Logistics, Trade Compliance & Warehouse Specialist – Korea

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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.