Offering insight into the world of International Trade, believe it or not, Trade Risk Guaranty (TRG) is located in the Gallatin Valley of Bozeman, Montana. The downtown location is a hop, skip and a jump away from Bridger Bowl, Moonlight Basin and Big Sky Ski Facilities. Fishing, hiking, camping and many other outdoor activities are available to you out your backdoor. Filled with an office of outdoor enthusiasts, a few perks to employment at TRG include; powder days on the slopes and summer fishing and hiking team trips.

As the leader in direct marketing of do-it-yourself trade facilitation products, TRG is thriving and continues to look for competitive, motivated employees to participate in the success of this niche market. If you are looking for a career in a vigorous and fast-paced industry, employment with TRG is what you are looking for. Go Global in Montana!

We are currently accepting applications for the following Ongoing Openings:

Full-Time Sales Executives: Are you looking for a job in Montana that pays based on performance and provides you with few added perks along the way?

Position Description: TRG is looking to employ full-time sales executives with the highest caliber of talent. A TRG sales executive is hired to market, via all approved and encouraged marketing strategies, to the best of their ability, the products available through TRG, and to continuously learn and become more knowledgeable about the products of TRG, and to provide our prospects and customers the highest level of service by being courteous, respectful, efficient and helpful.

Requirements: 2+ years of sales experience

Expected compensation: This is a full commission telemarketing position. A successful employee in this position should expect to earn $30,-40,000 in compensation in the first year and those with superior performance should expect to earn in the $45-60,000+ range. With any commission based sales position, the reward is based on the commitment. Quarterly sales incentives are designed to reward the top performing sales producers.

Benefits:

Paid Vacation
Personal Leave Time
Casual Dress
401K Retirement Plan
Quarterly Sales Incentives
Paid Company Holidays
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
A Big City Career without the Big City

Please send resumes and cover letters electronically to jleary@traderiskguaranty.com, or via mail to:

Jena Leary
TRG
140 East Main Street, Suite G
Bozeman, MT 59718

Visit http://www.bozemanchamber.com for information on Bozeman Montana.

Register today: Tuesday, June 29th 1pm CT https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/827215339  

Eagle EyeSM is a free service made available by TRG Bond™ to all Customs bond clients. As a TRG Bond™ customer you now have access to fast, accurate, private and easily accessible information regarding your import entries; whenever and wherever you have an Internet connection. Eagle EyeSM allows you access to timely information about your entry without you having to track it down.

Not only does this tool, take information directly from U.S. Customs and streamline the data for your review, TRG Bond™ is here to help you understand the data. As our client we want you to maintain the highest level of Customs compliance you can. Many of our users indicate they have access to this vital information on Eagle EyeSM well before they are notified by their customs broker.

Kathryn Cody, TRG Bond’s™ in-house claims specialist will discuss:

- Eagle Eye Reporting Capabilities

o Supplemental duty bills

o Entry status reports

o Customs bond data

o 10+2 ISF & Import Entry penalties

- Using your data to answer these common questions

o Do I have any duties owed to Customs?

o Which broker filed this entry?

o How much customs bond coverage to I have?

o What entries are not yet liquidated?

o What port did my entry come into?

o What is the estimated duty I paid last year?

o What did I pay to clear Customs last year?

- How to activate your Eagle EyeSM account

- Non – Customers: How to apply for a Customs bond with TRG Bond™

About TRG Bond™

Since 1991 TRG Bond™ has been specializing in providing Customs bonds, direct filing, and cargo insurance direct to importers. Our bonds are underwritten by Hanover Insurance (A.M. Best Rated A). This is the identical bond you now carry and your customs broker/FF may continue to clear your entries. More than 6,000 companies, including K-Mart, Sears, Kawasaki and Bosch, save every year by using TRG Bond™.

Register today: Tuesday, June 29th 1pm CT https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/827215339

At TRG we are continually accessing Customs & Border Protection’s website to remain up-to-date on regulations and provide our customers with timely information on Customs compliance. CBP.gov is a vital resource to the International trade community. Anyone can access information straight from the source by using search capabilities or easily identifying a legitimate point of contact. The wealth of information available coincides with CBP’s mission to enable importers and exporters to comply with administration’s regulations.

Gateways of Knowledge. Fast, Accurate, Straight from the Source.

Video Tutorials – Have you thought about engaging in ACE or C-TPAT? CBP.gov has interactive video guides to help you become a participant in and get the most out of these programs. Follow these tutorials for a seamless transition to your CBP partnership in compliance.

Ports of Entry – This very simple link may be one of the handiest pages on CBP.gov. Scroll to the absolute bottom of any page of the website and you will see a link labeled “ports”. Follow these links: ports  state  port  and there you have all the contact and port information you need.

YouTube – CBP is with the times and engaging in social media. You can subscribe to and search Custom’s video channel here. By doing so you will find videos from CBP’s Fight Against Terrorism to a general CBP Trade Overview. You might also be surprised to see that CBP is on Twitter!

Forms – Have you ever asked yourself, “Why doesn’t Customs have easy access to all the different applications they require or what does a Customs Form _?_ look like?” Good news for you. CBP.gov has a link to over 100 Customs’ PDF forms organized by the form reference number.

¿Habla usted español? – CBP.gov has information available in Spanish. Whether you, your colleagues or your vendors speak Spanish, this may come in handy everyday!

