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Job Title
Logistics, Trade Compliance & Warehouse Specialist – Korea
Location(s)
Seoul
Job Description
Warehouse & Inventory Management
- Manage and oversee warehouse operations performed by third-party logistics (3PL) providers.
- Monitor inbound receiving, put-away, storage, picking, packing, and outbound fulfillment activities.
- Ensure inventory accuracy through cycle counts, stock reconciliation, and root-cause analysis of inventory discrepancies.
- Review inventory and safety stock levels and assess storage requirements, warehouse capacity, and space utilization.
- Identify opportunities to improve inventory organization, storage efficiency, and warehouse processes.
- Support annual physical inventory and internal audits.
3PL & Logistics Vendor Management
- Manage and monitor the performance of 3PL providers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and transportation providers.
- Establish and monitor service levels and operational KPIs for logistics service providers.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and identify service gaps, operational risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Drive corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives with logistics partners.
- Support the evaluation and implementation of alternative or additional logistics and warehouse solutions when required.
Import & Customs Operations
- Coordinate and oversee inbound international shipments and import customs clearance activities.
- Work closely with appointed customs brokers and logistics providers to ensure timely and compliant customs clearance.
- Review import and shipping documentation and resolve customs holds, documentation issues, and shipment discrepancies.
- Maintain working knowledge of applicable Korean customs requirements, FTA requirements, and relevant trade regulations.
- Monitor customs clearance performance and identify opportunities to improve clearance lead time and compliance.
Transportation & Delivery Management
- Coordinate and monitor domestic transportation, including parcel, courier, and dedicated truck deliveries.
- Monitor delivery performance and proactively manage delays, damages, shortages, and claims.
- Identify opportunities to improve transportation efficiency, delivery reliability, and logistics costs.
Logistics Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Develop and monitor logistics KPIs including inventory accuracy, warehouse performance, customs clearance lead time, on-time delivery/OTIF, and logistics costs.
- Analyze operational data to identify bottlenecks, root causes, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives across warehouse, inventory, transportation, customs clearance, and 3PL operations.
- Collaborate with Customer Care, Commercial, Service, Finance, Planning, Global Logistics, and Trade Compliance teams to improve end-to-end logistics performance.
- Maintain logistics-related transactions and operational data in SAP or other relevant systems.
Trade Compliance
- Support compliance with applicable Korean import/export regulations and company Global Trade Compliance policies.
- Coordinate with Global Trade Compliance/ITC teams on classification, licensing, import/export controls, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintain required trade compliance records and support internal or external audits as applicable.
- Identify and escalate potential trade compliance risks to appropriate stakeholders.
