Import Traffic Specialist

Organization: Trans-Overseas Corporation
Position: Full-Time
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan 
 
We offer our employees a fast paced, cutting edge, stable work environment with room for growth. If you are a results driven individual with the right skills, this could be the company for you.
 
Job Description:   
                                
Coordinates services for import shipments in a timely manner, as well as customs release and delivery of import shipments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Trace and arrange shipping, if needed, from basic information received.
• Secure shipping documents and determines services needed.
• Determine charges due and who is responsible.
• Refer to and update customer master file as needed.
• Process shipment and arrange pickup as needed.
• Keep customer informed of shipment status.
• Prepares and processes import documents (ABI and non-ABI functions)
• Processes TOC billing and forward entry summary documents; close out files.
• To include Commercial Account Coordinator Small/Mid-Sized) in advance of the time off. 

 
Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree OR 1 – 2 years related experience and / or training OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Strong writing skills required to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Excellent oral communication skills required; specifically, before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

 
EXCELLENT BENEFITS:

• Health and dental insurance available.
• Life insurance, short term and long term disability insurance is 100% paid for by the company.
• Paid vacation after one year of service
• Personal time off 
• Paid holidays