Client Care Manager- Licensed Customs Broker (#2626)

GHY International • Fargo, ND

4d • $63,000 - $90,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Client Care Manager leads a team responsible for delivering timely, compliant, and exceptional service to GHY clients. Reporting to the U.S. Director of Operations, the role balances people leadership, client relationships, and operational excellence. The manager coaches and develops team members, manages workload and service delivery, serves as a client escalation point, and ensures customs activity meets regulatory and quality standards.

The role works across GHY to improve processes, strengthen training, support new clients, and identify ways to make work more efficient and effective. It is suited to an experienced customs professional who is ready to lead through people while remaining connected to the work. The position is flexible within the U.S.; remote candidates must hold an active U.S. Customs Broker License. Travel is approximately 15–20%, after-hours support may be required on a rotational or as-needed basis, and up to two statutory holidays may be required annually.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of customs brokerage, trade, or related industry experience.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing others.
• Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) designation.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. customs brokerage operations and regulatory requirements.
• Active U.S. Customs Broker License required for remote candidates.
• Advanced knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations.
• Strong understanding of HTS classification, GRIs, General Notes, Explanatory Notes, PGA requirements, and customs entry and invoice requirements.
• Experience working with customs brokerage software and EDI.
• Comfort with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Copilot, and emerging AI-enabled tools.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and team-development skills.
• Exceptional client service and relationship-management abilities.
• Sound judgment and ability to make timely, objective decisions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving customs environment.
• Confidence communicating with clients, associates, leadership, regulatory agencies, and business partners.
• Ability to lead independently while collaborating effectively across departments.

Responsibilities

• Build a team culture centered on accountability, collaboration, client care, and service excellence.
• Coach and develop associates through regular feedback, mentoring, goal-setting, and performance conversations.
• Manage schedules, coverage, workloads, and staffing needs to provide consistent client support.
• Lead team huddles and communicate priorities, expectations, regulatory updates, and business needs.
• Partner with the U.S. Trainer to identify skill gaps, create development plans, and strengthen technical knowledge.
• Participate in hiring, staffing assessments, onboarding, and departmental training planning.
• Develop strong client partnerships through proactive communication, problem-solving, and understanding client needs.
• Serve as an escalation point, coordinate solutions to client challenges, and communicate next steps.
• Coordinate with CBP, Partner Government Agencies, freight forwarders, clients, vendors, and internal teams to resolve complex issues.
• Ensure major-account client SOPs are accurate, current, and consistently followed.
• Lead Major Account Relationship Program client visits and participate in business reviews and follow-up action planning.
• Partner with Business Development to onboard new clients, including systems integration, database setup, reporting, and SOP development.
• Participate in client training, software demonstrations, retention initiatives, and appropriate opportunities to introduce additional GHY solutions.
• Ensure import and export activities comply with CBP, PGA, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Oversee quality-control processes, high-duty entry checks, reporting, census warnings, entry audits, corrections, and exception workflows.
• Review production and error reporting, identify trends and root causes, and drive corrective action.
• Provide hands-on support for tariff questions, HTS verification, new-part reviews, entry issues, and database accuracy.
• Stay current on regulatory changes, industry developments, and internal procedures, and communicate clear direction to the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, increase efficiency, improve quality, and responsibly use automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Collaborate with Operations, Trade Services, Billing, Innovation, Training, and other teams to solve problems and improve the client experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with scheduled salary assessments and a performance-based bonus program.
• Comprehensive, subsidized health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, and life and AD&D coverage.
• Ongoing learning through an internal university and leadership development programming.
• Remote flexibility.
• Opportunities to connect and contribute through the Giveback Committee, Social Committee, and Cultural Ambassadors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed