
Supervisor - Brokerage
- Paranaque City, Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify with manager, develop and mentor your No. 2
- Allocate workloads within team to ensure smooth operations during peak activity or staff absence
- Ensure team meets company standards of 52 hours training per year per employee
- Ensure that the new hires complete company's mandatory training within the first 6 months
- Support the manager where needed:
- Participate to staff appraisals, and at a minimum once per year per employee
- Ensure all staff and positions have job descriptions, communicate clear expectations and are working with structured development plans.
- Contribute to the effective weekly department meetings with team.
- Review department goals and business plan periodically with team to ensure buy-in and accountability.
- Monitor compliance at all times to regulations. This includes internal policies and procedures such as Operational Process Standards (OPS) and external government regulations or customer policies/requirements.
- Understand department process flow, constantly looking for areas of improved efficiency.
- Ensure all customers standard operating procedures are followed as per the DLSOP.
- Ensure the system reports including but not limited to the below list are utilized at the level of frequency mentioned in order to effectively supervise operations:
- ECS report (weekly)
- Customs import stat1 (daily)
- Support the manager in the following areas:
- Ensure all Customs Authorizations are valid - Transit guarantees, customer IPR/OPR/Warehousing authorizations
- Monitor undischarged Transit forms
- Monitor duty deferment usage and levels
- Monitor license/visa applications
- Ensure all documentation present for archiving purposes
- Meet with local customs to discuss performance, delays, red-channels, customs developments and plans (to adapt country per country)
- Make 5 calls per week - Retention/Sales
- Ensure all new business is transitioned correctly
- Report all calls - sales and retention activities in CRM
- Issuance of customs proposal
- Follow up the customs guarantee for various operations
- Follow up refunds with customs authorities
- Follow AR report - review, delegate, chase
- Ensure every account has a credit limit and check for credit extension when needed
- Department P&L - review, identify, plan
- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations and in being the role model of integrity and pride for all employees.
- Proactively communicate with the team to ensure continuous awareness and understanding of policies and regulations.
- Maintain a positive relationship with the Trade Compliance Manager and support all compliance efforts and trainings.
- Proactively promote the company's 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary.
- Promote productivity tools (e.g. using edoc and edoc treeview, customs database, process management, customs system)
- Be open to implementing new system changes and enhancements with your team.
- Be involved and suggest system/process improvements.
- Set the tone of this environment within your team.
- Audit of files in accordance to AEO
- Management of customs system
- Send client report requests through the available database (expo request, expo reporting)
- Expeditors company policies and procedures knowledge
- A good understanding of Expeditors' products, services and systems
- Strong market and competition knowledge
- Good knowledge of customs brokerage process and system essential
- Good knowledge of customs legislation, especially with regards to classification, valuation and origin
- Understanding of ocean, transcon and air documentation process
- Knowledge of air, road and ocean transport
- Good knowledge of incoterms
- Hazardous Materials certification (preferred)
- Well rounded knowledge of the customs tariff and customs system
- Working knowledge and experience of the customs regulations
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results.
- Good Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word etc.).
- Pro-active, strong organizational skills.
- Fluent in English
- Proven negotiation skills
- The ability to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly and effectively
- The ability to maintain a privileged relationships with the customs authorities
- Emotional resilience
- Self-reflecting and open to feedback
- Initiative and ability to work in autonomy
- Role model of integrity and pride for all employees
- Proven leadership attitude and background
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health & Dental Plan: Medical Insurance (including immediate dependent)
- Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- Growth opportunities within the company
- With provision of 26 days Work-from-Home Set-up per year.