Freight Forwarder Resume Samples

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A Rohan
Axel
Rohan
338 Kristofer Island
San Francisco
CA
+1 (555) 710 0769
338 Kristofer Island
San Francisco
CA
Phone
p +1 (555) 710 0769
Experience Experience
San Francisco, CA
Air Freight Forwarder
San Francisco, CA
Wintheiser-Pfannerstill
San Francisco, CA
Air Freight Forwarder
  • Managing our performance via Key Performance Indicators as discussed with your manager
  • Managing your performance via Key Performance Indicators as discussed with your manager
  • Establish a good working relationship with the air freight department and its customers
  • Liaise with overseas partners to ensure the department is proactive in providing a quality operational performance
  • Pro-actively look for continuous improvement with the department to ultimately provide the customer with an efficient and professional service
  • Supporting other operations by having flexibility around working in different locations
  • Day to day operations in a busy office environment to include dealing with customers/customs clearance/invoicing/creditors invoices/customer & other reports/other administration duties
Dallas, TX
Global Freight Forwarder Sales Account Manager
Dallas, TX
Kemmer Inc
Dallas, TX
Global Freight Forwarder Sales Account Manager
  • Establish internal network in South China and globally to facilitate resolution of customer issues
  • Ensure Customer Relationship Management tools (Salesforce.com and others) are updated on time and with high-quality data
  • Manage assigned customers and budget base; pursue and secure business in line with the corporate, regional & cluster objectives within the GFF Sales Channel
  • Research and understand the territory to identify and establish business contacts with potential customers
  • Solid exposure and knowledge of the South China business, trading, logistics and transportation market
  • Communicate significant trends, rate changes and policies to assigned accounts
  • Strong sense of urgency, independent, creative and resourceful
present
Los Angeles, CA
Account Executive, Freight Forwarder
Los Angeles, CA
King, Wehner and Schmeler
present
Los Angeles, CA
Account Executive, Freight Forwarder
present
  • Establish internal network in North America and globally to facilitate resolution of customer issues
  • Manage assigned customer and budget base; pursue and secure business in line with corporate/regional objectives within the Freight Forwarder (NVOCC) market segment
  • Prepare and communicate weekly preplan itineraries to sales team; maintain active contact list for clients in assigned territory and support sales team in their follow up
  • Research and understand territory to identify and establish business contacts with potential customers
  • Ensure Customer Relationship Management tool (e.g. Salesforce.com) is updated with leads, targets, and related client information
  • Communicate significant trends, rate changes and policies to assigned account
  • Respond to all sales leads/key correspondence within identified timelines
Education Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing
Columbia University
Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing
Skills Skills
  • Proven ability to provide exceptional customer service
  • Keeping all filing up to date
  • Custom Clearance
  • Dealing with telephone queries - both inbound and outbound
  • Dealing with Haulers, Airlines and Shipping lines
  • Invoice Management
  • Producing Advice of Deliveries, Manifests and other relevant documentation
  • Dealing with incoming correspondence
  • General Administrative Duties within the Department
  • Liaising with Warehouse staff and Management on a daily basis
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Air Freight Forwarder Resume Examples & Samples

  • Customer Order Booking
  • Dealing with incoming correspondence
  • Custom Clearance
  • Dealing with telephone queries - both inbound and outbound
  • Dealing with Haulers, Airlines and Shipping lines
  • Invoice Management
  • Producing Advice of Deliveries, Manifests and other relevant documentation
  • Keeping all filing up to date
  • General Administrative Duties within the Department
  • Liaising with Warehouse staff and Management on a daily basis
  • You may be required to carry out any other reasonable duties within your capabilities should the needs of the company require it
  • Quotations / spot quotes (ad hoc quotations)
  • This is not an exhaustive list and may change from time to time as business dictates
  • 3 Years' experience in Air Freight (essential)
  • Experience in Road/Sea Freight (desirable but not essential)
  • Excellent Communication skills
  • Excellent Attention to detail skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office packages
  • Self-motivated and ability to use initiative in their job
  • Excellent Organisational and time management skills
  • Employees will be required to be flexible with regards to working arrangements to cover busy periods
  • Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Transport Qualification
2

Air Freight Forwarder Resume Examples & Samples

  • Day to day operations in a busy office environment to include dealing with customers/customs clearance/invoicing/creditors invoices/customer & other reports/other administration duties
  • Delivery and collection scheduling and dealing with Airlines / Hauliers / subcontractors and third parties
  • Liaise with overseas partners to ensure the department is proactive in providing a quality operational performance
  • Develop in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the role including a full Good Distribution Practice (GDP) knowledge to ensure full ownership of your role
  • Ensure that all tariffs are kept up to date on the system
  • Maintaining and / or implementing good working practices & procedures to ensure that the department run efficiently and with professionalism
  • Managing your performance via Key Performance Indicators as discussed with your manager
3