First they learn the ropes of assisting importers with placing their Customs bond direct through TRG. This gives them a feel of how our clients think and where they are looking to save money in their importing practices. The bond is pretty straight forward and the sales executives really enjoy helping importers with the easy transition. Next they move to TRG Marine’s cargo insurance. Again, insurance is pretty straight forward, look at what you are currently paying and what type of coverage you need then compare claims mitigation processes with the different providers, yadda yadda yadda, make a decision. What gives you more bang for your buck? Probably TRG Marine, but that’s me just being biased!

Then they move to duhdunnada…direct filing! This is my favorite service/product of TRG’s offering. This is where the subject of this post comes from. The way I see it. If an importer is not filing in-house, he/she will continue through the life of the company on a fish a day rather than learning how to catch the fish on its own. Maybe that doesn’t make as much sense, but it all comes down to outsourcing. With direct filing importers can file their Customs entries in-house at over half the cost as filing through a broker, will have more control over the process and the know-how to make things better in the overall process and thus increasing compliance with US Customs. Deep breath. So that’s what we teach our sales people as they move toward helping importers understand this service. TRG as a whole truely believes in this service and that it is the best solution available. That is where success stems from.

The International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA) is a group of compliance professionals who share ideas and promote the need for informed compliance. The association hosted its 7^th Annual Conference in Orlando, FL, March 14^th – 18^th.  During the opening ceremony, Ann Lister, Co-founder of the trade association, announced the recipient of the 2009 Founders Day Award.  Greg Hodge of TRG Direct was acknowledged as the member who referred the largest number of new ICPA members.

Greg Hodge, TRG Direct senior account executive, has been a member of the ICPA  and attended the annual events for the past four years.  A true advocate for the networking of compliance professionals, Greg was excited to see that his influence was leading more professionals to this elite group of compliance experts stating, “I was very surprised to be awarded the Founders Award.   As a customer/friend pointed out, the ICPA ‘family’ makes work feel more like home”.  Greg proudly displayed the award at TRG Direct’s service provider booth during the 5-day convention. http://trgdirect.com/icpa_conference.aspx

Each year a plaque is displayed at the registration booth of the conference.  The plaque lists the names of past recipients and the saying, “Building the Future, One Member at a Time”.  Previous recipients of the award include:

□        2009 – Greg Hodge

□        2008 – Rick Miller

□        2007 – Pete Mento

□        2006 – Mario Aleman

□        2005 – Laura Lyons

□        2004 – Jay Mittleman

□        2003 – Jeff Tooze

About TRG Direct TRG Direct is an importer direct-filing Software as a Service (SaaS). Over the past few years, TRG Direct has become the fastest-growing Web-based solution for filing Customs entries in-house. TRG Direct provides a compliance-based solution that allows importers of various sizes to save thousands of dollars annually in outsourcing fees. Even though savings has been a significant factor in the decision for many importers to direct file, the increased supply chain visibility and U.S. Customs compliance are known to be two of the greatest benefits of TRG Direct.  The company offers solutions for both customs entry and Importer Security Filing self-filing.  www.trgdirect.com

About the ICPA

ICPA was established by Ann Lister and Lynda Westerfield to serve the needs of international trade compliance professionals. Over the years it has grown from an informal e-mail list into an organization of over 1500 members.  ICPA members have access to and take part in the most vital discussions surrounding international trade today. Helping to ensure the views of those working to develop trade compliance best practices are known to government and industry partners whose policies affect every company’s bottom line.  www.icpainc.org

Contact:

Jena Leary

TRG Direct

Marketing Director

jleary@trgdirect.com

406-922-6553

TRG Direct invites you to engage with one another in our new direct filing forum, MyFileIdea.  Modeled after popular social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, MyFileIdea offers you the ability to communicate with other users of the system in real time.    Register Now!

MyFileIdea is a place to:

1) Interact with TRG Direct Users
2) Post Comments/Feedback/Ideas
3) Monitor System Updates

The greatest feature of MyFileIdea is that you can post your ideas on how to make the system work better for you.

This hub allows you to monitor the status of all the MyFileIdeas daily.  Use this key to follow the progress.

Implemented: The idea was accepted and the programming changes have been completed.

Pending: The idea has been approved by TRG Direct and is awaiting implementation by the programmers.

Approval:  The idea is under review by TRG Direct.

Clarification:  The idea needs further explanation by the user.

Alterations:  The idea has been reviewed by TRG Direct and the company has some suggestions to make the idea more effective for all users.

MyFileIdea is also a place for prospective self-filers.  This is not required, but we do ask that you take some time every now and then to engage with these users and help them determine if direct filing is right for them.  Be honest with the experiences you have had with TRG Direct, both good and not so good.   

Let’s Get Started! Register Now!

About a month ago we did receive a very nice certificate in the mail “Complaint Free in 2009″!  Yay!  This means no one has reported a bad experience with purchasing a Customs bond, a marine insurance policy or utilizing our direct filing system.  We are very proud of this.  We know that there may be a very select number of customers that may not be 100% pleased with TRG, but that goes with any business.  Whether or not it is our fault for their misunderstanding of our customer relations we committed to minimizing any hard feelings toward TRG. 

We always work to provide reliability and excellent customer service.  Good job TRG!  Keep it up.