Sr. Ocean Import Specialist at FNS in Chicago, IL

Company Overview

Since its inception in 1995, FNS has been focused on providing the best total logistics services by implementing our core values: trust, communication, team play, challenge, and balance. Through trust, we can be a logistics partner that customers trust with a diverse group that works together based on a strong, unified belief. By communicating with and accommodating the voices of customers and co-workers we can deliver the best services. Our team play is enhanced by the appreciation and cooperation with each other with a focus on a singular goal. Challenging the status quo and innovating, FNS is unafraid of failure and strives to develop and improve our processes. Work-life balance strives to provide individuals with happiness to achieve and grow together.

For 2025, we have set out to become one of the nation’s top 25 logistics companies with more than $1,500M in sales, with the best employee and customer satisfaction, and a network of over 100 different partners.

To achieve our goals, there is an emphasis on three traits of work. We promote a family-like working environments allow us to help promote every member’s work-life balance, allowing us to develop cooperation and care for one another like family. We are nominated by our customers whom we can grow with based on a trusting relationship between our services and our customers. We specialize fields of work where professionals can nurture their talent, and we focus on every member’s work-life balance so that members may cooperate and care for each other like family. Our core values are integral to the success and growth of FNS.

To Discover more, please visit our website at http://www.fnsusa.com

Responsibilities

• Coordinated end-to-end ocean shipments, ensuring accurate documentation and on-time vessel departures.
• Managed bills of lading (B/L), commercial invoices, and packing lists in compliance with carrier and customer requirements.
• Prepared and provided required shipping documentation to support customs clearance, including commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, certificates of origin, and shipper’s export declarations.
• Coordinated international cargo movements for clients by managing documentation flow and shipment-related information across internal teams and overseas partners.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of experience in ocean import operations, freight forwarding, or international logistics.
• Ability to coordinate end-to-end ocean shipments, ensuring accurate documentation and on-time vessel departures.
• Experience managing bills of lading (B/L), commercial invoices, and packing lists in compliance with carrier and customer requirements.
• Ability to prepare and provide required shipping documentation to support customs clearance, including commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, certificates of origin, and shipper’s export declarations.
• Experience coordinating international cargo movements by managing documentation flow and shipment-related information across internal teams and overseas partners.
• English and Korean bilingual preferred.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is between $60,000-$65,000 yearly, and your base salary will depend on your experiences, qualifications, and skills.

Benefits (Full-Time ONLY)

• Health, Dental, and Vision PPO Insurance
• Life, STD, LTD Insurance
• 401(K) Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Additional Paid time off (Bereavement, Wedding, Birth of a Child, etc.)
• Years of Service Awards
• Education Assistant Program (Based on Eligibility)

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