Account Representative - Ocean Export

Responsibilities

• Receives and edits export orders
• Prepares all necessary documents such as commercial invoices, export declarations, certificate of origin, letters of credit
• Prepares international export documents timely and accurately according to customs and customer's requirements.
• Arranges shipments through shipper's contracted carriers
• Reviews pertinent domestic and foreign trade regulations
• Communicates with vendors, government agencies, customer
• Coordinates with Customer Service Representatives to ensure customer satisfaction is met
• Maintains SOP manual of international export requirements for each customer and updates as necessary
• Maintains organized files monthly by customer for all international shipments
• Provides clerical support including sorting of faxes and documents and distribution of those documents to team members

• High school diploma or GED (General Education Diploma) equivalency
• Minimum 3 years experience in the exportation of goods or an equivalent combination of both education and experience.
• Knowledge of Letters of Credit preferred
• Knowledge of the movement of freight via ocean
• PC literate with experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Access and Excel

(Job Duties as documented in this job description are considered “Essential Functions” and have been created by the standards of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) require that employees be able to perform “Essential Functions” of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the “Essential Functions”.)

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