Build a platform for supply chain and commerce to help scale businesses
Beeontrade is a freight forwarder and logistics platform building contemporary software to make global trade easier for everyone. We are solving complex problems on a global scale.
We help the world’s fastest-growing brands manage their international supply chains, providing a fully-managed service for moving goods between any two places on the planet.

Role: Import/Export Operations Team Leader (Air & Ocean)
As an Import Operations Team Leader, you will lead the execution engine of Beeontrade’s international freight operations. You will manage a team responsible for end-to-end ocean and air import shipments, ensuring world-class service delivery, clean documentation, proactive communication, and tight cost control.
This role is both leadership and execution: you will run complex files yourself when needed, coach the team daily, enforce SOPs, and be accountable for KPIs tied to service quality, billing speed, and exception management.

What You Will Do
Operational Execution Leadership




Lead day-to-day execution of Ocean & Air import operations, ensuring smooth movement from origin to final delivery.
Assign workloads, set priorities, and manage capacity to keep shipments moving without bottlenecks.
Step into escalations and high-risk files (rollovers, demurrage risk, customs holds, exams, late docs, carrier disputes).
End-to-End Shipment Management (Team + Your Own Files)
Coordinate full-cycle import shipments from booking to final delivery (CFS/warehouse, trucking, devanning, delivery appointments).
Work with origin agents, steamship lines, airlines, consolidators, customs brokers, truckers, and warehouses for end-to-end coordination.
Track milestones inside Beeontrade’s system and ensure the team updates status consistently and accurately.
Documentation & Compliance Ownership
Ensure accurate and timely preparation/auditing of documents:
HBL/MBL, Arrival Notice, invoices, packing lists, COO, certificat

📌 Ocean Import Operation Team Leader (Chennai)
🏢 Beeontrade
📍 Chennai