Air Import Agent- Miami

American President Lines; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Employee discounts on platform

Job summary

CEVA Logistics is hiring a Miami-based import shipments coordinator. You will be the main contact between customers, customs brokers, and shipping carriers to ensure smooth imports.

You will handle freight receipts, documentation, tariff checks, and inquiries, while negotiating with customers and ensuring regulatory compliance. The role offers growth in a global logistics environment with strong team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Education does not specify a degree; six months to one year related experience or training.

Responsibilities

• Receives freight, documentation and way bills; assesses charges and opens a file for each shipment.
• Negotiates with domestic and foreign customers to resolve problems.
• Examine invoices and shipping manifests for tariff conformance.
• Contact customs officials to release freight and resolve delays.
• Itemizes charges, prepares freight bills, accepts payments and refunds.
• Notifies consignees of delays and provides PODs when requested.
• Examine documents to verify weight/volume conversions.
• Converts currency figures into US or foreign equivalents.
• Calculates duties or tariffs to be paid.
• Correspond with foreign companies.

Skills

Reading and interpreting safety rules

Writing routine reports

Public speaking to groups

Creating charts and spreadsheets

Calculating figures and percentages

Algebra basics

Common sense and instruction adherence

Problem solving in concrete variables

Job description

Miami Fl_USA

CEVALogistics

Employee - Casual

Full Time

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

At CEVA Logistics, weRise inMotion. Your career is always on the move,growingas fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team ofnearly 200nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job.It’sa journey on which you rise.

YOUR ROLE

Coordinate the movement of our customers' import shipments. You will be the main point of contact for coordination between customers shipment imports, customs brokers, and shipping carriers.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Receives freight, documentation and way billing; assesses charges; and collects fees for shipments. Opens a file on the dedicated software system for each shipment received.Responds to inquiries by fax, e-mail or telephone.
• Negotiates with domestic customers, as intermediary for foreign customers, to resolve problems and arrive at mutual agreements.
• Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
• Contact customs officials to affect release of incoming freight and resolve customs delays.
• Itemizes charges, prepares freight bills, accepts payments and issues refunds.
• Notifies consignees of delays in departure of shipment. Provides PODs to shippers if requested.
• Examine documents such as invoices, bills of lading, and shipping statements, to verify conversion of merchandise weights or volumes into systems used by other countries.
• Converts foreign currency figures into United States monetary equivalents, or domestic currency into foreign equivalents.
• Calculates duties or tariffs to be paid on merchandise.
• Correspond with foreign companies.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education and Experience:

• Six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to generate complex, error-free charts, graphs, spreadsheets, and presentations
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

With a genuine culture of recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. We offer a benefits package with a focus on your wellbeing. This includes competitive Paid Time Off, 401(k), health insurance and an employee benefits platform that offers discounts on gym memberships and a diverse range of retail, travel, car and hospitality brands, including important offerings like pet insurance.

We are a team in every sense, and we support each other and work collaboratively to achieve our goals together.

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That’s why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. This role can be the first step on your career path with us. You can stay in the same job family, find a new family to grow in (an almost limitless number of options) or find your own path. Join CEVA for a challenging and rewarding career.

CEVA Logistics is proud to be an equal opportunity work place and an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities.

Information at a Glance

Rise in motion with CMA CGM Group: where ambition meets opportunity.

Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging newpaths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world.

The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. Thisis more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise.

See how you can rise