Barbra Ibarra
Miami
Summary
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Real Estate Agent
Keller Williams
05.2024 - Current
- Developed comprehensive market analyses to guide client property decisions.
- Negotiated contracts and agreements, ensuring favorable terms for clients.
- Cultivated strong relationships with clients, enhancing referral business opportunities.
- Coordinated property showings and open houses, maximizing exposure to potential buyers.
Country Rate and Tariff Coordinator
Panalpina, Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Review carrier contracts.
- Analyze ocean rates including surcharges for Transatlantic Eastbound, Transpacific Westbound and LATAM southbound.
- Monitor buying rate uploads of carrier service contracts into the system.
- Validate and ensure accuracy of rates, validity of contracts, FAK and NAC rates and terms and conditions.
- Review and analyze data base and create reports to trade lane managers.
- Responsible for training on GPM for US branches.
- Manage multiple Outlook shared boxes.
- Assist Dispute Dept. with carrier invoices to avoid payment holds.
- Monitor Customer selling rate cards and ensure accuracy of rates in the system.
Country BSC Validation Team Lead
Panalpina, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Validated vendor invoices against service contracts.
- Monitored vendors with no credit and make sure check payments are sent.
- Oversaw approval of quotation against carrier invoices ensuring higher efficiency of payments.
- Monitored profitability sheets for each shipment and Incoterms.
- Communicated with origin and destination offices to ensure booking and rates are accurate.
- Managed disputes and address pricing discrepancies with vendors and management.
- Organized vendor dispute report in a daily basis.
- Kept constant communication with vendors and Business Units to ensure effective and accurate process.
- Reviewed and analyze database of existing rates and maintain communication with procurement managers.
- Reviewed and analyze quote for customers.
- Responsible for compiling and providing profit and loss report to Business Units.
- Created effective workflow process to expedite validation and approval of invoices from SAP.
- Responsible for distributing daily workload and training.
- Monitored multiple Outlook inboxes.
- Creation of Process Manuals.
Country BSC Ocean Team Lead
Panalpina Inc.
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Trained and oversaw team members.
- Monitored and distributed daily workload.
- Monitored release of import shipments.
- Managed Outlook shared inboxes.
- Opened files and tracked shipments.
- Created and maintained Process Manuals.
- Ensured Business Units/customers instructions are followed.
LCL Ocean Import Coordinator
Panalpina Inc.
01.2010 - 01.2015
- Responsible for filing opening of six trade lanes.
- Responsible for pre-advising Business Units/customers.
- In charge of pre-alerting Container Freight Stations.
- Responsible for monitoring freight availability in US Ports and releases at the Container Freight Stations.
- Validated charges and issued payments.
- Reviewed rates and escalated issues to management.
- Assisted with co-load shipments.
Import and Export Freight Coordinator
FNS, Inc / Pantos Logistics
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Responsible for Ocean/Air documentation.
- Responsible of consolidation of freight.
- Negotiated rates for FCL and LCL with carriers and trucking companies.
- Completed bookings with carriers and coordinate cut off times.
- Filed Shipper’s Export Declaration.
- Sent shipping instructions to carriers.
- Tracked and traced shipments.
- Reported status of freight to customers.
- Ensured delivery of the cargo met customer expectations.
- In charge of account payables and receivables.
- Monitored profit and loss report for each customer.
- Keep constant communication with overseas offices.
- Maintained quotes information reports.
Dispatch coordinator
Arrowpac, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Supervised cargo arrival and dispatch of the freight.
- Prepared stripping reports.
- Notified customers of cargo arrival.
- Ensured proper documents and payments were received for cargo release.
- Arranged trucking services.
- Managed General Order with US Customs.
Education
BBA - Business Administration
Carlos Albizu University
Miami, FLEnglish Program
Miami-Dade College
Miami, FLReal Estate Sales Associate - Real Estate
Florida Department of Business And Professional Regulation
Miami, FL06-2021
Skills
- Excel
- Word
- Power Point
- GPM
- Cargo Point
- SAP
- Cargowise
- Outlook
Certification
- Import & Export Specialist - Professional Technical Institute, Miami, FL.
- Maritime Transportation, Forwarding, Logistics and Global Supply Chain Workshop - Certificate of Participation.
- Florida Real Estate License.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Real Estate Agent
Keller Williams
05.2024 - Current
Country Rate and Tariff Coordinator
Panalpina, Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
Country BSC Validation Team Lead
Panalpina, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2017
Country BSC Ocean Team Lead
Panalpina Inc.
01.2015 - 01.2016
LCL Ocean Import Coordinator
Panalpina Inc.
01.2010 - 01.2015
Import and Export Freight Coordinator
FNS, Inc / Pantos Logistics
01.2006 - 01.2010
Dispatch coordinator
Arrowpac, Inc.
01.2005 - 01.2006
English Program
Miami-Dade College
BBA - Business Administration
Carlos Albizu University
Real Estate Sales Associate - Real Estate
Florida Department of Business And Professional Regulation