Expert - Air Freight

DHL Global Forwarding; Philippines; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

DHL Global Forwarding in Manila seeks an Expert – Air Freight to coordinate customer-facing air forwarding operations, ensuring accurate documentation, timely updates, and seamless handoffs within the DHL network. The role requires 2-3 years in air freight, a graduation, and knowledge of CargoWise/TMS, MS Office, and Excel.

You will build reports, respond to inquiries, and help optimize service delivery. You will collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to meet KPIs and deliver superior

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in air transport as a freight forwarder.
• Graduation is required.
• Knowledge of freight forwarding, logistics, and foreign trade.
• Knowledge of sea/ocean or air transport preferred.
• English language proficiency in speaking and writing.
• MS Office and Excel proficiency; CargoWise/TMS knowledge is required.

Responsibilities

• Operational responsibility of AFR files for assigned customers.
• Data management and collaboration with GSC teams for services and handover.
• Respond to customers with shipment status, documentation, transit time and prices.
• Quote, process orders, book, monitor and track shipments, and invoicing.
• Identify risks and communicate updates to customers and management.
• Maintain KPI adherence, SOPs, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with operations for bookings and pre-alerts; share customer details.
• Enhance service experience with professionalism and empathy.
• Record and resolve customer complaints or escalate as needed.
• Understand freight forwarding terms and connectivity to end customers.

Skills

Customer focus

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team player mentality

Pro-active problem-solving

Education

Graduation

Tools

MS Office

Excel

CargoWise/TMS

Job description

Job Title: Expert – Air Freight

Job Location: Manila

In this role, you will be customer facing, collaborating with multiple stakeholders, internal & external, to drive efficient and seamless Air freight forwarding operations, with proactive engagements, and providing exceptional service to business partners and clients. This role acts as a bridge between customers & DHL network.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational responsibility of AFR files for assigned customers (signed of by regional AFR head)
• Data management incl. leveraging other GSC teams for recommended services including respective handover
• Respond to customers consistently and confidently by providing accurate information in areas such as shipment status and tracking, documentation requirements, transit time and prices (through phone calls and emails as required).
• Issue spot quotes, process orders, organize, book, monitor and track shipments, also facilitate invoicing.
• Proactively identify risks, potential problems, and collaborate with stations to mitigate/resolve, or report to management on events and exceptions, as necessary. Simultaneously send proactive updates to the customer.
• Meet all commitments to the customers in terms of follow-up/ongoing communication.
• Maintain compliance with KPIs, SOPs, and regulations.
• Follow up with DGF operations for booking/schedule/pre-alerts. Validate and share details with the customer.
• Enhance service experience in DHL by exercising professionalism and empathy when dealing with each individual customer's varying needs and demands.
• Record any customer complaints; solves customer complaints or assigns tasks to other functions as per the process.
• Well versed with Freight forwarding terms specially incoterms and ways to connect locally to offer best solution to end customer.
• Manage and send customer reports.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Professional experience: 2-3 Years of experience in a similar field (air transport) as a freight forwarder is required.
• Education: Graduation is required.
• Preferred qualification: Knowledge of freight forwarding, logistics, foreign trade.
• Preferred special professional skills: Knowledge of sea/ocean or air transport.
• Language knowledge: Active knowledge of the English language at least at an intermediate level, both spoken and written, is a must.
• Technical skills: MS Office user-level knowledge is a must; strong Excel knowledge is preferred.
• Business system: (CargoWise/TMS) knowledge is required.

Skills and competences

• Customer focus, customer service approach
• Communication skills
• Analytical skills, attention to details
• Team player mentality
• Pro-active, problem-solving attitude