Sr. Operations Agent
Job Description
OverviewPreparing Domestic documents including Airline bills, Motor Carrier BOL, declarations and NAFTA forms.Responsibilities- Routing shipments; determining appropriatemode of transportation for all domestic / Canadian shipments.Evaluates appropriate cost/time combination for each shipment.
- Rate Negotiation; negotiates best rates with motor carrier, freight forwarders and express couriers for all domestic shipments (e.G. UPS, DHL & FedEx).
These negotiations include both ground and air shipments.
- Brokerage Assistance; works very closely and on a regular basis with the broker/'s firm for shipments coming into the United States.
- Sales Support; provides assistance for- Freight Bill Auditing; verifies accuracy of domestic freight bills and disputes any- Freight Quotes; responsible for securing weight and dimensions of all quotes requested by the sales staff and obtaining the most economical freight rate from motor carrier, freight forwarders and express couriers....