Ocean Freight Fulfillment Coordinator
FlexportShenzhenUpdate time: July 22,2019
Job Description
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Build the Ocean Services to help Flexport grow
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The opportunity:
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Flexport helps more than 10,000 clients and suppliers lead all aspects of their supply chain operations. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B from investors that include SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, GV, First Round Capital and Y Combinator.

With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base and we're excited to continue building a product and service they love. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you're guaranteed to share your day with committed, encouraging, and resourceful team members.

Our Ocean Freight Team is essential to winning new business, supporting all current business, and building out the future of Flexport's ocean services. As a Ocean Freight Fulfillment Coordinator, you'll be an integral part of helping achieve Flexport's growth goals.

We're looking for multiple team members, responsible for different trades that we are focusing on. Candidates will need to have a passion for ocean freight and ability to work with parties across different parts of the organization.

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You Will:
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Be an operational teammate:
  • You will help to ensure seamless operation of moving ocean shipments under Flexport contracts
  • You will assist the team leader to provide both soft and hard allocation with ocean carriers that match with clients' demand and minimize allocation shortfall
  • You will support with trial / VIP shipments by providing various ocean carrier options and protect these shipments from roll-overs
  • You will maintain and run the fulfillment management tool for daily operation and support urgent requests from clients / squads
  • You will support to draft best practices for fulfillment management tool execution
  • You are expected to be process and data driven in your daily activities, ensuring we operate in an efficient and effective way.
  • You can assist the teammate to take action to manage exceptions in operations and be proactive in exploring and implementing solutions
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You Should have:
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  • BA/BS degree with a strong track record of success
  • Min. 2 years experience working in NVOCC pricing, procurement, operations team or in a supply-chain role, hands on experience of Transpacific trade is a plus
  • Fair communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed
  • Next-level attention to detail
  • Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it!
  • The intellectual horsepower to become an expert on international trade in a matter of weeks
  • A mastery of email communication. You keep the inbox at zero
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About Flexport:
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We believe global trade can move the human race forward. That's why it's our mission to make global trade easier for everyone. We aim to do this by building the Operating System for Global trade - a strategic model combining advanced technology and data analytics, logistics infrastructure, and supply chain expertise. Flexport today connects almost 10,000 clients and suppliers across 109 countries, including established global brands like Georgia-Pacific as well as emerging innovators like Sonos. Started in 2013, we've raised over $1.3B in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, GV, First Round Capital and Y Combinator. We're excited about the three big ways we're moving forward after our recent $1B investment from SoftBank Vision Fund ( https://www.flexport.com/blog/flexport-secures-usd1-billion-in-funding-led-by-softbank-vision-fund ) in February 2019.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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