Move Manager

• Set move expectations and proactively anticipate the customer's needs. Handle customer inquiries with a sense of urgency and empathy.
• Phone and e-mail transferee and/or accounts wherever they might be globally, involves occasionally working outside of standard business hours. Summer is our busy season, and customers sometimes need us outside of regular working hours.
• Manage and monitor customer expectations, requests and issues timely and effectively.
• Maintain minimum quality service score as defined by our IMC Scorecard.
• Full accountability for the success of each assigned move.

• Coordinate and communicate the logistics, pricing, move details and troubleshoot/resolve any process glitches.
• Phone and e-mail agent contact with overseas household goods moving agents.
• Phone and e-mail contact with our supply chain in the US/Canada/Overseas (steamship lines, port brokers, truckers).

• Communicate and report back to national accounts/bookers as required
• Identify areas for enhancement or improvement; work with management to systematically resolve.
• Internal Support
• Coordinate with various departments such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, claims network management and account management to ensure proper completion of all aspects of a move.

• Follow pre-defined move management process and our proprietary workflow system tasks as defined by the book of business and shipment workflow.
• Anticipate, plan and ensure the most efficient and cost-effective shipment routing based on customer requirements.
• Select and coordinate with the best household goods movers at origin and destination, truckers and freight lines (ocean/air/road) to best forward the shipment according to account requirements.
• Partner with customs and other governmental agencies as required.
• Mitigate adverse financial impact of problematic situations through use of technical knowledge, established business contacts and persistence.

• Data integrity: Document within the Globalcom/PROMOVE/Navision systems all customer, agent and move information including revenue, expense and correspondence/action taken.
• Paperwork and file management: responsible for all shipping documentation and timely forwarding to destination agent, port agent, inland carrier etc. while minimizing paper files by utilizing system notes and scanning capabilities.
• Enable billing: Ensure all updated revenue information is complete and all relevant paperwork to support accurate and timely billing is delivered while partnering with billing staff.
• Work disputes/exceptions: Prioritize the prompt investigation and resolution of all revenue disputes and expense exceptions
• Claims initiation: Ensure that the proper documents are prepared and passed to the claims group. Ensure the customer understands the requirements of filing a claim and support the follow-through.

• Manage and monitor the customer/vendor expectations, requests and issues timely and effectively
• Negotiate with vendors, agent partners and network offices to settle discrepancies.
• Adhere to set goals to ensure the KPI’s are met

• Minimum 2 years of industry/freight forwarding experience OR 3 years of related customer service experience
• Basic geographical knowledge would be an advantage
• Strong analytical skills: understanding of rev, expense margin, basic math (calculate weight, density, CWT, rates, etc), data-based problem solving
• Ability to identify potential problems and develop creative solutions without immediate direction or supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills; the ability to function as part of a team while acting as a self-starter
• Ability to manage deadlines, multi-task and operate in a fast-paced environment
• Strong presentation skills, business etiquette and interpersonal skills
• PC proficiency – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and job-related systems
• Strong preference for secondary language skills

• Bachelors/Graduate degree preferred

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