Global Freight Forwarder Sales Account Manager Resume Examples & Samples

  • Manage assigned customers and budget base; pursue and secure business in line with the corporate, regional & cluster objectives within the GFF Sales Channel
  • Develop customer value propositions for all appropriate business opportunities. Strive for consultative sales to distinguish market presence by effectively probing and identifying needs and suggesting solutions to help customers
  • Build a good understanding of target customers and the assigned account base (contact, commodities, trade lanes, type of business, contract information, etc. including exceptions and service requirements)
  • Establish internal network in South China and globally to facilitate resolution of customer issues
  • Communicate significant trends, rate changes and policies to assigned accounts
  • Ensure Customer Relationship Management tools (Salesforce.com and others) are updated on time and with high-quality data
4

Air Freight Forwarder Resume Examples & Samples

  • Foster and develop good relations with both existing and potential customers to ensure
  • 3 years airfreight experience, in a 3PL environment preferred
  • Proven ability to provide exceptional customer service
  • Working across Air Imports and Exports desired but both not essential
5

Account Executive, Freight Forwarder Resume Examples & Samples

  • Manage assigned customer and budget base; pursue and secure business in line with corporate/regional objectives within the Freight Forwarder (NVOCC) market segment
  • Strive for consultative sales to distinguish market presence by effectively probing / identifying needs and suggesting solutions to help customers
  • Build a good understanding of target customers/assigned account base (contact, commodities/ trade lanes, type of business, contract information/exceptions, and service requirements)
  • Provide personalized service and build relationships with customers, identify current and future customer requirements
  • Establish internal network in North America and globally to facilitate resolution of customer issues
  • Communicate significant trends, rate changes and policies to assigned account
  • Research and understand territory to identify and establish business contacts with potential customers
  • Respond to all sales leads/key correspondence within identified timelines
  • Research and analyze competitive and industry trends (e.g. analyze sales statistics, prepare reports, study literature regarding new and existing services, and monitor sales, prices and services of competitors); recommend appropriate measures
  • Prepare and communicate weekly preplan itineraries to sales team; maintain active contact list for clients in assigned territory and support sales team in their follow up
  • Develop customer value propositions for all appropriate business opportunities
  • Utilize persuasive selling strategies in producing fact based customer value propositions
  • Ensure Customer Relationship Management tool (e.g. Salesforce.com) is updated with leads, targets, and related client information
  • Bachelor degree in Marketing, Business Admin, Sales, etc
  • Six Sigma training or certification
  • Shipping Freight Forwarder experience
  • Industry experience in any of the following: ocean carrier, transportation logistic, shipping logistics, outside sales
  • MS Power Point able to create and modify basic presentations
  • Previous exposure to Salesforce.com
6

Freight Forwarder Resume Examples & Samples

  • Planning and managing deliveries using internal and external haulage partners, ensuring deliveries are planned efficiently
  • Ensure service and cost control KPI's are maintained to a high standard
  • Working closely with the customer service team with regards to 3rd part logistics partners
  • Analyze and proactively resolve any delivery issues
  • Be a pivotal part of the team tasked to keep high profile customers and the operations team informed in regards to service
  • Able to track and analyze delivery performance through Excel
7

Freight Forwarder Export AIR M/F Resume Examples & Samples

  • You have a vocational education (MBO) in the area of transport and/or logistics,
  • Knowledge of freight forwarding processes and documents on the area of Import / Export, e.g. supplier conditions, deliver terms, Inco terms, purchasing & basic understanding of local customs legislation
  • You are an experienced user of MS Office applications and are profoundly skilled in Excel. Knowledge of Visual Basic is a plus
  • You have excellent communication skills in Dutch and English (written & verbal) and have good intercultural skills
  • You are a representative pro-active communicator and a team player with commercial skills and who takes responsibility for his/her project. You are confident and flexible plus you are capable to work in a stressful environment
8

Junior Freight Forwarder Export SEA M/F Resume Examples & Samples

  • You have a vocational (MBO+) working and thinking level and have at least 1-2 years relevant freight forwarding experience
  • You have knowledge of the forwarding process and documents relevant to Freight Forwarding (supplier conditions, Incoterms, basic customs regulations, tariffs etc.)
  • You understand the financial picture of the forwarding process (costs, loss, profit, currencies)
  • You are an experienced user of one or more IT systems used within the freight forwarding industry and MS Office applications
  • You are a representative pro-active communicator and a team player, ready to be challenged by a high profile customer
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Freight Forwarder M/F Resume Examples & Samples

  • Preferably education in transport, logistics or international business
  • 1-5 years experince of air freight, preferably air export
  • Experienced user of MS Office applications
  • Fluent in Finnish and English
  • Proactive communicator and a team player
  • Ready to work according to our values: Commitment, Innovation, Passion, Solidarity and Trust