Customer Service Representative

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San Diego, CA
1-3 Years Experience
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
The Customer Service Representative at Expeditors will ensure timely and accurate movement of freight while providing exceptional customer service. Responsibilities include data entry, tracking shipments, managing freight processes, and maintaining compliance with regulations. The role involves direct interaction with customers and suppliers to arrange shipments and meet customer expectations.
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Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but 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.

  • 15,000 trained professionals
  • 250+ locations worldwide
  • Fortune 500
  • Globally unified systems

Job Description

Scope of Position

Ensure timely and accurate movement of freight and information, while providing exceptional customer service within the Export Department.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure smooth and timely freight process flow
  • Ensure accurate and timely data entry into our operating system
  • Track and trace shipments as required
  • Utilize Process Monitors and Workflows on daily basis
  • Ensure timely movement and delivery of freight to customers 
  • Ensure documents are timely sent to customer or broker for customs purposes
  • Ensure accurate and timely client invoicing
  • Interact with our customers in arranging their shipments, exceeding customer service expectations
  • Contribute to maintain strong relationships with suppliers (airlines, steamship lines, trucking companies, and others)
  • Meet compliance at all times to regulations. This includes internal policies and procedures such as Operational Process Standards (OPS) and external government regulations or customer’s policies / requirements.
  • Understand department process flow, constantly looking for areas of improved efficiency
  • Ensure all customers' standard operating procedures are followed and updated
  • Meet KPI standards, as per the company procedures
  • Overseas communications, timely responses to emails and requests (internal and external)

Qualifications

  • Customer Service: 6 months to 1 year experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Understanding of transportation documentation and terms is a plus
  • Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results
  • Pro-active, strong organizational skills
  • Strong desire to learn
  • Good computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Fluent in English - Bilingual Spanish preferred
  • Must be able to pass TSA background check

Additional Information

Expeditors offers excellent benefits

  • Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time 
  • Health Plan: Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental and Vision
  • Life and Long Term Disability Insurance 
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (US only)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
  • Training and Personnel Development Program

The pay range for this position is $20-$22/ hour.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
15,812 Employees
On-site Workplace
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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