Account Manager

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Bellevue, WA, USA
In-Office
80K-100K Annually
Mid level
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
Owns daily operations for a strategic global technology customer, including GPS device deployment, inventory, shipment exception management, security escalations, onboarding, SOP development, technology rollouts, and process improvements. Coordinates customers, carriers, warehouses, freight forwarders, vendors, and internal teams across U.S. and international locations while ensuring operational issues are resolved consistently.
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Company 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. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.

Our Mission

We recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!

Job Description

To own day-to-day operations for a strategic global technology customer: to keep GPS tracking devices deployed, stocked, and ready at every shipping location; to manage shipment exceptions and security escalations through to resolution; and to build the SOPs, onboarding, and process improvements that let the program scale across U.S. and international sites. The Account Manager is the customer’s operational point of contact and the person who makes sure issues are identified early, owned completely, and closed out with consistent follow-through. 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Manage daily operations for a strategic global technology customer, supporting high-value shipments across U.S. and international locations. 
  • Coordinate GPS tracking device deployment and inventory, including replenishment, activation, installation requirements, and site readiness. 
  • Manage shipment exceptions and security escalations, working with operations teams, logistics providers, and customer stakeholders through resolution. 
  • Lead new shipper onboarding, including coordinating training, establishing processes, and ensuring teams are ready to execute. 
  • Develop and maintain customer-specific SOPs for device placement, shipment monitoring, escalation protocols, and operational procedures. 
  • Coordinate daily with customer stakeholders, warehouses, freight forwarders, carriers, shippers, and internal monitoring teams to address operational exceptions. 
  • Support pilots and new technology rollouts, including implementation, monitoring performance, gathering feedback, and documenting results. 
  • Review shipment, device, and inventory performance to drive process improvements. 

Qualifications

  • Strong ownership and accountability: proactively manages issues from identification through resolution with consistent follow-through. 
  • Operations-focused account management experience supporting complex, high-volume enterprise customers. 
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, locations, and workstreams simultaneously. 
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify operational gaps and implement practical solutions. 
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across customers, operations teams, vendors, and internal teams. 
  • Comfortable managing time-sensitive escalations and coordinating rapid response and resolution. 
  • Process-oriented, with experience developing and implementing SOPs, operational workflows, training, and new-site rollouts. 
  • Logistics, supply chain, or transportation experience preferred, particularly within complex or high-value shipping environments. 
  • University degree or equivalent business qualifications. 
  • Minimum 3 years of Expeditors or industry experience. 
  • Proficient in MS Office and CRM software; comfortable working in shipment-visibility and tracking platforms. 
  • English language proficiency. 

Additional Information

A successful candidate must pass Expeditors’ pre-employment background check.

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

  • Paid Vacation (first year prorated based off month of hire then eligible for 15 days)
  • Holidays (10)
  • Flexible Days (2)
  • Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
  • Commuter Benefit
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and Personnel Development Program
  • Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.

Salary range: Base Salary: $80,000 - $100,000 + Account Commission

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Skills Required

  • Strong ownership and accountability, including proactive issue management through resolution
  • Operations-focused account management experience supporting complex, high-volume enterprise customers
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented; able to manage multiple priorities, locations, and workstreams
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to implement practical solutions
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage time-sensitive escalations and coordinate rapid resolution
  • Experience developing and implementing SOPs, operational workflows, training, and new-site rollouts
  • Logistics, supply chain, or transportation experience, particularly in complex or high-value shipping environments
  • University degree or equivalent business qualifications
  • Minimum 3 years of Expeditors or relevant industry experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM software
  • Comfort working with shipment-visibility and tracking platforms
  • English language proficiency
  • Eligibility to lawfully work in the United States immediately without employer sponsorship
  • Successful completion of a pre-employment background check

Expeditors Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Expeditors and has not been reviewed or approved by Expeditors.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity participation is supported through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan that is positioned as a standout perk, including references to a purchase discount and contribution limits. Stock-plan availability is treated as a meaningful wealth-building component of the overall rewards mix.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits, with additional protections like life and disability insurance. Benefit materials also point to common add-ons such as HSA options, EAP support, and broad baseline coverage in job postings.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching that is repeatedly cited as a defined component of the package. Auto-enrollment/auto-increase features are also referenced as mechanisms that support participation and savings behavior.

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The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
15,812 Employees
Year Founded: 1979

What We Do

Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 (374) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents. Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services. We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers'​ supply chains. Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options. Expeditors'​ comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility. To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore. At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."​

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