International Logistics Manager

Managing international logistics means coordinating the movement of goods across borders — ocean freight, air cargo, customs clearance, trade compliance, and the documentation that every government touchpoint requires. Your day spans carrier negotiations, shipment tracking, and the steady problem-solving of delays, holds, and regulatory surprises.

The workflow stretches across time zones. Morning might involve resolving a customs hold in Asia while afternoon shifts to booking ocean capacity for next month's European shipments. Trade compliance — HTS classifications, duty drawback, sanctions screening, free trade agreement qualification — runs as a constant thread through everything.

The hardest part is managing the variables you can't control. Port congestion, carrier schedule changes, customs policy shifts, and geopolitical disruptions all happen outside your influence. The managers who succeed long-term are the ones who build contingency into their networks rather than optimizing for the cheapest lane that breaks when conditions change.