relevant
- • Ensure FMC and ISF filings are done correctly and on time
Financial and Accounting Outcomes
- • Invoicing and collection of freight, agency and disbursements from clients
- • Resolve accounting issues related to forwarding cost/payment, overseas invoicing, free domicile, etc.
- • Approve credit notes, monitor cartage/waiting time costs
- • Process air freight and sea freight debtors/creditors in a expeditious manner
- • Supply support documentation & information of accounts on overdue payments in order to reduce impediments
Client and Supplier Management
- • Review quotes and records rates to clients and prospective clients
- • Deployment of information about all contracts with customers and suppliers to all parties
- • Manage allocated customers using establishes tools (eg. Activity reports)
- • Trace orders and ensure that information affecting arrival and dispatch is communicated to customers (internally & externally) or their agents.
- • React in a timely manner when reviewing discrepancies for customers
- • Stays informed with competitor activities and industry trends, and attends industry related functions when required
Skills required
- • High school graduate, some college preferred
- • Knowledge of related computer applications, familiarity with all freight forwarding procedures and departments
- • Essentially four years of industry related experience required
- • Demonstrated supervisory experience
- • Strong customer services background
- • Can communicate clearly and concise to various levels of people
- • Highly motivated and results driven
- • Outstanding people skills, customer driven
- • Able to handle complex problems
- • Works well under pressure and can multitask
- • Business savvy
- • Is accountable for their actions and comfortable with making and delivering decisions
What you can expect?
Play a vital role in this process. Flat hierarchies, a pleasant and friendly work environment, considerable opportunities for personal development and long-term career planning provide the basis for your success. If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and motivation letter to:
Ms. Kim Keck Human Resources Manager Rohlig USA, LLC | 1601 Estes Avenue | Elk Grove Village IL 600007 United States kim.keck(at)rohlig.com