Express Entry Manager

Ascent Global Logistics • Springfield, MO

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About The Position

The Express Entry Manager supports EET operations by managing shipments, Customs documentation, billing, and client compliance, while also assisting with staff training, performance input, and hiring. Provides assistance and guidance to the EET teams Map future growth and direction of EET Prepare and execute documents in a paperless format for US Customs and other government agencies Track shipments Assists Import Processing Team with processing entries for submission to Customs and Border Protection Billing Manage clients regulatory and carrier compliance issues Maintain and organize all records for their client’s transactional events Training new employees Provide input to General Manager on work performance for EET staff Provide input to General Manager on annual reviews for EET staff Counseling employees when necessary Interviewing potential candidates Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required; industry experience preferred.
• Previous office experience required.
• Knowledge of International Logistics – all modes
• Basic understanding of Customs Process
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Windows, Word, Outlook and Excel and ten-key skills.
• Communicates routinely with employees at all levels and externally with customers, agents, consignees, and prospective clients to coordinate and oversee daily operations.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships and contacts within accounts assigned to their portfolio.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, rates, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume
• Holds significant responsibility for safeguarding and controlling highly confidential information (including customer data, future plans, policies, and financials), where unauthorized disclosure could negatively impact the company’s operations or competitive position
• Demonstrates self-motivation and sound judgment; maintains strict confidentiality; and models professionalism by being friendly, punctual, organized, positive, and able to work independently.
• Effectively solves practical problems in environments with limited standardization and leads the team to interpret written, verbal, and visual instructions while organizing, prioritizing, and executing multiple concurrent tasks and projects.

Responsibilities

• managing shipments
• Customs documentation
• billing
• client compliance
• assisting with staff training
• performance input
• hiring
• Provides assistance and guidance to the EET teams
• Map future growth and direction of EET
• Prepare and execute documents in a paperless format for US Customs and other government agencies
• Track shipments
• Assists Import Processing Team with processing entries for submission to Customs and Border Protection
• Manage clients regulatory and carrier compliance issues
• Maintain and organize all records for their client’s transactional events
• Training new employees
• Provide input to General Manager on work performance for EET staff
• Provide input to General Manager on annual reviews for EET staff
• Counseling employees when necessary
• Interviewing potential candidates
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• 401(k) and employer matching
• Life Insurance
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Wellness Program
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Overtime, Differential & Bonus Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees