Key Responsibilities1. Export Shipment Coordination
- Manage and coordinate export shipment bookings received from customers and overseas agents.
- Coordinate bookings with shipping lines, airlines, co-loaders, transport providers, and other logistics partners.
- Plan, monitor, and follow up on shipment schedules, vessel/flight departures, ETD/ETA, cargo movements, and key shipment milestones to ensure timely execution.
- Follow up closely on booking confirmations, equipment availability, space allocation, and shipment arrangements.
- Proactively identify and resolve operational issues to minimize delays and service disruptions.
2. Shipping Documentation
- Prepare, verify, and process export shipping documents, including:
- Bill of Lading (BL)
- Shipping Instructions (SI)
- Commercial Invoice
- Packing List
- Certificate of Origin (COO)
- Dangerous Goods (DG) Declaration, where applicable
- Ensure all shipping documents are accurate, complete, and compliant with carrier, customs, and destination-country requirements.
- Coordinate with customers, overseas agents, carriers, and internal departments to resolve documentation discrepancies promptly.
- Ensure documentation is completed and submitted within the required cut-off timelines.
3. Customer Service
- Provide professional, accurate, and timely responses to enquiries from customers and overseas agents.
- Keep customers and agents updated on shipment status, schedules, cargo movements, and any operational changes.
- Handle shipment exceptions, service issues, complaints, and claims in a timely and professional manner.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with customers, overseas agents, carriers, vendors, and service providers.
- Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction through proactive communication and effective problem-solving.
4. Operations Coordination
- Liaise closely with warehouses, trucking companies, shipping lines, airlines, customs brokers, co-loaders, and other logistics partners to ensure smooth shipment execution.
- Arrange cargo collection, delivery, stuffing, transportation, and other operational requirements.
- Monitor shipment progress from booking through completion and promptly address any operational exceptions.
- Coordinate special handling requirements for Dangerous Goods (DG), oversized, urgent, or time-sensitive cargo.
- Ensure operational arrangements are completed in accordance with customers' instructions and shipment requirements.
5. Billing & Cost Control
- Prepare and maintain complete job files, billing instructions, and shipment cost summaries.
- Verify vendor invoices, freight charges, transport costs, and other shipment-related expenses.
- Ensure all operational costs are accurately captured, allocated to the correct job, and recorded in a timely manner.
- Verify customer billing details and ensure invoices are issued accurately and promptly.
- Follow up and assist in resolving billing or cost discrepancies with customers, vendors, and internal departments.
6. Compliance
- Ensure all export operations comply with customs regulations, carrier requirements, company SOPs, and applicable international shipping standards.
- Handle Dangerous Goods (DG) and special cargo shipments in accordance with relevant regulations and operational requirements.
- Ensure shipment information and supporting documentation are accurate and properly maintained.
- Maintain complete records to support internal controls, audits, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Adhere to company policies, operational procedures, and documentation cut-off requirements.
7. Reporting & Administration
- Update shipment information accurately and promptly in the company's operating system.
- Maintain complete, organized, and up-to-date shipment files and supporting documentation.
- Prepare operational, shipment, billing, and performance reports as required by management.
- Follow up on outstanding operational matters and ensure proper closure of completed jobs.
- Support management and the operations team in implementing process improvements to enhance operational efficiency, accuracy, and service quality.
- Perform other operational and administrative duties as assigned by management.
Pay: $2,600.00 - $3,300.00 per month
Work Location: In person