Original job description
🌊🚢 Join our team: Coordinator of ocean and air imports wanted!
📍 Location: Lachine
🏢 Company: Freight Forwarder
🕒 Position: Full-time
Are you passionate about shipping in the world of ocean and air imports?
Do you like coordinating shipments, managing paperwork and ensuring that the supply chain navigates smoothly? If you are ready to dive into the exciting world of freight forwarding, we want you on our team!
Apply now and help keep the world’s goods moving smoothly across the seas ! 🌍📦
melissa.cumetti@randstad.ca/ patrick.pepin@randstad.ca
Advantages
-Located in Lachine
-Salary 70K-$80K
- 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday
-Employee benefit package (supplementary health insurance, life insurance)
-3 weeks of vacation
-5 days of paid personal leave
-RRSP Pension Plan
-Annual Salary Revision
Responsibilities
- Processing of import files from A to Z, including: quote, reservation, shipping, preparation of maritime freight documents, offer/issuance of insurance certificates, tracking, troubleshooting, and billing.
- Coordinate freight daily with vendors/agents.
- Participation in departmental and branch team meetings.
- Negotiation of rates/contracts.
- Issue the relevant freight documents.
- Constant monitoring and response to emails in the import and personal work mailboxes.
- Ensure that the appropriate margins are respected for shipments.
- Ensure suppliers meet service standards.
- Maintain and foster relationships with suppliers and customers.
- Respond in a timely manner to the requests of suppliers and customers.
- Provide cross-training on exports to cover the needs in case of need.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience in maritime and air import
- Experience handling complex cargo (dangerous goods, ITAR, project cargoes)
- Dangerous goods training certification - IATA and IMDG preferred
- Experience with Descartes is preferred
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to keep up with the rapidly changing international logistics environment
Summary
Passionné par le transport et la logistique ? Nous aussi ! 🌍🛳️
Nous sommes là pour vous aider à orienter votre carrière dans ce secteur en pleine évolution ! Que vous soyez à la recherche de votre prochaine opportunité ou que vous souhaitiez simplement discuter de ce qui existe, tendez la main à vos recruteurs logistiques attitrés :
📩 Melissa Cumetti - melissa.cumetti@randstad.ca
📩 Patrick Pepin - patrick.pepin@randstad.ca
Appelez-nous directement au 514-695-9585.
Connectez-vous aussi sur LinkedIn ! 🔗💬
Melissa Cumetti - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-cumetti/
Patrick Pepin - linkedin.com/in/patrick-pepin-319b451a8
Glissez-vous dans notre boîte de réception ou nos DM - votre prochain grand mouvement de carrière pourrait être à un clic de là ! ✨🚀
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
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More about this job
Responsibilities
The Ocean and Air Import Coordinator will process import shipments from start to finish, including quotes, bookings, documents, insurance certificates, tracking and billing. The role also negotiates rates and contracts, coordinates daily with suppliers and agents, and responds quickly to customer and supplier requests.
Requirements
Candidates need at least 5 years of maritime and air import experience and experience with complex cargo such as dangerous goods, ITAR and project cargo. Dangerous goods certification (IATA or IMDG) is preferred, as is experience with Descartes, strong customer service skills and the ability to keep up with changing international logistics.
Skills
- Freight forwarding
- Ocean import
- Air import
- Shipping documentation
- Maritime freight documents
- Dangerous goods handling
- IMDG Code
- ITAR compliance
- Project cargo
- Descartes
- Freight rate negotiation
- Contract negotiation
- Freight tracking
- Freight billing
- Vendor and agent coordination
- Margin management
- Customer service
- Email and communication management
- Troubleshooting shipments
- Cross-training
- Logistics coordination
Benefits
- Supplementary health insurance
- Life insurance
- Three weeks of vacation
- RRSP pension plan
- Annual salary revision
Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- import coordinator
- ocean import
- air import
- freight forwarding
- freight forwarder
- customs documentation
- shipping documents
- dangerous goods
- IATA
- IMDG
- ITAR
- project cargo
- Descartes
- supply chain
- logistics
- rate negotiation
- freight tracking
- billing
- insurance certificates
- Lachine
Perks
- Generous paid time off
- Retirement plan
Licences and certifications
