Import Operations - Freight Forwarding in Chennai

Key Responsibilities

• Import Shipment Coordination: Manage end-to-end import operations for air and sea freight across India, from booking receipt to final delivery, ensuring timely and efficient execution.
• Documentation Management: Verify MBL/MAWB and HBL/HAWB drafts, secure consignee approvals, and ensure accuracy in all shipment-related documents.
• Pre-Alerts & Customs Readiness: Dispatch pre-alert documents to consignees, customers, and CHA/customs brokers to facilitate smooth customs clearance.
• CFS Nomination & Communication: Nominate appropriate CFS locations for FCL shipments as per CHA input and ensure clear communication to all parties involved.
• Manifest & IGM Filing: Handle HBL manifest requests, coordinate with shipping lines for IGM filing, and oversee CFS nominations and delivery order follow-ups.
• Air DO & Consol Operations: Coordinate with airlines to obtain delivery orders and execute air console operations at designated airports within stipulated timelines.Shipment
• Tracking & Updates: Monitor shipment progress, maintain accurate ETD/ETA records, and proactively update clients and internal teams on status changes.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise effectively with airlines, shipping lines, freight forwarders, CHA, and internal departments to resolve issues and maintain operational transparency.
• Regulatory Compliance & Record Keeping: Ensure adherence to all international import regulations and maintain organized records of documentation, costs, and service provider performance.
• Issue Resolution & Process Optimization: Troubleshoot delays or operational challenges, drive workflow improvements, and contribute to high levels of customer satisfaction.
  
  

About Company: Stockarea is a digital warehousing ecosystem for e-commerce, OEMs, and importers. We help businesses get optimal on-demand warehousing contracts with the help of our logistics network. Stockarea provides flexibility and scalability to supply chains by providing access to the partner network, order management, inventory visibility, seamless system integrations, single support, and a cloud-based platform to manage it all. We aim to empower e-commerce players to decentralize their inventory by giving them access to a logistics network that is on par with existing marketplace giants. We also aim to empower OEMs/importers' supply chains by giving them access to a logistics network to scale as and when they want. Our services include storage/warehousing services, fulfillment services, warehouse leasing, warehouse possibility reports, and first-mile and middle-mile services.