Ocean Export Manager

Torrance, CA 90501

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Leading  NVOCC is seeking a highly motivated and organized individual to fill the position of Ocean Export Manager.

If you are highly motivated, organized and possess the skills to lead and motivate the team, then we want to hear from you.

This position is primarily responsible for managing export transactions, setting priorities for the team, expediting transactions and tasks to meet customer expectations and government requirements, and monitoring the quality of service including documents produced by the team by performing the following duties.

The pay range is $70,000.00 | $78, 000.00 per year depending on experience.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Manage and further develop efficient and effective flow of work to attain optimum efficiency and productivity of department.
• Identify the existence and cause of problems and solutions to correct them.
• Utilize reports to quantify and prioritize workload.
• Manage communication with export-related authorities, customers, and suppliers in all relevant countries as necessary to ensure efficient, positive, and lawful relations, support, and activities.
• Work with other departments in order to establish and maintain effective and relevant export activities and support in relation to the organization's operating functions.
• Initiates, promotes, supports, and implements change in order to increase organizational effectiveness.
• Make sound decisions based on analysis, experience, and good judgment.
• Manage and monitors the workload of each ocean export team members to ensure accuracy, and balance tasks amount staff
• Ensure staff has the training and handles shipments in compliance with AES and FMC regulations.
• Negotiate with local carriers on spot pricing; issue rate quotes.
• Responds to rate requests received from clients, agents, and internal departments
• Takes part in outside sales activities with sales or management staff.
• Maintains current records on all truckers locally; i.e., insurance certs, current tariff.
• Coordinate work activities between office staff and 3rd party warehouse.
• Meet with SSL, ocean carriers, warehouse agents, and Truckers to review service needs.
• Handle all shipments with compliance needs.
• Maintain local pricing recorders from all carriers.
• Audit Export files for compliance and Business process.
• Audit Export files for profitability.
• Handle processing of all dangerous goods shipment for Air Export.
• Take department concerns to upper levels of management as needed.
• Other duties as requested

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT NOTE LIMITED TO:

• The incumbent will directly and/or indirectly supervise employees
• Conduct performance evaluations for export department staff.
• Recommend hiring, firing and promotions.
• Identify and resolve personnel issues.
• Manage staff schedules.
• Create an environment that encourages others to develop professionally.
• Will supervise directly or indirectly employees.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Detail oriented, able to multitask and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated, able to work in a team and independently
• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance with export rules and regulations
• Have solid knowledge of EAR, AES, FMC regulations as well as knowledge of all other government agency regulations governing Ocean Export shipments
• Able to interact positively and effectively with co-workers, subordinates, and supervisors

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 3 years relevant Ocean Export and freight forwarding experience.
• Minimum 2 years supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of procedures for international and domestic freight, trucking, and warehouse services.
• Dangerous Goods awareness.

SCHEDULE:

• 8-hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights

BENEFITS:

• Company provides 401 & health benefits program.
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

ADDITIONAL:
 The responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company's business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.
 
The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
 
Management retains discretion to add or change duties of this position at any time.
 
-We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.