Assistant Manager Customs Foreign Trade Zone
- Full-time
Company Description
“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
Global supply chain management is what we do, but 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.
- 19,000 trained professionals
- 300+ locations worldwide
- Fortune 500
- Globally unified systems
Job Description
Scope of Position:
To lead and manage a Customs brokerage department within a branch so that the department has
strong technical expertise, flawless operational execution, strong infrastructure, strong and
knowledgeable personnel, strong customs compliance, efficiency, profitability, and continual
growth.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Administration and Personnel Management
• Manage and monitor service execution within the Customs brokerage department
• Help manage capacity and resource needs for the department
• Ensure that department is properly staffed, structured and organized
• Manage timely and effective staff evaluations and reviews
• Provide feedback, coaching, mentoring to staff on an ongoing basis
• Manage staff for continual growth in skills and expertise
• Prepare and execute personal goals
• Assist staff in preparing personal goals
• Make certain that all staff members complete annual training in required
timeframes
• Make certain that new employees receive all mandatory training in required
timeframes
• Maintain highest compliance levels for all necessary and applicable Customs and
other government agency controls and requirements
• Ensure that company controls, policies, procedures, processes, applications,
tools, and systems are understood and implemented
• Ensure oversight, including self-assessments and monitoring so that issues are
resolved at the root cause level
• Help prepare and execute department business plan and goals.
Operations, Compliance and Customs Expertise
Provide deskside training to department as needed in these specific areas:
o Expeditors’ customs policies, controls, procedures and processes
o Operational and customer service execution
o Customer communication, interaction, development and maintenance,
o Expeditors’ applications, tools, systems and their usage
o Client specific requirements
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of Customs/FTZ Brokerage Experience with Expeditors' Internal System
- At least 1-2 years of lead/supervisory experience
- Well-rounded knowledge of the HTSUS
- Well-rounded knowledge of the Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations
- Well-rounded knowledge of the Foreign-Trade Zones Manual
- Knowledge and experience with Participating Government Agencies
- The ability to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly and effectively
- Strong Management Skills
- Must be able to commute to the Pullman/El Paso Facility
- High School Degree or equivalent required
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
- Must have the ability to work overtime and/or weekends in support of the department needs
- Fluent in English and Spanish, both written and verbal
- Good computer skills (Word, Excel, and familiarity with PowerPoint)
- Comfortable with numbers and basic mathematical skills
- Familiarity with 10-key usage
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize throughout the workday while remaining focused and organized
- Demonstrated ability to be pro-active in thought and action
- Strong organizational Skills
- Analytical with a strong attention to detail
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven ability to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results
- Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
- Willing to pitch in and help on last minute projects or assist team members
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Has a demonstrated strong work ethic, and reliability
- Comfortable working in a professional business environment
- Proven ability and desire to learn new software and technologies
- Knowledge of Expeditors Internal System Preferred
- Undergraduate Degree Preferred
- Customs Brokerage License or Actively pursuing and taking the exam
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits:
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health Plan: Medical
- Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- Growth opportunities within the company