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Queensbury NY *******@*****.***
12804
Charlene A. Cox
Objective Customer Service Representive
Experience 2002-2007 Trans-Border Global Freight Latham, NY
International Ocean Export
Customer Service, solved many problems as they arose
Data Entry
Strong Communication & Computer skills
Audited vendor invoices for A/P, Created billing invoice
for customers
Booked ocean shipments with the steamship lines
Coordinated shipments with truckers to be collected and
delivered to the ports
Ensured all documents for export were in order and sent to
overseas agent for customs clearance and delivery to
end user
Worked on Letter of Credit shipments with International
Banking Department
Prepared ocean bills of lading
Weight and currency conversions
International Banking Department / Customer Service
Customer Service
Interpret Letter of Credit for documentation requirements
Prepared and created banking documents for shipments on a
Letter of Credit
Followed up with banks to ensure documents received and
payment made
Obtaining Power of Attorney's for customs clearance &
prepared sub power of attorney for customs brokers
Filled out and submitted insurance claims for damaged
freight
Import Operations / Manager
Supervised 7 people in the daily import operations &
trained new hires
Kept Monthly spread sheet in excel for Profit & Loss
Data Entry
Coordinated shipments with overseas agents for Customs
Clearance in U.S.
Customer Service, solved many problems that arose
Coordinated freight with trucking companies for deliveries
throughout the U.S.
Audit vendor invoices for A/P, created and mailed billing
invoice to customers
1991-2001 Oneida Ltd Oneida, NY
Duty Drawback Clerk /Import & Export Clerk / Manufacturing
Created the Drawback Program, setting up the system to
filing claims
Made Drawback claims to U.S. customs in the excess of
800,000.00 USD
Set up and organized a filing system in a secured area for
the International Import Department. It greatly improved
the ability to retrieve all Import shipments and custom
clearance documents, ensuring only 5 years of documents
were kept at any given time per U.S. Customs requirements
Data entry
Assisted the Import Department setting up files for ABI
transmission to customs
Assisted in International Export Dept creating invoices
for export shipments
Source Data Recorder (SDR), Entering both time and piece
work data for employees into the AS400 system
Started in manufacturing working many jobs before being
promoted into office work
1990-1991 U.S. Census Bureau
Utica, NY
Telephone Audit Clerk
Used discretion in handling U.S. Census forms
Conducted phone interviews with the public in assisting
them in filling out the census forms
Audited Census forms before sending over to data entry
department
Oneida County Office for Aging Rome, NY.
Co-Assistant Coordinator for Home Bound Meals
Supervised 5 people delivering the meals to Seniors
Daily booking keeping and bank deposits
Assisted Seniors with the meal program
Education & MVCC - some college courses in Business Management
Skills Course in Microsoft Word/Excel
AS400 System
15+ years of office experience (fax, copiers, multi line
phones, Pitney Bowes
postage machines)
6+ years in Customer Service