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Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder
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Location

Bogota

Type

full-time

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About this role

Title: Expert - OFR (OAM)

Location: GSC BOG

The Agent plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient management of shipments within their assigned country. This role is dedicated to proactive customer engagement and serves as a bridge between customers and the DHL network to enhance the customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Respond to customers consistently and confidently by providing accurate information in areas such as shipment status and tracking, documentation requirements, transit time and prices (trough phone calls and emails as required)
  • Ocean operational knowledge covering shipment creation, track and trace and delivery at destination.
  • Enhance service experience in DHL by exercising professionalism and empathy when dealing with each individual customer's varying needs and demands
  • Effectively communicates with DHL Network colleagues with focus on stressing a sense of urgency on behalf of the customer
  • Meet all commitments to the customers in terms of follow-up/ongoing communication
  • Follow up with DGF operations for booking/schedule/pre-alerts. Validate and share details with the customer
  • Exception coordination/resolution with DGF operations & simultaneously send proactive updates to the customer
  • Accept customer requests for quotations and send them to the Quotations team for processing. Passes on leads to Sales
  • Record any customer complaints; solves customer complaints or assigns tasks to other functions
  • Well versed with Freight forwarding terms specially incoterms and ways to connect locally to offer best solution to end customer.

Skills / Requirements:

  • Students/Professionals in industrial engineering, international business, or related fields
  • The minimum experience of 1 year may be equivalent to the requirement of professional education.
  • Minimum of 1 year in Freight Forwarding.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills & business skills in English and Spanish.
  • Customer service and communication skills.
  • Teamwork and autonomy.

Relevant information:

  • Type of Contract: Indefinite - Directly with DHL Colombia.
  • Performance bonus up to 13% of salary

Other facts

Tech stack
Ocean Freight Forwarding,Customer Engagement,Communication Skills,Teamwork,Autonomy,Documentation Requirements,Transit Time,Tracking,Empathy,Problem Solving,Freight Forwarding Terms,Incoterms,Quotation Processing,Customer Service,Follow-Up,Exception Coordination

About DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S.

The Freight Forwarding experts since 1815. Our passion is to enable international trade. We simplify our customer operations and maximize their opportunities.

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DHL Global Forwarding is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group with more than 31,000 freight forwarding experts in more than 190 countries around the world. Our air, ocean and overland freight forwarding services include standardised transport as well as multimodal and sector-specific solutions, together with individualised industrial projects.

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Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

What you'll do

  • The Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder is responsible for managing shipments and enhancing customer experience through effective communication and operational knowledge. They also coordinate with DHL Network colleagues and handle customer inquiries and complaints.

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What does a Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder do at DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S.?

As a Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder at DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S., you will: the Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder is responsible for managing shipments and enhancing customer experience through effective communication and operational knowledge. They also coordinate with DHL Network colleagues and handle customer inquiries and complaints..

Why join DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S. as a Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder?

DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S. is a leading Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage company.

Is the Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder position at DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S. remote?

The Expert Ocean Freight Forwarder position at DHL Global Forwarding (Colombia) S.A.S. is based in Bogota, Capital District, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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