Senior Import Specialist
3 days ago
Seattle
Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Senior Import Specialist for an import and logistics organization based in downtown Seattle, WA. This role is 100% onsite. Are you energized by fast-paced global logistics? Do you thrive in collaborative environments where your ideas can directly improve processes? Are you excited by the challenge of managing complex, time-sensitive shipments? If so, this role may be a strong match for you. POSITION OVERVIEW: The Senior Import Specialist plays a key role in ensuring the smooth flow of all inbound perishable and refrigerated shipments. This position supports cross-team collaboration, import compliance, and efficient logistics operations within a fast-paced environment. The role offers the opportunity to join a highly collaborative team undergoing growth and process improvements. PERKS: • Competitive base salary of 100k, • Parking, commuting, or transit reimbursement, • Fully equipped workstation (laptop + necessary tools), • Collaborative, family-style team culture with low red tape, • Opportunity for growth RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manage and update import status for all inbound shipments in company systems, • Serve as the primary liaison with customs brokers, freight forwarders, carriers, and cold storage partners, • Oversee timely delivery of containers while mitigating risks such as demurrage and detention, • Coordinate container disposition and ensure efficient delivery to cold storage partners, • Ensure compliance with import regulations, company security initiatives, and C-TPAT standards, • Review and interpret international shipping documentation and stay current on changing import requirements QUALIFICATIONS: • Knowledge of U.S. Customs, FDA regulations, import compliance, and seafood-specific import requirements, • Experience working with international freight, containerized shipping, and refrigerated/perishable cargo, • Strong Microsoft Office skills; experience with customs filing software preferred, • Excellent organizational and communication skills; able to work collaboratively with internal and external partners COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: • Salary: $100,000, • Parking/commuter reimbursement, • Full equipment provided, • Standard business hours with a supportive, collaborative team environment, • Comprehensive benefits package offered by the employer HOW TO APPLY: For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here! ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM: Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online. Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.
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