Global Freight Forwarder- Ocean Imports

1 week ago

Port Melbourne, Australia C.H. Robinson Full time

Job ID: R43060

**Global Freight Forwarder
- Ocean Imports**

Primary Location: Port Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Secondary Location(s) : Keilor Park, Victoria Australia; Marleston, South Australia Australia

As a **Global Forwarding Agent**at** C.H.Robinson**, you will be your customers' primary contact responsible for managing and operating the shipment lifecycle of their ocean imports.

You'll be very hands-on with your customers, working closely with them from the start of the shipment process. A successful Global Forwarding Agent thrives in a lightning-fast environment, finding swift resolutions to transportation and documentation problems. We offer a dynamic, industry-leading training program that jumpstarts your knowledge of C.H. Robinson and our systems and processes. Our successful Global Forwarding Agents go on to expand their careers in Operations, Sales, or Account Management.

**Location**: Port Melbourne/ Melbourne Airport. A hybrid, flexible work arrangement applies.

If this all sounds good, let's talk more about what you'll be working on.

**About the role**:
The duties and responsibilities of this position consist of, but are not limited to, the following:
**Maintain Operational Excellence**:

- Understand the processes, documentation, and terminology involved in international shipping from time of purchase order issuance through the delivery of the cargo.
- Coordinate tasks on the shipments to meet all customer SOP requirements: booking approvals, processing pre-alerts, governmental filings, executing delivery, ensuring proper invoicing, etc.

**Facilitate Relationships**:

- Collaborate with our international team members and third-party agents to ensure efficiency, excellent customer service and creative problem resolution.
- Build great relationships with customers, responding timely and following up on issue resolution
- Provide reporting and documentation support to internal and external customers.
- Participate in customer business reviews.

**About you**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- High school degree/ Graduation / Equivalent
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in global freight forwarding / logistics/ imports or exports customer service

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree
- Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
- Proven track record of strong customer service skills, interacting with customers and being client focused
- High attention to detail, Critical-thinking, flexibility, and problem-solving skills to adapt to ever-changing tasks and customer needs
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of programs
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment

**Disclaimer**:

- This job description is intended to generally describe the nature and level of work to be performed by employees in this position. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required of employees performing this role.

**Benefits**

At C.H. Robinson Oceania, we are a proud Equal Opportunity employer offering flexible work to support a work/life balance along with offering a broad range of career development opportunities. We have an experienced and passionate team who work collaboratively to deliver smarter solutions for our clients. Employees have access to our well regarded, confidential Employee Assistance Program. Our Robinson Cares program allows our employees to give back to the community.

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