International Agent

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

What you will be doing

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The holder of the position must independently execute the following tasks

• Accepts jobs by telephone / email / fax / internet.
• Edits and maintains jobs (Exports/Imports) in WorldStar.
• Writes conversation-protocols.
• Calculates transit-times.
• Calculates shipment prices.
• Raises jobs in WorldStar and edits these if need arises.
• Selects routings by deciding on a single or combination of transportation-types (airplane, car, train, Aerolink).
• Performs a "Routing Check", specifically in regards to the selection and combination of different transport models (airplane, car, train, Aerolink).
• Orders drivers (pickup / delivery of shipments at the customer, delivery / pickup of shipments at the freight-company).
• Checks collected shipments in the office and prepares them for transport.
• Books and preadvises shipments.
• Monitors shipments during the transport and reacts flexibly to any deviation from the plan.
• Continuously checks the notes in WorldStar and handles preadvised shipments.
• Checks the planned departure or arrival times of flights ("Post Flight Check").
• Completes jobs (enters extra-charges, pricing).
• Invoices shipments.
• Checks the internal debits and credits (Clearinghouse).
• Works securely with all pertinent regulations (ADR / DGR / IATA) as well as the relevant laws and ordinances.
• Uses and maintains the available technical tools (WorldStar, OpStar, BioStar, OAG, Flight Monitor).
• Maintains clinical trails using BioStar (study management).
• Recognizes important information and makes immediate use of this information (All Stations Emails, Holiday Lists, Ops-Memos, C/H Memos).
• Regularly partakes in being on-call.
• Orders office supplies.
• Manages the store-room (packaging, supplies, cooling-media, etc).
• Communicates with national and international World Courier stations / Aerolink / agents.
• Builds and maintains relationships to contractors / transporters (airlines, handling agents, the Rail, customs, government agencies, veterinarians, suppliers, etc)

• Preconditioning and pre-placement of packaging-materials and cooling-media.
• Marking and labelling of shipm necessary documentation (HWB, MAWB, import or export permit, export customs paperwork, live animal certificate, dangerous goods declaration, etc).
• Checks transport documents as per GGVS / ADR / IATA-DGR.