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Director of Import/Export

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Requisition ID: 9200370484998_1
Location: Hesperia, CA, US
Date posted: Mar 29, 2022

Company Summary: MGA Entertainment, a consumer entertainment Products Company headquartered in Chatsworth, California, manufactures innovative lines of proprietary products for the toy and consumer electronics market.  The company also licenses its IP in such areas as apparel, home décor, stationery and sporting goods. The MGA family includes award-winning brands such as LOL Surprise, Little Tikes®, Project MC2, and Zapf Creation®. For more information please visit www.mgae.com.

Mission:  Responsible for coordinating the efficient and timely delivery of MGA import shipments.  Also supports timely and efficient exportation of MGA stock.  

Key Result Areas

Time Utilization

1.

Manage and supervise support teams.

50

2.

Prepare management reports

20

3.

AX 365 and P44 projects.

10

4.

Resolve issues with customers, vendors, forwarders and inter-offices. 

10

5.

Other Ad-hoc assignments

10

TOTAL TIME UTILIZATION

100%

Position Requirements

Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor Degree preferred or equivalent Import/Export experience..
  • 7-10 years of industry experience. 

Skills/Knowledge/Ability:

  • Detail oriented and well organized
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Effective planner
  • Self-motivated
  • Proficient at Excel and Word applications
  • Bi-Lingual (Spanish) preferred

Key Result Areas and Activities

  • Ensures all import documentation required for U.S. Customs clearance is forwarded to the customs broker in a timely fashion.
  • Ensures all collect ocean freight payments are audited and submitted for payment prior to shipment arrival to port.
  • Ensures all other import related invoices are audited and submitted for payment within payment terms.
  • Communicates with Sales Administration to identify and flag urgent import shipments required to meet customer commitments.
  • Communicates priority shipments to relevant import vendors (i.e. customs broker, forwarder, drayage firm, etc…)
  • Updates and distributes daily import status report to management team.
  • Maintains import files with all pertinent import documentation.
  • Manages equipment in yard to ensure drayage firm is returning it to port within allotted free time.
  • Utilizes various terminal websites to track container availability, free time and release status.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.

 

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