Export Specialist-ocean

**Essential Job Functions**
- Deals directly with clients, customs and agents to ensure the quickest and best movement of cargo throughout the world.
- Prepares documents necessary to complete export, import and customs clearance process.
- Track and trace cargo as necessary to insure proper movement and delivery.
- Proper and correct billing and cost information populated in the global transport management system for accurate invoicing and job costing.
- Communicate with customers regarding disposition of Freight (i.e., tracking & tracing, routing & dispatching, and rate quotations).
- Communicate & correspond with other Company branches and agents for customer satisfaction and ensure excellent service execution.
- Seek the most profitable mode of shipment yet meet customer’s requirement for the movement of freight.
- Daily KPI adherence.
- Ensure compliance in line with company and industry policy.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**Physical Requirements**
- Talking, hearing and using hands to operate computer equipment.
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- Job may require extended sitting or standing, use of standard office equipment.

**Other Skills and Abilities**
- Experience in sea freight import or export
- Good manners, high service orientation and good negotiation skills
- Confident in closing, innovative, energetic, motivated and flexible
- Very good knowledge of German and English, both written and spoken
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office

**Education and Work Experience**
- STC, Manager Haven Logistiek, or proven experience.
- Minimum three-year industry experience preferred.

**Certifications and Licences**

**NA**

**Experience**: Required
- 2 year(s): Confident in closing, innovative, energetic, motivated and flexible
- 3 year(s): Experience in sea freight import or export

**Education**: Required
- High School or better

**Behaviors**: Required
- Detail-oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all the details needed to get the task done well
- Team player: Works well as a member of a group

**Motivations**: Required
- Self-starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
- Ability to make an impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organisation