Customs Brokerage Agent

FreightPath, Inc.; Bensenville (IL); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Vacation

Health Plan

Life and Long-Term DisabilityInsurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training and Personnel Development

Remote work days (26/yr)

Job summary

Expeditors is seeking a detail-oriented logistics professional to manage timely entry declarations and agency filings. You will ensure accurate billing, monitor release timelines, and maintain strong internal and external communications across a global network.

You will support dispatch handoffs and drive process improvements while upholding high KPI performance in a Fortune 500 environment with extensive career growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ability to work under pressure.
• Take ownership of all tasks you handle.
• Be a team player and contribute to a positive environment.
• Maintain a can-do attitude in daily work.
• Multitask with strong attention to detail and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Ability to prepare timely, accurate entry declarations.
• Meet or exceed best-in-class KPI targets daily.
• Be visionary and propose process-improving ideas to leadership.
• Open files as required.
• Monitor timely entry release.
• Monitor all agency filings (e.g., PGA) and ensure release.
• Scan and index documents into imaging system.
• Handle entries and submit required documents.
• Ensure accurate and timely client billing and invoice delivery.
• Hand off to dispatch in a timely manner.
• Provide clear and accurate written and verbal customer communications.

Skills

Work under pressure

Take ownership

Team player

Positive attitude

Multitasking-detail oriented

Job description

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 Description

• Abilityto prepare timely, accurate entry declarations
• Must be able to meet/exceed our best-in-class key performance indicators daily
• Must be visionary and able to bring ideas to leadership to improve processes
• Open files as required
• Monitor timely entry release
• Monitor all PGA (FDA, etc.) files, ensure the release of all agencies
• Scan, and index documents into imaging system
• Proper handling of“Entry Documents Required Entries”
• Accurate & Timely billing – including sending billing to clients as required
• Turnover to dispatch as required, timely
• Customer Service – timely, clear & accurate communication both written and verbal with customers both internal and external

Qualifications

• Ability to work under pressure
• Take ownership of all that you do
• Being a team player make it a positive work environment and show respect
• Positive attitude always “can do”
• Multi-tasking, obsessed with detail, and a sense of prioritization

Additional Information

Additional Information

• 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
• 26 remote/work from home days per year
• The position pays $20.00-$28.00 per hour. Based on education and experience.

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