Careers & Job opportunities
Select the best role that fits your skills and aspirations for your journey at AZ Gems.
AZ Gems has been a beacon of excellence within the seafood industry, with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. For over 17 years, AZ Gems has steadfastly imported top-quality aqua products, serving clients nationwide. Rooted in hard work, dedication, and a passion for excellence, a journey reflects commitment to delivering superior seafood. AZ Gems compounded to become among the best by following the principles of good governance, operational excellence, and financial stability. AZ Gems is a fully integrated supplier guided by four core pillars: sustainable harvesting, meticulous processing, highest quality, and on-time delivery.
Current Openings
Position : Compliance Officer
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Compliance Officer to oversee regulatory, legal, and ethical compliance across our global seafood trading operations. This role will ensure adherence to international trade laws, supplier responsibility standards, and internal policies while supporting cross-functional teams to maintain operational excellence and risk mitigation.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with international trade laws, labor standards, food safety regulations, and environmental requirements
- Develop, implement, and monitor compliance frameworks, including Corporate Responsibility Agreements and sustainability initiatives
- Draft, review, and maintain contracts, internal policies, and standard operating procedures in alignment with legal and regulatory standards
- Conduct risk assessments across the global supply chain focusing on legal, ethical, and environmental considerations
- Evaluate supplier adherence to international standards such as UN Global Compact and ILO Conventions
- Support supplier audits, due diligence processes, and corrective action plans
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including sales, operations, procurement, logistics, and quality to ensure compliance integration
- Provide guidance on import/export regulations, customs procedures, and trade documentation
- Monitor and manage legal risks, and support dispute resolution with international suppliers and partners
- Ensure accurate handling of customs procedures and documentation for smooth international transactions
- Track and improve compliance-related processes across purchasing, inventory, and logistics operations
- Strengthen vendor communication to support regulatory adherence and timely product delivery
- Represent the company in audits, inspections, and relevant industry or regulatory engagements
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Business, Law, or similar)
- Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M. or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of international trade, seafood or food industry operations, and global supply chain dynamics
- In-depth knowledge of compliance frameworks and supplier responsibility programs, including ethical sourcing and sustainability standards
- Experience working with cross-functional teams across sales, operations, procurement, logistics, and quality functions
- Knowledge of import/export regulations, customs procedures, and international trade documentation
- 4+ years of experience in a related field
Core Competencies
- Attention to detail with the ability to manage complex compliance requirements
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams
- High level of integrity, accountability, and execution focus
If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, we encourage you to apply—our team will get in touch with you soon.
Position : Logistics Analyst
As a Logistics Analyst, we’re looking for someone who can optimize and streamline our supply chain operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure timely delivery to our clients. This role will play a critical part in analyzing logistics data, managing import operations, identifying bottlenecks, and driving data-backed decisions across multiple teams.
Looking for:
- Strong analytical background with experience in logistics, supply chain, or operations analysis
- Ability to analyze large datasets and generate actionable insights to improve transportation, warehousing, and distribution efficiency
- Develop short-term and long-term strategies to optimize logistics performance and reduce operational costs
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including sales, procurement, warehousing, transportation, processing, packaging, and quality assurance
- Support automation and process improvement initiatives using data analytics tools and technologies
- Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership to support data-driven decision-making
- Identify operational issues, perform root cause analysis, and recommend effective solutions
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams and drive alignment
- Ability to simplify complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Strong execution mindset with attention to detail, accountability, and follow-through
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
Seafood & Import-Specific Responsibilities - Manage and track international seafood shipments from origin countries to U.S. warehouses, ensuring on-time delivery and cost efficiency
- Coordinate with overseas suppliers and freight forwarders for bookings, documentation, and shipment schedules
- Monitor transit times, port congestion, and cold chain conditions to maintain product quality and freshness
- Ensure compliance with U.S. import regulations including FDA, customs clearance, and documentation requirements (commercial invoice, packing list, B/L, etc.)
- Work closely with cold storage facilities to manage receiving, inventory accuracy, and product handling
- Analyze landed costs including freight, duties, tariffs, and storage to improve margins
- Support demand planning and inventory replenishment to avoid stockouts or excess inventory
- Track and resolve shipment delays, damages, or quality issues in coordination with suppliers and internal quality teams
- Maintain visibility of end-to-end supply chain from procurement to final delivery
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management
- Minimum 4 years of experience in logistics, supply chain, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a related field such as Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or Supply Chain Analytics
- Experience working with import/export operations, especially in seafood or perishable goods
- Experience with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI)
- Familiarity with supply chain systems, ERP platforms, and inventory management tools
- Knowledge of cold chain logistics and perishable product handling
- Experience working in Agile or fast-paced operational environments
- Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement
If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, we encourage you to apply—our team will get in touch with you soon.
If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, we encourage you to apply—our team will get in touch with you soon.
Position : IT Directior
As a IT Director, we’re looking for someone to build solid platforms that will help to ease employees’ day-to-day operations across multiple teams and contribute towards overall operational efficiency. The platform needs to streamline the end-to-end supply chain and facilitate delivery to our clients on time.
Looking for:
- Strong technical backgrounds building scalable platforms, products, or services
- Layout the short term and long-term technological roadmap for the organization
- Lead the transformation initiatives of automation by working with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IoT service providers
- Interact with key stakeholders such as sales, logistics, operations, packaging, processing and quality teams
- Lead technology focused discussions with senior leadership by providing valuable insights and recommendations that guide technology-based decisions
- The candidate will be driving the issue analysis and resolution, recommending solutions and helping to promote the overall support strategy
- Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.
- Ability to simplify complex problems and drive well-educated decisions. Deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results
- Highly tuned emotional intelligence, good listener, and deep-seated empathy for teams and partners
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent problem solving and influencing skills
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least 10 years of technical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years’ experience working on scalable platforms
- 5+ years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions
- 5+ years of experience with Agile delivery
- 5+ years’ experience delivering solutions – where you own the business or technical vision, collaborate with large cross-functional teams, secure commitments on deliverables and unblock teams to land business impact
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering)
- Master’s Degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering) or equivalent experience
If you meet the qualifications and are excited about this opportunity, we encourage you to apply—our team will get in touch with you soon.