# Air Import & Export Customer Service Agent

**Company**: Expeditors
**Location**: Guatemala, Guatemala
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Logistics & Supply Chain

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## Description

We take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers! Become a member of a global community!

The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

Ensure timely and accurate movement of freight and information, while providing exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities:

- Support the department strategy on a local level

- Offer best in class customer service

- Receive documents, prepare shipments, route shipments, manage freight receipt, process shipments and monitor shipments

- Ensure smooth and timely freight process flow, managing day-to-day operations

- Ensure accurate and timely data entry into our operational system

- Track and Trace Air Export Files and reporting to ensure total customer satisfaction

- Track and trace Air Import files as required

- Understand department process flow and look for best practices to improve operational efficiency and productivity

- Coordinate and negotiate rates with our contracted vendors

- Prepare various documents for international transportation for air Exports

- Ensure timely delivery of freight to customers for Import shipments

- Ensure documents are checked and proofed for accuracy and alignment to customer and local requirements

- Ensure documents are sent to customer or broker for customs purposes on a timely matter

- Ensure arrival notices are communicated to customers and other interested parties as necessary

- Ensure accurate and timely invoices to customers and/or other interested parties

- Interact with our customers in arranging their international shipments

- Contribute to maintain strong relationships with vendors

- Always ensure adherence to regulations internal and external

- Always keep account reports current for Import and Export

- Ensure all customers standard operating procedures in place and updated

- Meet KPI standards

- Overseas communications, timely responses to emails and requests

- Daily review of operational reports and transit reports

- Adhere to compliance to Air Lateral for Air Export and Import

- Daily review of SHIPMENTS LOGGED ELECTRONICALLY Report

- Weekly review of CONSOLS NOT SETTLED Report

- Daily review of AIR WORKBOARDS, WORKFLOWS, DASHBOARDS and STATUS Reports

- Ensure company credit procedures are followed

- Ensure local requirements for Air Shipments are met

- Escalation of problems to Management when necessary

- Meets company standards of 52 hours training per year per employee

- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations

Sales/ Retention:

- Assist the product leader in timely responding to requests for information

- Participate in the transition of new business/ updates to existing business

- Assist in retention calls and complete customer reviews

Qualifications:

- Global logistics industry knowledge

- Excellent understanding of Air documents, Air Market

- Good computer skills

- Expeditors training and company policies

- IATA Certification (preferred)

- Effective interpersonal skills

- Fluent in English

- Pro-active, strong organizational skills

- Emotional intelligence

- Analytical thinking

- Problem solving

Benefits:

- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time

- Health Plan: Medical

- Life Insurance

- Employee Stock Purchase Plan

- Training and Personnel Development Program

- Growth opportunities within the company

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## Skills

### Required
- English
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- Global logistics industry knowledge
- Air documents
- Air Market
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving
- Emotional intelligence

### Nice to have
- IATA Certification
- Spanish

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