Bilingual Chinese/English – Shipping Coordinator - Trainee
Our growing company has an entry-level position for someone who has the desire to take their shipping experience to the international level.
Lusida Rubber Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of custom rubber, plastic, metal parts with customers in the USA as well as in Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe.
Under the guidance of a senior shipping coordinator, you will learn the working knowledge necessary to move products by air, land and sea to their final destinations, often through international borders and sometimes warehoused as inventory before continuing to the customer. This includes all the arrangements, documentations, record keeping, notifications and finances involved in managing the flow of goods from the manufacturing locations to our customers.
If you want to learn import and export, international and domestic shipping, inventory and warehousing and how all these come together to get manufactured goods in the hands of customers, this job’s for you.
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This is not a remote position.
Description of Shipping Coordinator
The shipping coordinator controls the complete process of getting our manufactured products delivered to customers on schedule, in the right quantity, with the correct documentation and timely information from beginning to end resulting in company efficiency and complete customer satisfaction. Once products are manufactured, Responsibilities fall into the following areas:
ORIGIN COUNTRY
- Packing and checking manufactured products
- Loading
- Transport
- Consolidation Warehousing
- Custom’s Clearance Export
- Origin Port Handling
FREIGHT: AIR OR SEA OR LAND
- Freight Charges
- Insurance Charges
DESTINATION COUNTRY
- Destination Port
- Destination Handling & Charges
- Custom’s Clearance Import
- Destination Warehouse
- Transportation
- Unloading
INVENTORY
- Inventory logging
- Inventory control
WAREHOUSING
Duties include:
- Procure and maintain the services of high quality but economical Transportation Forwarders for Land, Air and Sea in various countries.
- Procure and maintain the services of a high quality but economical warehouses.
- Do Inventory Management shipments not immediately delivered to customers.
- Process Transshipments and transfer orders.
- Monitor and follow up of each shipment
- Handle all matters related to customs clearance agents, including goods from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and other countries.
- Send customs clearance documents to customers
- Check whether the information in the SHIPMENT DOCUMENT package from China is complete and correct
- Review and correct classification and tariff codes
- Follow up on cargo inspection status with CBP and CES (Centralized Examination Stations).
- Managing all trade documents: Bill of Lading, Packing List, Proforma Invoice, Commercial Invoice, Certificate of Origin, etc.
- Get the actual sailing time from the freight forwarder in a timely manner and notify customers, including goods from all countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
- Get the ship's arrival notice from the freight forwarder in a timely manner and notify the customer, including goods from all countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
- After the goods are shipped to the customer, immediately give the PACKING LIST and TRACKING # to the customer
- Contact the customer per shipping instruction and arrange shipment shipped out from warehouse per instruction.
- Any duties related to shipping
- Liaising with CBP and Centralized Examination Station (CES) to follow up on cargo inspection status.
Experience
- Must be bilingual Chinese/English - read, write and speak.
- Efficient with computers, especially Excel, Word and Outlook (or similar programs)
- Must be very proficient at solving problems.
- Good with record keeping and paper work.
Pay
- Base $18.00 to $25.00 depending on experience.
Location
- Our office is located in Rosemead, California
- This is not a remote position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
Work Location: In person