International Shipping Specialist
Current• Customer Service role in creating and managing sales orders exporting to various countries for Howco UK, Dubai, and Canada offices. This includes production process planning both onsite and with outside processors. • Perform transportation planning and monitoring for modes including domestic truck and international truck, sea and air.• Conduct capacity planning and load building in conjunction with freight forwarders for intercompany and external sales global shipments. • Conduct transportation booking activities for LTL/FCL international truck and sea freight by working with Howco designated forwarders; as well as, scheduling on customer’s forwarder websites such as Expeditors, XPO, Worldwide Express and Fed Ex.• Complete and coordinate necessary shipping documentation with site logistics, carriers, and customer for both export and domestic movement. This includes Pickup BOL, NAFTA/Certificate of Origin, Commercial Invoices, Howco BOL, Material MTR/Certifications and P.O.D. • Monitor shipments and resolved exceptions as they arise.• Track and monitor on-time delivery and cost performance of Howco logistics providers/internal carriers and customer designated logistics providers.• Support freight cost payment, management, and invoicing for both Howco inter-company sales and external-customer sales with quotes and invoicing prior to export shipments.• Maintain relationships with logistics providers which support Howco and customer exports; as well as the respective Import Teams.• Identify frequency and cause of service failures and work with their Logistics Team Lead to develop plans to identify solutions.• Support acquisition of transport capacity including spot booking • Support process improvement efforts through knowledge of logistics and custom compliance basics that generate a competitive advantage in classification of products under correct HS codes and with correct documentation.