In the picture . . . back row, standing left
to right: Matt Kmet, Kennon Carter, Eric Lefebvre, Robin Finke, and Stacie
Countryman. Front row, seated left to right: Sheryl Jones, April Terry,
Eric Poujol, and Kathy Miller.
Fast growing
EMO Trans counts on delivering a top service solution to transportation
from 250 offices in 120 countries worldwide.
In the U.S. the company operates three
important corporate competence centers.
In addition to headquarters in Freeport,
New York, EMO fields a center in Los Angeles and also in Atlanta.
Atlanta corporate functions separately
from the Atlanta EMO branch, but its mandate provides major ongoing support
to company operations worldwide.
EMO Atlanta supports Brokerage, Compliance,
Ocean Freight, and Route Development to Sales, Marketing, and Administrative
matters.
For example, the Ocean Freight Team of
Corporate Ocean Freight Manager Robin Finke, Sheryl Jones Pricing Manager,
and Corporate Ocean Export Manager Kennon Carter focuses on operation
of several vital company functions, including general procurement and
development of global framework agreements for all EMO Trans countries
and its vital domestic trucking programs.
“The corporate ocean team grew
from a one-man-show in 2010 that mainly focused on Transpacific business
to what is now in 2015 a full department of three covering all directions
of the trade,” Robin Finke said.
At EMO Atlanta Corporate Sheryl Jones
gathers all inbound freight rates, getting pricing assistance, and managing
weekly allocations for inbound freight across all carriers.
“Sheryl is the expert on our
portfolio of online tools and provides training to our employees,”
Robin included.
Kennon Carter is responsible for all
rate procurement and pricing on export lanes from the United States.
“Kennon’s strong background
with EMO Trans as Atlanta’s former Ocean Export Manager is actioning
our general ocean product with some innovative thinking, based on his
years of hands on service to the trade,” Robin Finke said.
Open Door
Policy
“With ocean freight continuing
to be a heavily regulated market, strict adherence to FMC rules and regulations
is mandatory.
“We encourage our service partners
with ocean freight needs to reach out to our team.
"We’re also eager to hear
market feedback directly from our customers.
“Sometimes the best input to
service related issues is to simply ask: ‘How are we doing?’”
Robin Finke said.
Compliance
Solutions
EMO Atlanta corporate additionally
serves as the central support unit for company compliance, making sure
the network individually fulfills its internal and external responsibilities
whilst moving cargo to and from the U.S.
Export Compliance Manager Stacie Countryman
notes:
“Administrative Assistant April
Terry and I work daily with Director Export Compliance Sven Frigger in
our Freeport, New York, corporate office.
“Our job is to make sure EMO
Trans meets or exceeds all TSA requirements dealing with exports.”
Customs Broker Matt Kmet adds that, in addition to providing daily support
to the EMO Trans network for import customs compliance, the Atlanta corporate
office also oversees participation in customs and trade supply chain security
programs such as C-TPAT.
“We distribute updates on trade,
legislation, and Customs and Border Protection mandates as they become
available,” he explains.
“We also perform Customs Compliance
Audits for all of EMO Trans CHB offices,” Mr. Kmet.
Geoffrey Arend
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