Import Operations Specialist - PrideStaff

Job Title: Import Operations Specialist

Company: International Freight Forwarder

Location: Jamaica, NY

Salary: $65-75K/yr Commensurate with experience + benefits

Status: Full-Time, Direct hire, On-Site Mon-Fri

Responsibilities

•In this role, you will be working closely with customers, overseas offices, internal stakeholders and third parties

•You will be responsible for planning the most appropriate route for a shipment, cost, transit time and security of the cargo

•You will negotiate the trucking rates and handling costs

•You will coordinate with the third parties to move the cargo by ocean and air in accordance with customer requirements

•You will be arranging the freight and customs releases

•You will obtain the necessary information to provide superb customer service from overseas, steamship lines, truckers, terminals or wherever it is relevant and inform the customers effectively daily

Qualifications

•2-5 years of import work experience with Freight Forwarder required; Must have pricing experience

Compensation / Pay Rate (Up to): $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 Per Year