**Air or Ocean Import/Export Agent (Bilingual)**

* **Job Tracking ID**: 512565-769682

* **Job Location**: Indianapolis, IN

* **Job Level**: Entry Level (less than 2 years)

* **Job Type**: Full-Time/Regular

* **Date Updated**: April 26, 2021

* **Years of Experience**: Up to 2 Years

* **Starting Date**: December 27, 2016

* **FLSA**: No

* **Travel Availability**: 0

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**Job Description:**

**Job Description**

The Air or Ocean Import/Export Clerk will assist the company in shipping and receiving inventories in international business transactions. They will be working closely with the companys customs brokers, warehouse staff, shipping companies and clients assisting with shipping, receiving and record keeping for domestic and international transactions.

**Responsibilities/Essential Functions:**

* Track shipments and communicate with clients about the shipments progress

* Coordinate shipping with customs agents for clearance on overseas deliveries

* Deal with quotes from prospective customers

* Prepare transaction reports to facilitate billing or shippers and carriers.

* Review all entries, client invoices and file records for accuracy before submitting to supervisor for final review and payment

* Receive, review and process export documentation such as Air or Ocean way Bills and Bill of Ladings

* Handle claims with insurance companies if any shipment problems happen to occur

* Fill out import-export documentation

* Compile carrier and route assignments

* Compute international fees for each shipment and keep track of shipment payments and quotas

* Handle file preparation

* Handle freight releases

* Obtaining documents from overseas agents

* Sending and receiving original documents to clients and carriers

* Ensure that all contract documents are complete and conform to corporate policies and import/export laws

* Maintain and update client account information

* Familiar with the legal requirements regarding importing and exporting shipments

* Other duties as needed

**Experience and Skills:**

**Skills and Qualifications:**

* Min. AA degree, Bachelors degree strongly preferred

* 1-2 years of experience in air import/export

* Knowledge of air import and export documents

* Accurate data entry skills

* Ability to pay attention to details

* Possess excellent customer service skills

* Strong written and verbal communication skills

* Strong math and PC skills

* Be a team player

* Work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment

* Ability to lift 20 lbs

* Bilingual in Japanese(preferred) and English (business to native level for both)

**Job Benefits:**

Nissin offers a robust benefits package for our employees. It includes health, dental, life and AD&D, short term and long term disability, along with 2 types of voluntary vision plans, additional voluntary life and AD&D, FSA (medical and dependent care), 401k, vacation, sick and personal days and pet insurance.