As a Fortune 500 company, Expeditors employs more than 15,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 300 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include the consolidation and forwarding of air or ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing, distribution and customized logistics solutions. Expeditors is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Job DescriptionScope of Position:
The regional manager works to develop business opportunities by performing daily tasks in operations and pricing, working with the Sales team to develop new business opportunities and working with the local management team to achieve company goals and objectives for the Project Cargo Services group. Expeditors Project Cargo Services business consists of both ad hoc heavy and over dimensional cargo and EPC/ project logistic opportunities.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
This position serves in a team management, business development and operational capacity.
Business Development Responsibilities:
- General business development of Project accounts that are based within the geographic area of responsibility.
Support the education of Expeditors sales and local product management teams concerning Project Service offerings within the region.
Support the sales and marketing strategies within the region:
- Attend sales calls both independently and with existing Expeditors sales staff.
- Attend branch sales meetings within the region.
- General business development of project accounts that are based within the region (vertical accounts that ship over-dimensional, project cargoes) in conjunction with the vertical business units.
Operational Responsibilities:
- Management of Specialized Cargo shipments
- Work with various products to facilitate and manage shipments
- Planning and execution of shipments managed within the team
- Ensure compliance with all internal procedures as well as all applicable government regulations
- Compliance with import/ export customs regulations
- Knowledge with reviewing commercial & transportation documents
- Tracking & tracing of shipments
- Document compliance
- Onsite support in supervision of loading, packing, and coordination of project moves
- Accurate and timely billing
- Customer service & relations
- Vendor relations
- Overseas communications
Skill and Knowledge Requirements:
5 + years’ experience in Project Logistics
- 7 + years in handling overweight, over dimensional loads via barge, rail, land, air & ocean
- Management skills
- Knowledge in Export and import regulations with focus in Mexico
- Experience in ocean and air charter operations
- Strong project cargo logistics management skills
- Confident communication skills, both oral and written
- Possess a strong sense of customer service and adaptability
- Ability to handle daily tasks and projects independently
- Attention to detail
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Bilingual (Spanish & English) both written and spoken.
Successful people at Expeditors embody our 10 Critical Success Factors:
- Exemplify and Teach our Culture, Mission, and Goals
- Support and Protect the Expeditors Network
- Attitude and Commitment
- Sense of Urgency
- Professionalism and Formality
- Excellence in our Operational Performance
- Account Management at Every Level
- Understand our Customers' Expectations
- Empowerment
- Attention to Detail
Position Type:
Full Time on-site
Base office could be Monterrey, NL, Guadalajara, JAL or Mexico City.
Skills Required
- 5+ years' experience in Project Logistics
- 7+ years handling overweight, over-dimensional loads via barge, rail, land, air & ocean
- Management skills (team management, operations oversight)
- Knowledge of export and import regulations with focus in Mexico
- Experience in ocean and air charter operations
- Strong project cargo logistics management skills
- Confident oral and written communication skills
- Strong customer service orientation and adaptability
- Ability to handle daily tasks and projects independently
- Attention to detail
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Bilingual in Spanish and English (written and spoken)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Expeditors Insights
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."
