Pratik Patel
Export Operations at Colbeck & Clarke- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certificate in International Freight Forwarding
Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA)May, 2023- Oct, 2024 -
IATA Air Cargo Diploma
International Air Transport Association (IATA)Dec, 2017- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Colbeck & Clarke
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Canada
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Export Operations
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Sep 2022 - Present
• Responsible for handling 20% of total international Air and Ocean export shipments, from a volume of 250 tons from over 200 shipments monthly, and managing stable relations with existing client base. • Assisted with handling pricing for Special commodities, and high-value shipments like Dangerous Goods, Cross-country, Triangle, and Car shipments accounting for over 15% of the total monthly shipments. • Managed collaboration with carriers like Trucking companies, Airlines/ Shipping lines, and vendors such as overseas agents, created documents, and managed shipments from an operations perspective. • Streamlined the invoicing process by devising an SOP of billing within 5 days of delivery to recover from the lag of delayed closing of files. Show less
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CATERPILLAR CARGO SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
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India
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Manager - Customer Service
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Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
• Managed customer coordination, relationships, and high-volume air and ocean import shipments, while also supporting the Pricing department in acquiring new business from key customers and negotiating prices with overseas agents. Handled 75 to 85 air and ocean import shipments monthly. • Supervised and approved dangerous goods shipments, accounting for 20% of monthly shipments, while also assisting the team and analyzing DG cargo data. • Assisted in pricing Air export shipments originating from PAN India negotiating with overseas agents and keeping track of the shipments while keeping the customers informed of any discrepancies or delays. • Took ownership and managed customer expectations of charter and part-charter air export movement of pharmaceutical cargo from India to Peru while gaining valuable experience in coordinating charters ranging from 70 to 100 tons. Show less
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T.T.Logistics & Cargo Pvt Ltd
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1 - 100 Employee
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Revenue Development Executive
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Jun 2018 - May 2020
• Responsible for Revenue Generation, and reservation management for all businesses originating from an offline city while directly overlooking sales of shipments under +500 Kg weight break. • Assisted and achieved the highest cargo movement with high yields in the last five years for any offline city of India for the financial year 2019-2020 with more than 150 tons of cargo movement per month. • Assisted in flight planning of several wide-body aircrafts of British Airways originating from Mumbai city, booking shuffling of BSAs, and CPAs, and accommodating a No-show list of shipments on the next available flights as per Mumbai station’s requirement. • Decision maker for acceptance of Dangerous Goods based on the primary declaration document and other necessary supporting documents for all DG shipments while regularly handling Pan India network cities as well. Show less
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Air Freight Forwarding Executive
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Sep 2017 - May 2018
• Responsible for assisting and overseeing a team of invoicing and documentation for processing a shipment. • Took initiative and assisted the operations department with handling the Air export and import of DG Shipments by analyzing documentation and relevant classifications applicable to the shipment. • Participated and assisted in the general mode Air Export and Import shipments group. • Responsible for assisting and overseeing a team of invoicing and documentation for processing a shipment. • Took initiative and assisted the operations department with handling the Air export and import of DG Shipments by analyzing documentation and relevant classifications applicable to the shipment. • Participated and assisted in the general mode Air Export and Import shipments group.
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SEA FREIGHT SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS
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India
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Freight and Package Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales and Marketing Executive
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Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
• Responsible for managing the existing clientele and generating new leads to grow the company’s customer base and participated in sea export shipments gaining preliminary knowledge. • Responsible for managing the existing clientele and generating new leads to grow the company’s customer base and participated in sea export shipments gaining preliminary knowledge.
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Education
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2021 - 2023
Seneca College
Diploma of International Transportation and Customs (TCS) -
2016 - 2018
International Air Transport Assosciation (IATA)
Diploma in Air Cargo, Aviation/Airway Management and Operations -
2012 - 2015
St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry
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