Air Export Manager (Remote)

Who we are

1UP Cargo was formed by merging multiple business sectors units across Australia, Canada, USA, South Africa, and New Zealand.

We have quickly positioned ourselves as one of the leading Supply Chain and Freight Forwarding Solution providers within our respective markets. We pride ourselves on being a single-source solution that will tailor a Project Plan to fit your requirements rather than making you conform to ours.

What sets us apart is our hands-on, dedicated supply chain professionals who can assist our clients around the clock. We have the right mix of youth and experience within our teams to ensure dedication to your supply chain while also being able to stay on the front foot within a changing industry and remaining agile enough to modify our business practices to make use of any competitive advantages we may be able to achieve.

This is a remote position for our Canadian offices and the individual will be expected to work PST/EST hours.

Primary purpose of the role:

The Air Export Manager will be responsible for the freight products within the designated country. This position will be responsible for international forwarding, operations, customer service, compliance and the financial details of the freight operation.

Responsibilities

• Managing Operations team and assisting them with their daily questions
• Managing revisions and continuous improvement of Operations SOPs
• Reviewing and monitoring the team’s export shipments on regular basis
• Reviewing the Ops team’s workload distribution on regular basis
• Liaising operations matters on daily basis with other departments
• Register and maintain regular status of Export Shipments in the Company’s system
• System data base management of the team including but not limited to: Shipment registrations data, organizations data, correct and regular eDocs archiving
• Monitor coordination of Shipment Operations and Documentations with overseas agents and local Canadian 3rd parties on daily basis and meet the deadlines where applicable
• Cooperate closely with 1UP global offices, overseas agents and service providers to
• Identify optimal solutions for the clients’ requirements and deliver the best possible service to the customers while protecting the integrity of 1UP business
• Manage and monitor workload of the team
• Liaising Hiring/ firing / mentoring of the operations team with HR if approved
• QC and audit of the files and timely closing of shipments.
• Ensure proper handling of shipments in accordance with the 1UP SOP
• Review, Analyze 1UP Quote & RATE Backups
• Review, Analyze and post Accounts Payable/Receivable per Shipment on a timely manner.
• Review, Analyze and post Accounts Receivable per shipment on a timely manner. Also find opportunities to maximize revenue while ensuring clients’ requirements are met
• Working hours 8:30 to 17:00 PST/EST

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12
• Relevant qualification
• 5 years Freight Forwarding management experience
• 5 years Air Export experience
• Incoterms experience
• CargoWise experience
• Excellent Communication skills in English and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently.