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 DescriptionMajor Duties and Responsibilities
- Define business awarded
- Develop a transition timeline for both business and systems
- Communicate customer's requirements to management
- Document and implement agreed upon procedures
- Manage transition resources, scope, schedule and quality
- Point of contact for customer, sales, management, etc.
- Facilitate the resolution of open issues and minimize risk
- Communicate project status to transition team, sponsors and Branch operations
- Successfully close a transition through a service review (Quality Management Review)
- Significant travel required. (60 -80% on short notice)
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of experience in transportation/logistics field
- Background in project management or project coordination
- Strong understanding of supply chain solutions
- Ability to document business process flows
- Familiarity with EDI and its use
- Four year college degree preferred
- Problem solving/analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
- Recent project management experience (preferable in the logistics industry)
- Outstanding communication skills including written and presentation
- Excellent leadership skills including facilitation, motivation, negotiation and team-building
- Strong organizational skills, computer skills and general knowledge of supply chain software
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits:
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health Plan: Medical
- Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- Growth opportunities within the company
- Employee Referral Program Bonus
Top Skills
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."
