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Air Export Assistant Manager
Ahmedabad, GUJARAT, India Full-time
About the role
Expeditors, a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, seeks an Air Export Asst. Manager in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. This full-time role supports the Air Export Manager in running the air export product by overseeing operations, finances, sales, people, systems, and culture in line with company policies. Day-to-day duties include monitoring regulatory compliance, managing vendor relationships and accounts payable, supporting pricing and customer retention, mentoring team members, and leveraging system tools for exception-based management.
What you’ll do
- Monitor compliance with internal policies (e.g., Operational Process Standards) and external government regulations or customer requirements
- Understand department process flow and continuously identify areas for improved efficiency
- Ensure customer standard operating procedures are followed per the DLSOP
- Use system reports (STAT1, TRNRPT, CONRPT, SHSUM, RARRPT, STAT3) at required frequencies to supervise operations
- Support the manager in building and maintaining vendor relationships, promoting market solutions to be the lowest-cost customer, and evaluating vendors with corrective action plans
- Support finance by maintaining accounts payable within 30 days, following credit procedures, managing vendor payables via BNP, and resolving intercompany discrepancies via AJAX report
- Support sales/retention by providing pricing alternatives and routing solutions, responding to RFPs/quotations with competitive pricing, participating in new business transitions, and completing custo
- Support people functions by mentoring a No. 2, allocating workloads during peaks or absences, ensuring 52 hours of annual training per employee and mandatory new-hire training within 6 months, partici
What you’ll bring
- 2-3 years of industry-specific qualification (country specific)
- Proven leadership attitude
- Good market and product knowledge
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, and communicate clearly and concisely
- Good computer skills (Excel, Word)
Skills
Air export operationsRegulatory complianceVendor managementAccounts payablePricing and routingCustomer retentionTeam mentoringExcel and Word
Benefits
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Health Plan: Medical
- Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program