Export Specialist; H

Export Specialist – Overview

The Export Specialist will facilitate the movement of products, equipment, and materials out of the country via ocean and air freight in accordance with organizational policies and relevant local, national, and international laws and processes.

• Prepare and coordinate the necessary documentation for the efficient, cost‑effective, and lawful execution of all export activities.
• Coordinate cargo pick‑up/transfer and monitor status.
• Communicate with export‑related authorities, customers, and suppliers in all relevant territories and countries to ensure efficient, positive, and lawful relations and support activities.
• Obtain spot rates when necessary.
• Communicate and correspond with overseas agents and clients in a timely manner, including pre‑alerts, rate requests, and shipment status, etc.
• Track shipments and update customers/agents of status.
• Create and maintain customer files.
• Create customer invoices and approve payables.
• Audit files to ensure accuracy and completion.
• Ensure accurate data entry and document upload into the system.
• Assist other departments/divisions as needed or when requested by department or branch manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
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None.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience handling exports (air and/or ocean) or a combination of education and expertise required.
• Preferred:
  Experience managing aerospace or aircraft engine exports with knowledge of applicable export control requirements and international shipping processes.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Flexibility.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite.
• Detail oriented, able to multitask and meet deadlines.
• Able to work in a team and independently.
• Knowledge of U.S. customs laws, practices, and procedures.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience handling the full life cycle of exports (air and/or ocean) or a combination of education and expertise required.
• Experience with aerospace or aircraft engine export shipments, including familiarity with industry‑specific export regulations and documentation, is a plus.
• Fluency in English required; additional languages preferred.
• Experience in the freight forwarding industry preferred.

100% performed in a climate‑controlled internal office environment, working under normal office conditions. Travel will be (up to %) required in support of the position’s responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to feel and handle, reach with arms and hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to stop, kneel, and crouch, lift weight or exert a force up to a maximum of 25 pounds.

This position requires frequent work in a fluid, fast‑paced environment.

The responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the company’s business needs. The incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above. The above declarations are not intended to be an all‑inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job.

Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

JAS is a customs broker governed by federal regulation. JAS may have its brokerage license suspended or revoked if it knowingly employs, or continues to employ, any person who has been convicted of a felony without written approval of that employment from the Assistant Commissioner. JAS will perform a background check to determine if you have been convicted of a felony and, if so, absent special circumstances, you will not be hired or will be terminated immediately.

JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Where required by state law and/or city ordinance, this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization.