Import Specialist
About the role
Join Livingston and grow your career in the constantly changing world of international trade. Livingston is a market leader offering customs brokerage, international trade consulting, compliance and freight forwarding services around the world. Livingston has over 3,000 employees at more than 90 key border crossings, sea ports, airports and other strategic locations in North America, Europe and Asia. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment offers you the opportunity to work with leaders in the industry, receive recognition for achievements and develop your expertise in the complex and evolving world of trade. Learn how you can make an impact at Livingston.
Job Type: Full Time • Location: HomeOffice (Texas, TX – McAllen)
Job Summary
Reporting to the Manager, Service Delivery, this position is responsible for coordinating release and entry processing. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of customs brokerage experience, as well as be flexible to work a rotating schedule. This position is fully remote.
Schedule
One week, the hours are Monday through Friday, 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM CST. The following week, the schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST. This rotation repeats every two weeks.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of shipments.
- Create customs entries through proper selection of client and client records, interpretation of documentation for all clients' shipments.
- Data entry of shipment information for release, rating and billing and ensuring that all mandatory fields are completed and accurate
- Ensure correct value for duty is reported based on invoice details and terms of sale.
- Establish correct value for duty and tariff treatment by selecting the correct keyword/HS code.
- In a professional manner, work with team members as required for missing documentation, information or instructions necessary to release a shipment.
- Verify documentation for release conditions, compliance and rating compliance (e.g., free trade certificates).
- Escalate two-step release requirements, authorization or release issue resolution to required team members.
- Participate fully with other team members in the day-to-day operation of Release Operations in NSCs.
- Endeavor to utilize and take advantage of system automation tools that are available to support release processing.
- Open file/data input