Bilingual korean / english shipping management

Job Requirements

Professional working proficiency in both English and Korean is required. The Shipping Management ensures compliant, cost-effective, and timely movement of materials and products across domestic and international supply chains with a high degree of independence and technical leadership. The role works across HPLS functions and external partners to deliver safe, compliant, timely, and sustainable results during project execution and ongoing operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage domestic and international shipments to ensure on-time delivery and operational efficiency.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to optimize logistics processes and reduce transportation costs.
• Communicate with carriers, freight forwarders, warehouses, and customers regarding shipment schedules and status updates.
• Prepare, review, and maintain shipping documents, including bills of lading, packing lists, and commercial invoices.
• Monitor transportation performance and resolve shipping issues, delays, or discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor shipments, service providers, documentation, and delivery milestones.
• Maintain accurate transportation, customs, contract, cost, and performance records.
• Resolve delays, claims, discrepancies, detention, demurrage, damage, and service failures.
• Analyze rates, capacity, routes, service levels, and logistics cost and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with procurement, production, finance, warehouses, carriers, brokers, forwarders, suppliers, and customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, International Business, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience; level and scope will be calibrated to demonstrated capability.
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, analyze information, document work, and collaborate across functions.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft 365 and job-relevant enterprise or technical systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly in English and work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional working proficiency in both English and Korean is required.
• Logistics experience supporting industrial projects, steel, automotive, heavy equipment, or manufacturing.
• Knowledge of Incoterms, bills of lading, customs documentation, tariff classification, freight claims, or transportation contracts.
• Experience with ERP/TMS/WMS systems and logistics analytics.

Core Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Shipment execution; commercial judgment; compliance; cost analysis; documentation accuracy; issue resolution; supplier coordination

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

The standard work schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; however, work hours may be changed or adjusted based on operational, project, commissioning, emergency, or business needs. This position requires on-site work and is not eligible for remote work. Work is primarily performed at the Baton Rouge location and may include office, construction, commissioning, and/or operating-plant environments depending on assignment. Must be able to comply with site PPE, security, and safety requirements; travel between HPLS locations and vendor, partner, or project sites may be required. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Performance Expectations

Demonstrate safety ownership, ethical judgment, respectful teamwork, technical or functional excellence, disciplined execution, accurate documentation, timely escalation of risk, and continuous improvement.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work and is not an exhaustive list of duties. Responsibilities may change based on project and business needs. HPLS is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law.