at Rohlig USA in Mount Prospect, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Duties:
- 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 & Exports, Air and Sea Departments by
- Monitors work flows and management of resources to ensure timely and accurate operational processes.
- Ensures speedy delivery of cargo to customers.
- Compliance with all regulations prescribed by USA Customs/IATA/TSA and other governing bodies.
- Ensures that support documentation is correct.
- Oversees pick up on behalf of the client/agent as required.
- Ensures the registration of shipments.
- Ensures the accurate completion of airway bills/bills of lading.
- Reports to customs when applicable.
- Ensures timely deliver to carriers, consolidators and packing depots.
- Financial and Accounting Outcomes
- Invoicing and collection of freight, agency and disbursements from clients.
- Resolves accounting issues related to forwarding cost/payment, overseas invoicing and free domicile, etc.
- Reconciles CASS statements, approves credit notes and monitors cartage/waiting time costs.
- Processes Air and Sea freight debtors/creditors in an expeditious manner.
- Supplies support documents & information of accounts on overdue payments.
- Client and Supplier Management
- Quotes and records rates to clients and prospective clients. Negotiates buying rates with airlines/shipping lines and subcontractors.
- Deployment of information about all contracts with customers and suppliers to all parties.
- Manages allocated customers using establishes tools (e.g., Activity reports) to achieve and exceed targets.
- Traces orders and ensure that information effecting arrival and dispatch is communicated to customers (internally & externally) or their agents.
- Reacts in a timely manner when reviewing discrepancies and keeps record of discrepancies via the Innovations and Incidents Management (IIM) to ensure compliance.
- Keeps focus of competitor activities and industry trends – attends industry related functions when required.
Telecommuting is available for this position.